Meet Georgina Knitel, P.Ag, MBA, FEA, C.Med
My Background
Georgina Knitel, an Agricultural Family Enterprise Advisor, leverages over 25 years of finance experience, business transition, and mediation skills to guide families through difficult relationship, decision-making, and financial challenges. Rooted deeply in the agricultural sector, she provides a rare blend of strategic insight and compassionate guidance, creating pathways for families to thrive and build sustainable, multi-generational legacies. She specializes in guiding complex families through difficult challenges.
This unique expertise provides a distinctive approach to navigating the intricate intersection of family, business, and finance.
Ag Plan Inc.'s Services:
Finance & Banking Navigation
Transition, Succession, & Family Enterprise Advisory
Dispute Resolution & Mediation
Improving Clarity between Families and Lenders:
- Financial Viability, Cashflow, and Scenerio Analysis
- Finance Structures and Restructures
- Financial Literacy
- Preparation for Lender Conversations and Financing Requests
- Advocacy and Translation between Families and Lenders
- Lender Brokering
- Lender Negotiations
Dispute Resolution & Mediation
Transition, Succession, & Family Enterprise Advisory
Dispute Resolution & Mediation
Reducing Relational Risk in Families:
- Interest-based, outcome-focused Facilitation and Mediation
- Agriculture Mediations
- Agriculture Negotiations
- Facilitation
- Family Governance, Communication, and Conflict Resolution
Transition, Succession, & Family Enterprise Advisory
Transition, Succession, & Family Enterprise Advisory
Transition, Succession, & Family Enterprise Advisory
- Business Plans and Financial Analytics
- Formal Risk Management and Continuity Planning
- Succession Literacy
- Alignment, Communication, Governance, and Expectations Management
- Leadership and Succession readiness
- Governance Structure Development
- Milestone-based Planning and Accountability
Farming is more than a business...
it’s the dynamics of family, the complexity of business, and the legacy of agriculture, all at once
Finance and Banking
Are you feeling your lender does not understand you, and what you are trying to do? Do you feel they are asking for too much? My years as an Ag Banker can help you navigate the banking world and translate your financing needs, help you (re)structure for more availability and flexibility in your finances, help you negotiate rates, terms, and conditions, and help you lay the ground work for your next steps in your growth and evolution of your family operation.
Family Office
Is your business and family becoming more and more complex? Are there important issues that need addressing but the urgent day-to-day is getting in the way? My Family Enterprise Advisor experience can help you prioritize your next steps and develop a pathway towards sustainable structures and practices that work for your family as it continues to evolve. And I can keep you on that path, reaching the milestones you set towards your goals.
Dispute Resolution
Are there underlying issues that are preventing the growth and success your farm/ranch could be experiencing? Is there a legacy you wish to carry on for your family and community? I am a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Alberta since 2007, hold my Chartered Mediator designation, and have been mediating for the courts and independent clients since 2007 using interest-based, outcome focused mediation, while facilitating family discussions since 2010 - helping resolve issues that help positive forward momentum towards strong and healthy family Agri-businesses.