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Henry Hutcheson is a Partner with ReGENERATION Partners, LLC and specializes in next generation evaluation, leadership preparation, and business optimization within family owned and managed enterprises. He is based in North Carolina.

With 25 years of business management and family business consulting experience, Henry has successfully helped families across the US and internationally, and in a broad range of industries. While his focus is on succession from one generation to the next,his work entails managing conflict and enhancing communication, planning and preparing the family and business for a smooth transition to the next generation, grooming the next generation as high-performance leaders, and working with the exiting generation to define their role going forward.

Henry spent the first part of his life working for his family’s business, Olan Mills Portrait Studios, before launching an international management career with IBM, UPS and Sumitomo Electric. His last assignment before joining ReGENERATION Partners full time was to lead the global integration of the IBM PC division with the Chinese company Lenovo. This unique background enables Henry to bring tremendous value to his clients as he can leverage the best practices learned from his family’s business, as an advisor to family firms, and from an insider and leader of three of the world’s leading corporations.

Henry studied Psychology in Switzerland, has a BA from the University of Texas at Austin, and earned an MBA from Columbia Business School. Henry serves on the board of the Carolinas chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants and on the regional board of the Society of Financial Services Professionals. He is a member of the Family Firm Institute and is a Certified Family Business Consultant. Henry has lived and worked in seven countries around the world and communicates in English, French, and Japanese.

Henry is a frequent speaker at professional, university, and corporate-sponsored events. Some recent presentations were to the Wake Forest Family Business Center, the Exit Planning Institute, the North Carolina Association of CPAs, the National Conferenceof Independent Garden Centers, and the Financial Planning Association. Henry has written for multiple publications including Family Business Magazine and Crain’s New York Business, and was recently quoted in the book “Kids, Wealth and Consequences.”