Kinder Institute International
The value added by the life planning skills and methodology to the professional practice of financial planning and advising is being recognized and embraced in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Australia. In addition, advisors from a number of other countries, from Asia to South Africa to South America, have also taken courses with the Kinder Institute.
In the UK, four planners have completed the Life Planning Intensive Training while 60 additional financial professionals have taken the Seven Stages of Money Maturity® workshop and are listed in our Directory.
In the Netherlands, our "ambassador" is Ivo Valkenburg, who is becoming certified to teach the Seven Stages workshop (Ivo and Marcel van Leeuwen are pictured below).
There are nineteen Registered Life Planners® in the Netherlands:
In addition, 21 other financial professionals to date have participated in the Life Planning Intensive Training, while another 40 have completed the Seven Stages of Money Maturity® workshop. The Directory listing these professionals can be reviewed here.
Australia has hosted a number of Seven Stages Workshops, under the sponsorship and leadership of Wayne Lear. Wayne is our "ambassador" in Australia, and is certified to teach the Seven Stages of Money Maturity® workshop. A listing of planners in Australia is here.