Architecture
Architecture
Design the household money system before entities, generations, and advisors pull in different directions.
Hudson Companies · Family CFO Intelligence
The architecture around the family.
Complex households do not need more products. They need a Financial GM — Family CFO architecture that coordinates capital, professionals, and decisions so the family stays in command.
Fee-only fiduciarySEC-registered RIAHNW · UHNW families
The mandate
Family CFO Intelligence, elevated.
Financial GM is Hudson's core Family CFO offering for HNW and UHNW households — the operating layer that connects investment policy, tax awareness, estate coordination, and the professionals around the family.
Oversight
Oversight
Help select and supervise specialists — so the family remains the principal, not a passenger in its own plan.
Preservation
Preservation
Long-horizon capital management with fiduciary accountability and clear generational intent.
Who we serve
Families who want a true general manager.
Principals and multi-generational households who have outgrown one-off advice — and want institutional coordination without institutional distance.
HNW
High-net-worth families
Integrated planning when the household needs one coherent operating system.
UHNW
Complex households
Multi-entity, multi-advisor coordination with clear governance and decision rights.
Owners
Business owners & executives
Liquidity events, concentrated risk, and family capital after the operating company.
Engagement
What working together feels like
Diagnosis, architecture, then ongoing oversight — a deliberate sequence for families who value clarity.
Chris Conover
Founder & President, Hudson Companies. Fee-only fiduciary leadership for complex families who want a true Financial GM.
I
Private discovery
Household goals, open issues, and where the current plan is fragmented. A focused consultation before any big first decisions — liquidity events, advisor changes, or estate moves — so the family moves with clarity, not pressure.
II
Architecture blueprint
Investment, tax-aware structure, estate coordination, and professional roles on one page of truth. You leave with a written operating picture — not a product stack — so every specialist works inside one coherent plan.
III
Ongoing Family CFO oversight
Hudson operates beside the family — refining decisions as life and capital change, coordinating specialists, and keeping the plan coherent. The GM stays on after the first conversation.
Next step
Start with a private conversation.
If the household needs architecture more than another product, begin with a direct conversation. We will tell you honestly whether Financial GM is the right engagement.
What happens next
- Direct conversation with Hudson leadership — not a sales script
- An honest read on fit before any engagement
- If we proceed: architecture, oversight model, and first actions
CPAs, counsel, and family office partners are welcome to initiate a coordinated introduction.