1. What leadership, management, and governance best practices have the firm and the owning family already implemented? How do they seem to be working? What have they not implemented that they need to? Why?
2. Who should be considered as a successor to Gilles? List all of the logical choices for a successor and tell why you feel that they should be on the list.
3. What do you think will ultimately happen in this company? Why? Support your answer with information from the case.