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Mr. Anthony Presley Richard, a native of the Caribbean is a venture catalyst, organizational and investment management consultant whose background encompasses a broad and multi-layered expertise across many economic segments involving real estate, technology, financial services and gaming primarily in developing markets including the Caribbean, Asia, Africa and Central/South America. His focus has been on developing practical business solutions for senior executives and their companies while working with their management team to build and implement solid foundations for long-term competitive advantage. An area of special interest to Mr. Richard is corporate restructuring and venture finance. He advises high net worth clients, institutional investors and money managers on cash and financial management, technology integration, corporate restructuring and turnarounds. In his endeavor, Mr. Richard is founder and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Siboney Group International, Inc.; an investment company with interests in real estate development, broadband technology management, investment advisory, media and financial services companies. Siboney primarily operates from the Caricom market with several strategic partners including Caribbean Union Bank. Its main subsidiary, Nova Vista Capital is primarily engaged in providing strategic investment management and advisory services to corporate and institutional clients in the areas of investment management, private placement and investor relations to a number of private and public institutions in the Caricom region and South America. The company s business relationships include real estate developers including LaPerla Living International, banking and financial services companies such as Global Bank of Commerce and Caribbean Union Bank and regional governments including the Governments of St. Kitts/Nevis, Antigua/Barbuda, and St. Lucia. The company also devises public/private partnerships with Caricom governments and corporations to engage in financing infrastructure and development projects including housing, technology and telecommunications. Through its operating unit Siboney Advisors, Ltd, the company is engaged in late-stage negotiations and has partnered with the New York City based Intelligent Community Forum to engage in a US$23 million broadband technology infrastructure project on behalf of the Government of St. Kitts/Nevis. Mr. Richard was a founding partner and former CEO of BioEquity Partners, Inc.; New York City based biotechnology-consulting firm with a niche focus that advised small cap companies with a market capitalization ranging from US$75 million to US$200 million. Primarily development stage biotechnology companies engaged in developing experimental vaccines and therapies for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. The Company raised over US$47 million in equity capital through private placements, therefore ensuring the continuance of further critical clinical studies. BioEquity also devised and implemented public relations campaigns, public affairs and crisis management strategies to such clients as The Immune Response Corporation, Visible Genetics and Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. During his tenure as CEO of BioEquity Partners, Inc., Mr. Richard also co-founded BioSource Therapeutics, Inc. a life science biotechnology corporation dedicated to the research and development of innovative nutraceutical products that address the needs of people with debilitating, chronic diseases. The Company developed a product that addressed the needs of people with catabolic caexiea, commonly referred to as "wasting syndrome", an opportunistic infection linked to disease progression and death in diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and Cancer. BioSource Therapeutics, Inc. was later acquired by Innovative Technology Acquisition Corporation (OTCBB:ITAQ) As Founder of Nova Vista Group, Inc., a New York City based growth strategies consulting firm, he advised entrepreneurs and executives of mezzanine stage companies and corporations across multiple industries on developing E-commerce strategies, negotiate with potential strategic and or joint venture partners and implement Business-to-Business applications across integrated technology platforms. The Company secured over US$93 million in debt and equity capital, and established new business initiatives which generated combined revenues in excess of US$28 million for clients including Internet.com, Actiant, Cimple Systems, ClickRadio, Zoom2Net, and Throttlebox Media. Mr. Richard also served as general advisor to corporate clients such as Marubeni America Corporation, the largest overseas subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation of Japan; a general trading company that serves as an intermediary, or broker, in all types of trade between enterprises and countries. As advisor to the products for living group executive, he identified US Internet investments and joint venture opportunities across various vertical markets and with online market leaders in textile, paper and pulp and fashion with technology, with investment partners including Oracle and JP Morgan Chase Ventures. These investments, lead to the formation of joint ventures in the Japanese market as part of the company s overall E-Commerce initiatives along with the acquisition of proprietary technology. Additionally, Mr. Richard initiated and managed over US$30 million in joint venture and product licensing agreements on behalf of Marubeni America Corporation s General Merchandise Group with such companies as Abercrombie and Fitch, and Martha Stewart/Omni Media. As Director of Corporate Development for Globix Corporation [AMEX: GEX] Mr. Richard grew new business and negotiated strategic partnerships with the company s major clients whose revenues represented in excess of US$22 million. Mr. Richard managed strategic initiatives with clients including Fleet Bank (Investment Services), Bear Stearns and MaMa Media. He also managed a US$10 million broadband development initiative with strategic partners that included Terra Lycos and Verizon. At Shearson Lehman Brothers, Mr. Richard worked in corporate finance in the investment banking division where he served as an associate. His involvements were with investment transaction on behalf of the firm serving in the capacity of financial analyst and mergers and acquisitions functions. While at Thomson McKinnon Securities, which later became Prudential Securities, Mr. Richard held various branch level positions. Mr. Richard attended Pace University where he earned a BBA in Finance. |
