Mr. Richard Okon/ CEO
Richard is a Chartered Accountant and a National Prize winner in his qualifying examinations. He has a first degree in Accounting and an MBA from the International Graduate School of Management (IESE), University of Navarra, Spain. He started his working career at The Federal Civil Aviation Authority a Regulatory body for the Aviation industry before moving into financial regulation. He then moved into consulting in a firm that specializes in Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring, Venture Capital, Strategy and Systems design and has been actively involved in providing these services to clients in the financial services, Oil and Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors. He has also been actively involved in the Private Equity space and has closed deals in excess of $200m. Richard is also a regular speaker in programmes covering strategy, restructuring, Private Equity and turnaround. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
Mr. Charles K. Oppenheimer JR
Mr. Oppenheimer has over thirty years of executive business management experience from middle market companies to Fortune 500 corporations in diverse fields including financial services, retail, service, distribution, niche manufacturing, publishing and printing. He has been involved in hundreds of business acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, valuations, turnarounds, financing, and special assignments. He held the position of Executive Vice President of Great Northern Trust, a $2 billion private investment firm where he increased profits and value significantly. Currently, Mr. Oppenheimer is President and Chief Executive Officer of Amvest Financial Group, a boutique investment-banking firm located in Kansas City, Missouri, specializing in advising, selling and other corporate financial services for privately held companies and conducting targeted acquisition searches for private equity groups, public and private companies. Mr. Oppenheimer is also the Vice-Chairman of Skyview Capital and serves on corporate and advisory boards of private companies. Mr. Oppenheimer has been awarded with the distinctive Executive of the Year from the New York Financial Executives Association and further acknowledged with the prestigious "Who's Who in the Midwest."
Mr. Peter Stromquist
Peter Stromquist has spent over twenty years in global mergers and acquisitions, with experience including the corporate side, boutique ibank, and as a principal, and consultant. He has “on the ground” experience in five continents, over sixty countries, and has resided in London, Paris, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Beijing, as well as principal cities in North America.
Industry segments covered have included traditional and new media, tech, software, entertainment, and FMCG. In his career, he has analyzed over a thousand transactions and closed over 150. His corporate experience includes C suite positions for a variety of companies, public and private, from start-ups to Fortune 500 enterprises.
He currently is Managing Director of Eclat International LLC, an Entry and Exit Strategic Advisory firm, working with companies developing new markets and territories. He splits his time between Portland, Oregon in the US, and Hong Kong.
Richard is a Chartered Accountant and a National Prize winner in his qualifying examinations. He has a first degree in Accounting and an MBA from the International Graduate School of Management (IESE), University of Navarra, Spain. He started his working career at The Federal Civil Aviation Authority a Regulatory body for the Aviation industry before moving into financial regulation. He then moved into consulting in a firm that specializes in Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring, Venture Capital, Strategy and Systems design and has been actively involved in providing these services to clients in the financial services, Oil and Gas, Power and Manufacturing sectors. He has also been actively involved in the Private Equity space and has closed deals in excess of $200m. Richard is also a regular speaker in programmes covering strategy, restructuring, Private Equity and turnaround. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
Mr. Charles K. Oppenheimer JR
Mr. Oppenheimer has over thirty years of executive business management experience from middle market companies to Fortune 500 corporations in diverse fields including financial services, retail, service, distribution, niche manufacturing, publishing and printing. He has been involved in hundreds of business acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, valuations, turnarounds, financing, and special assignments. He held the position of Executive Vice President of Great Northern Trust, a $2 billion private investment firm where he increased profits and value significantly. Currently, Mr. Oppenheimer is President and Chief Executive Officer of Amvest Financial Group, a boutique investment-banking firm located in Kansas City, Missouri, specializing in advising, selling and other corporate financial services for privately held companies and conducting targeted acquisition searches for private equity groups, public and private companies. Mr. Oppenheimer is also the Vice-Chairman of Skyview Capital and serves on corporate and advisory boards of private companies. Mr. Oppenheimer has been awarded with the distinctive Executive of the Year from the New York Financial Executives Association and further acknowledged with the prestigious "Who's Who in the Midwest."
Mr. Peter Stromquist
Peter Stromquist has spent over twenty years in global mergers and acquisitions, with experience including the corporate side, boutique ibank, and as a principal, and consultant. He has “on the ground” experience in five continents, over sixty countries, and has resided in London, Paris, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Beijing, as well as principal cities in North America.
Industry segments covered have included traditional and new media, tech, software, entertainment, and FMCG. In his career, he has analyzed over a thousand transactions and closed over 150. His corporate experience includes C suite positions for a variety of companies, public and private, from start-ups to Fortune 500 enterprises.
He currently is Managing Director of Eclat International LLC, an Entry and Exit Strategic Advisory firm, working with companies developing new markets and territories. He splits his time between Portland, Oregon in the US, and Hong Kong.