Jim Aspinwall, has been our Co-President since November 2006. With over 30 years in the business he has a wide range of experience. At Chase Manhattan Bank he was the prime developer of Chase�s REALM system, a risk management and derivatives pricing system, which was used, by Chase Manhattan Bank and over 200 clients around the world. He has also had experience at other major Investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Nomura, Japan�s largest Brokerage house, where he was involved in credit arbitrage tradingcredit derivatives and the creation of large credit structures. He joined First Independent Financial Group, a common controlled company in July, 2006, as Vice PResident, Financial Structuring. In that roll he has led the merger team with Accedium, a London-based insurance company. Mr. Aspinwall received his undergraduate degree from the Ohio State University, his MBA and his Doctor of Philosophy Theorectical Mathematics from the University of Cincinnati. Recently he was an adjunct Professor of Mathematics at the University of South Florida. |