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Mr. Cethoute, a results-driven portfolio advisor and degreed accountant with extensive knowledge of MSRB Rules, NYSE, FINRA and SEC Regulations, joined SAMCO as a Managing Director in 2005. He has been consistently successful in building strong relationships, assessing needs and developing investment strategies that meet objectives of high net worth clients. His expertise includes needs analysis and financial planning; legal, tax and regulatory compliance; financial auditing and cost management; staffing, team building and leadership; performance and productivity management; fiscal, sales and training presentations; market analysis and municipal bond trading; and operations streamlining and management. From 1980 to 2003, he was at Morgan Stanley, Inc. in Dallas, TX. From 1991 to 2003 he was an Investment Specialist in the Southwest Region. In this position, he advised 450 regional advisors to minimize reinvestment, interest rate and credit risk while maximizing returns for high net worth individuals; determined investment strategies for the clients of each financial advisor incorporating the optimal mix of stocks, mutual funds, corporate, government and municipal bonds to meet the individual financial objectives of each client; utilized his accounting background and knowledge of present tax laws to position clients in favorable market environments; analyzed municipalities' debt and revenue for investment worthiness; bought and sold municipal bonds from primary and secondary markets nationwide; and leveraged expertise in municipal bonds to motivate advisors to increase bond sales. From 1986-1991, he was Operations Manager in the Municipal Bond Department. He trained and supervised a staff of 6 operation professionals in the coordination of payment and receipt of newly issued municipal bonds; compared and resolved trade problems for the P&S department; reviewed and balanced daily municipal bond inventory of $30mm; and analyzed account statements, reconciled general ledger and prepared P&L reports. Previously, he served as Operations Control Manager in the Southwestern Service Center and Section Manager for the Trade Adjustment Department. Mr. Cethoute has also been a soccer coach in a league of 3,000 children ages 5-19 and was a co-leader of his church group's effort to raise $500,000 to help a community in Southern Haiti become self sufficient. Fluent in English, French, and Creole, he has a BS in Accounting from the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, TX.
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