Your Family Business deserves to thrive
With the right foundation, strong governance, clear agreements, and strategic leadership, you can ensure that your family business doesn’t just survive. You can help it thrive for generations to come.
Secure your family’s legacy with the right strategy
Most family businesses face challenges handling governance, succession, and family dynamics. Without proper guidance, these obstacles can turn into unnecessary conflicts that affect both the company and family relationships.
There is a better way
We will help you establish solid structures, strategic agreements, and effective leadership plans to ensure the long-term success of your family business. From concrete plans to conflict resolution, we craft personalized solutions that address the specific challenges your family business faces.
We are one of the few companies in the world to contribute new tools to the family-enterprise field. Using our own Iceberg Analysis methodology, we will help you focus on the deeper layers of your family system—where the most significant changes happen—to create a stable and lasting foundation for success.
Our services
Strategic solutions
Success in a family business should not depend on improvisation but on a clear strategy and the right support. At Fidelius, we offer three key services to help you manage every aspect of your family business
Family Business Consulting
In order to guide business families to success and happiness, we craft a comprehensive diagnostic to identify your family’s true priorities, strengths, and challenges. We use this information to unlock new and better ways for the family to work together
Education
Services
We offer educational services to help prepare the future leaders of your company to be the administrators and governors your legacy deserves. Our programs combine practical experience with global knowledge, offering applicable tools to the context of each family enterprise and their unique circumstances.
Wealth
Solutions
Managing and growing family wealth requires more than just financial expertise—it demands a strategy that aligns with your family’s values, vision, and long-term goals. We will guide you through the complexities of wealth preservation and planning, making sure that your family’s financial future is secure for generations to come.
Whether you’re looking to expand or diversify your investments, we can provide opportunities and connections that will help you align your investment strategy with your family’s long-term vision—ensuring smart, strategic decisions.
Our Team
Your family, your business, our commitment
Family businesses are built on values like trust, commitment, and a shared vision. Our team was built to reflect these same values.
We are a passionate group of family business experts who combine experience in business, strategy, and family relationship management. We will help you turn your challenges into opportunities for growth and family harmony.
Rodolfo Paiz
CEO & Founder
“Finding the balance between Family, Business and property is essential for a family business to be successful”
With over 20 years of experience consulting for families throughout the Americas, Rodolfo is an international leader in the field of family business with a deep passion for continuous learning. In 2022, he received the International Award from the Family Firm Institute (FFI). This award recognizes outstanding careers and contributions to the field and is one of only four global awards awarded by FFI.
Rodolfo focused his MBA on family business and international finance at Thunderbird School of Global Management, where he was named a Presidential Scholar, the highest merit awarded by the institution. Rodolfo has remained at the forefront of his professional field and dedicated a large portion of his career to educating both families and fellow consultants.
Rodolfo is a Fellow at the FFI, one of their highest and most-respected members. He was the launch donor to FFI’s GEN Program, which has now graduated over a thousand consultants, and is now one of their faculty. The GEN Program awards four certifications: Certificates in Family Business Advising (CFBA), Family Wealth Advising (CFWA), and their corresponding advanced versions (ACFBA and ACFWA). Rodolfo is one of the few consultants worldwide to have earned all four certifications. Additionally, he has received both the Certificate in Company Direction and the Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors (IOD) in London, the premier European institution for corporate governance.
Luisa Cardona
Regional director LATAM
“Helping and finding solutions for those people that surround me is one of the fundamental traits of who I am.”
A dedicated professional who seamlessly integrates generosity and service into work. Coming from a Guatemalan business family, these values have guided her career, starting with her early work as a teacher for children with special needs.
Jose Jorge Mazariegos
Marketing director
A strategic thinker with a global perspective on brand growth and communication. With experience in real estate, retail, and nonprofit organizations, his role at Fidelius focuses on strengthening the company's presence and connecting with business families seeking expert guidance.
Maria José Herrera
Administrative Manager
A meticulous and customer-focused professional with a background in business administration and hospitality. With a strong commitment to client satisfaction and corporate success, her work at Fidelius ensures smooth processes and contributes to the well-being of business families.
Lisseth Herrera
Project manager
A highly organized problem solver with a keen ability to implement best governance practices. Believing that family businesses make up 90% of global enterprises, her mission is to help them achieve both business success and family harmony.
“The family adds potential, reach, and synergy. Their greater complexity creates more capability. But you must be able to manage that complexity well to enjoy its enormous benefits.”
Let us help you succeed
Every successful family business starts with a conversation. Let’s discuss your challenges, your goals, and how we can help you create a legacy that lasts for generations.