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ErnestMahaffey 03/18/09 11:26
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Panel for Entrepreneurs on Financial Markets
The Center for Business Education, Innovation and Development, NFP
(www.CBEID.org) will present a panel on financial markets. March 26th at
4pm – Geneva History Center, 113 South Third Street, Geneva.
CBEID is a not-for-profit initiative undertaken by a group of local citizens to
help safeguard the economic well-being of the Tri-Cities area in the face of
global competition. Acting as a catalyst, the Center sponsors educational
events, promotes dialogue and does research to help nurture innovative ideas
among small businesses and new start-ups to compete on a long term basis in a
global economy. The vision of the initiative is to foster in the Geneva-St.
Charles-Batavia area a diverse and viable economic community which can create
productive career opportunities locally.
“Financial Markets – What does an entrepreneur need to know about financial
markets? How might the current situation impact your business?”
The panel consists of experienced market professionals from the area, all of
whom have formed their own small businesses. They will engage in discussion with
entrepreneurs and those interested in small business.
Moderating the panel is Sheila Penrose:
Sheila Penrose is a Director of three corporate boards. She co-founded and
chairs Corporate Leadership Center, a partnership between major corporations and
Kellogg School of Management. Previously, Sheila was the first woman named to
Northern Trust Corporation’s management committee and, from 1994 to 2000, she
was President of Corporate and Institutional Services, where she had
responsibility for asset management, foreign exchange, securities lending,
credit and cash management. She was Economic Advisor at the British Treasury
during the 1970’s oil crisis.
Panelists with specialties from currencies and interest rates to bonds and
equities are:
Charles Brown, President of CB3 Financial Group in Geneva is an asset manager,
investment advisor representative, and general securities principal. He
specializes in retirement planning and asset management. Charles’ markets
experience includes trading commodities and options. Previously, Charles earned
a B.A. degree from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and built a successful
career in television and radio as well as pioneered as an early web designer.
Don Cummings, Principal and Co-founder of Blue Haven Capital, LLC in Geneva, has
a background in both the taxable and the tax-free fixed income areas. His early
market experience involved equities and equity derivatives while on the floor of
the Chicago Board Options Exchange. In the mid- 1990s, Don wrote a program to
track prepayment speeds on tax-exempt housing bonds, which is still used by
investment managers today. He is also an avid triathlete and has competed in
many triathlons ranging from sprint distance to Ironman distance races.
Essan Soobratty has worked in the financial markets since 1990 in a variety of
roles at banks in London and Tokyo including derivatives trader, risk manager
and structurer of hedging programs. Currently based in Geneva, he is a
registered commodity trading advisor and principal of Towerhill Capital
Management, a proprietary trading and financial market research firm.br />
If you are interested in the project, please contact: Ernest Mahaffey (630-406-5321)
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