Ineke, together with her colleagues Jurgen Geerlings and Maike van der Donk, founded the Kurago Academy, which is rolling out a training programme to become a Conscious Counsel. 
This document brings together the findings of recent research on the transfer of wealth and control within families, and on the role that advisers play in this process. It is primarily intended for solicitors, notaries, tax advisers, accountants and wealth managers who work with family businesses and high-net-worth families, as well as for the professional bodies that set their standards. In this way, the Kurago Foundation hopes to bridge the gap between what entrepreneurial families need and what is currently on offer. The foundation regards this as an urgent task.
Four recent international studies by UBS (2026), LTG (2025), McKinsey (2026), Deloitte (2026) and an older one by STEP (2013) confirm that whilst clients often have the tax and technical aspects of their affairs covered, there is nevertheless a lack of advisers who can steer the entire transformation process leading up to this. Yet it is precisely this that determines the outcome. The relational and communicative atmosphere is decisive for the outcome and should also determine which technical solution is chosen.
The Conscious Counsel programme is the first Dutch training course to specifically address these issues with a range of professionals, based on the duty of care and professional ethics of their own disciplines. Part of the work undertaken by the first cohort involves drafting a Charter of Conscious Counsel: a shared standard of professional ethics, developed by professionals from diverse backgrounds, which seeks to bridge the gap between the findings in this document and everyday practice.