Financial capital
Grows through returns
The businesses, investments, property and cash that sustain the family, managed with patience and a long view.
A private family office
Steady course.
Lasting legacy.
Northern Cross Family Office looks after the wealth, investments and long-term plans of our family, so that each generation can build on the last.
From the Southern Cross to the Northern Cross
We are a large family that crossed the world to build something lasting. We left Australia and made a new home, and a growing business, in Canada.
The Southern Cross is the constellation we grew up under. The Northern Cross is its counterpart in the northern sky. Our name marks that journey: where we came from, where we are now, and our intention to keep moving forward together.
Our work is simple to describe: protect what the family has built, plan carefully for the years ahead, and keep every generation pointed in the same direction.
Coordinating and protecting the family’s assets by growing our financial, human and charitable capital. Our purpose
Three capitals. One family.
We look after three kinds of capital, and we want all three to grow.
Human capital
Grows through people
The family’s character, skills, health and education, developed so that each generation is ready for what it inherits.
Charitable capital
Grows community impact
Money, time and support for the people and causes the family values, given with care and compassion.
One shared backbone. A single place for governance, oversight, reporting and family decisions, so the family is not managing three separate things. It also gives us a calm, unemotional view of our investments, kept apart from the day-to-day running of any business.
What we stand for
We speak the way we invest: calmly, plainly and with the long view.
Stewardship
Our wealth is held for the family and for those who come after us.
Continuity
We make decisions for decades, not for the next quarter.
Discretion
The family’s affairs stay private.
Direction
Every decision points toward the same goals.
Generosity
Money, time and support for the people and causes we care about.
Togetherness
Each generation and each person wants something different, so we say so openly and meet regularly.
Our approach
Simple, repeatable governance that keeps the family aligned as owners.
1
We meet regularly
The family meets on a set schedule, with a written agenda, concise minutes and a clear record of who is doing what, and by when.
2
We think as owners
We take an owner’s view of the family’s business interests and investments, with the same clear, consistent reporting for each.
3
We keep roles distinct
Family membership, ownership, employment and leadership are separate things, and decisions are made by the people properly responsible for them.
4
We decide with care
New ideas are brought forward in a standard way and tested openly. Independent professional advice strengthens our judgement but never replaces it.
Contact
Northern Cross is a private office serving one family. We do not take on outside clients, and we are not seeking investment proposals.
For correspondence, please email:
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