Your partner in family business transition & succession plans.
We help you navigate significant decisions with clarity, fairness, and confidence. We focus on protecting financial security while strengthening relationships and building shared understanding.
Our guidance supports families in shaping lasting legacies, grounded in trust, unity, and a clear vision for the future.
We help rural and regional Australian business owners navigate transition and succession, delivering clear objectives, cost-effective solutions and measurable results. We work to realistic timelines while preserving stakeholder harmony..
Our Services
Transition and Succession Planning .
Business Transition .
Mediation and Conflict Resolution .
Retirement and Estate Planning .
Transition and Succession Planning . Business Transition . Mediation and Conflict Resolution . Retirement and Estate Planning .
We service businesses Australia Wide.
As a leading Rural and Regional Business Transition and Succession Specialist our clients include some of Australia’s largest landowners as well as a wide range of small to medium sized businesses.
We work with trusted professionals.
We engage with trusted professional advisors to support our clients through business transition and succession challenges.
We are independent.
Independence is the cornerstone of our service. We offer a truly impartial process focused on the best interests of all stakeholders or family members.
Our focus is on you,
your family and your business.
Real Stories, Real Impact
Why Next Transition Group?Whether you are transitioning leadership or planning for the future, stay in the loop every step of the way.
Moments of change matter. Transitions can be exciting or overwhelming, affecting assets, efficiency, culture, and people. Next Transition Group helps you navigate change with clarity and confidence, avoiding common pitfalls.
We clarify your goals, design a practical, tailored plan, and prioritize what matters to you and stakeholders. We break the process into clear steps with milestones and open communication so everyone stays aligned.
Because change affects many areas, we combine expertise in leadership, change management, legal, accounting, and estate planning to deliver balanced, lasting results.
Client success stories.
“While Andrew and Cathy have stepped back from the day-to-day running of the business, they remain deeply connected to its future and continue to play a valued role in guiding the family legacy. They take great confidence and pride in seeing the next generation step forward, with Jamie leading the Pikes Group as Managing Director and Alister as Manager of Pikes Beer Co.”
“We valued the opportunity to work with Next Transition Group on our Succession Plan, they made it as simple and transparent as possible and were always inclusive and respectful.”
Today, Jamie is leading the Pikes Group as Managing Director and Alister is Manager of Pikes Beer Co.
Message from the founder.
Mark Scanlon
Chief Executive Officer
After many years working with businesses across rural and regional Australia, I saw first-hand how complex, and often challenging succession can be. Through founding and building Next Rural over more than 15 years, I had the privilege of working closely with farming families and family businesses navigating some of life’s most important decisions around transition, ownership, and legacy. As the needs of the family-run business evolved beyond the agricultural sector, so too did our business - leading to the evolution of Next Transition Group.
As a Chartered Accountant with experience at leading international firms, including KPMG and Grant Thornton, I developed a strong understanding of the technical side but also recognized that the real challenges often lie beyond it.
Too often, succession planning focuses on structures and documentation, while the human element is overlooked. That’s where things can break down.
I started Next Transition Group to address that gap. Our focus is on helping families and business owners navigate transition in a way that brings clarity, structure and alignment, while preserving what matters most: relationships, legacy and long-term continuity.
“Successful succession is not going to be achieved in one family meeting; it’s a journey that can take years – and usually some very frank discussions – to accomplish. To maintain family harmony and legacy they need to start early and have the right travelling companion to ensure they are all singing from the same song sheet, he says.”
Mark warns that without a successful transition plan, even the most loving families may find themselves embroiled in arguments and potential legal action contesting wills and estates.
The statsBusiness succession is big news
$3.5 trillion transfer.
An estimated $3.5 trillion in assets is expected to pass from Baby Boomer business owners to younger generations over the next two decades.
Only 24% of businesses have formal succession plans.
48% of Baby Boomer business owners.
Only half have formal succession plans in place and a strategy to exit in the next 5 years.
Let’s begin the conversation.
Not sure where to start?
Whether you’re just beginning to think about succession or ready to take the next step, we’re here to help.
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