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Morgan Luddeke

Director, Business Transition Advisor
Fifth Third Bank
Morgan Luddeke serves as Director, Business Transition Advisor. She is responsible for working with high-net-worth business owners through transitioning their business. With a focus on the business owner and their family, Morgan provides comprehensive family legacy planning through estate and trust planning, tax optimization, family governance, philanthropy, and generational wealth management. Morgan previously served as Vice President, Senior Wealth Planner at Fifth Third Bank. She provided comprehensive wealth planning solutions for individuals, families, business owners, and corporate executives who experience a higher level of complexity due to success, wealth accumulation, or inheritance. Prior to joining Fifth Third Private Bank, Morgan was in private practice as an attorney in Atlanta, Georgia assisting high net worth individuals with their estate planning needs, including advice on the use of wills, trusts and family partnerships, planning for retirement, and estate tax and administration issues. In addition, she advised clients on the many facets of business ownership and transition, such as structural matters, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, family governance issues, and other tax planning.

SESSIONS

Breakout 10: Navigating the Personal Planning Process in Preparation for Business Transition Speaker

Navigating the Personal Planning Process in Preparation for Business Transition. Moderated by Frieda Rakhan from Fifth Third.

While it may seem like the last box to check, personal preparation well in advance of a transition can optimize financial and business outcomes. That remains true whether the transition involves a sale to an outside buyer, passing to the next generation of family, or selling to employees. Business owners owe it to themselves, their family, employees, and customers to plan ahead. Yet, many owners find themselves not knowing how to carry out exiting their business, because the process seems overwhelming, and they simply don’t know where to begin.

Business transition planning is a process, not an event.  It’s simply good business strategy, and with it, owners can make the most of their life’s work.

Questions to be discussed:

  • What is business transition planning?
  • How soon should business owners start planning?
  • Regardless of where owners are in the process, what should they consider today?
  • How has the sheer volume of tax reform proposals in 2021 impacted the planning process?