WAVE is a private strategic consulting practice. We counsel families, private foundations and family offices on family office governance, strategic giving, and the preservation of the story behind the wealth. Some families begin with one of those; Private Counsel carries all three.

Most advice stops at the structure — the foundation is built, the grants are administered, and the reasons behind it go unrecorded. We work at both ends: the governance and the strategy that make giving effective, and the archive, recorded sittings and private family book that record why a family gave in the first place. Keith has also sat on both sides of the ledger — as a recipient of generosity before he was ever counsel to those extending it — which shapes how the work is done.

Four forms. A Clarity Session is a single consultation to see where things stand across your family office, your giving or a story not yet told. Strategic Advisory is ten working sessions over six months to build the plan. Private Counsel is a retained relationship that carries the family office, the giving and the story forward, year to year. Thought Leadership & Speaking is offered separately, to organizations rather than families.

Yes, working alongside your legal counsel and accountant. We guide families through structuring, governance design and compliance. A foundation is straightforward to establish and considerably harder to steward well — most of our work sits in the second part.

Engagements are private by default. We do not name active work publicly without the family’s written consent, and where we describe the work at all, we describe it generically until that consent is given. For families whose affairs are of interest to others, we also serve as a buffer — a single point of contact between the family and the organizations, charities and requests that come with visibility.