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The Cofounders
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HUGH
KENNEDY, LLB
Chief Coordinating Officer
and Cofounder |
Canadian citizen, resident Senior Vice President and
Director of Fundmore Corporation (Canada)
Limited and Director of Fundmore International
Capital Corporation -FICC, a graduate of Ottawa University
Law School class of 1969, was called to the Bar of Ontario Canada
1971, practiced law as Solicitor & Barrister in the City of
Ottawa Ontario Canada as Partner in the law firm of Bergh,
Dioguardi & Kennedy, prior to resuming his law studies
was employed as Account Executive with the Royal
Bank of Canada 1954- 1962,then as Manager of Goodyear
Tire & Rubber Company 1962- 1963, worked as Commercial
Real Estate Consultant 1985- 1993 and General Manager of Capital
Parking Inc. Starting early 1973 to date, Hugh actively participated
with CENCOR International S.A. and
FICC in several major trade finance
projects, assisted in various property development projects and
managed the processing and structuring of several critical financing
instruments in support of loans and credit facilities.
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EDWIN REDZEPAGIC
Chief Technology Officer
- Cofounder |
Edwin worked as the project manager and management
consultant at Ernst and Young and
Unisys in the US, UK, Eastern Europe
and Central Asia. The key focus of his role was to promote the use
of Information Technology as an enabler to the business change process
in both developed and emerging markets. For the past 12 years, Edwin
primarily worked in the financial services industry, specialising
in the Brokerage and Investment Banking areas. Edwin' projects include:
UBS Warburg. Edwin worked as the Equities
Brokerage programme manager during the development, testing and
regulatory approval of the UBS' e-banking solution. The system is
designed to support the bank's high net-worth client community and
its technical architecture is based on FIX (Financial Information
eXchange), MQ Series, Siebel, BroadVision and WebSphere environment,
as well as the straight-through links to the German and US exchanges.
Central Bank of Russian Federation. Edwin
managed the development and implementation of a bespoke Electronic
Clearing and Settlement system for the major eastern- European central
bank He implemented the system in nine regional centres and advised
the commercial banks on the electronic interface specification and
development.
VneshEconomBank - Russian government bank
for foreign trade. Edwin managed the reconciliation of the
external debt of the former Soviet Union. His team was involved
in development and maintenance of a custom build debt reconciliation
system.
Lloyds of London. Edwin designed and
implemented the Names liability and solvency tracking application
for a number of Lloyd's Underwriters in the city of London. This
system enabled Wellington, one of the agents, to become one of the
best performing Lloyd's underwriters at the time.
Chief Financial Officer
(CFO) - Cofounder
XXXX - Working with major financial institutions.
Several years as senior executive with major international industrial
and utilities companies, 10 years senior in investment banking,
effective role in preparation for the IPO floatation & investment
banking. Participation in advanced company's strategic financial
plans, responsible for development and implementation of financial
systems and control. Qualified accountant, MBA in finance and other
degrees. Knowledge of e-commerce and Internet.
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JAMES N.
WUENSCHE
Treasurer and Deputy CFO
- Cofounder |
American citizen, has over 25 years' experience in
financial management and for the last seven years has directed all
aspects of his management and financial consulting firm, with an
emphasis on startups, turnarounds, corporate structured financings,
taxation, investor relations and corporate communications. Jim provided
CFO and general management consulting services to a wide variety
of clients including medical, manufacturing, publishing, real-estate
development, e-commerce and retail businesses. While serving as
Corporate Treasurer, he was a member of the transition team, which
successfully reorganized The Circle K Corporation.
He is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Arizona
Society of CPA's, Treasury Management
Association and is a Diplomate' of
the American College of Forensic Accountants.
Accounting Controller
& Business Manager Cofounder
XXXX - Senior director of one of the top six accounting
firms. Duties: will be working with CFO. Supervise and control all
accounting matters of the company. Prepare financial statements
and local and consolidated company's global divisions. Coordinate
all accounting matters and provide supervision of departments and
perform other work assignment special to company's business. XXXX
received degrees in accounting and finance with 5 years work experience
with a major accounting firm. Knowledge of e-commerce and is computer
literate.
Director of Project Financing
and Models - Cofounder
XXXX - Working with a major American investment bank.
Has over 11 years in financial management, preparation of valuation
models, including greenfield generation projects, contributing to
tax, accounting, operational structuring and legal teams etc. Contributing
to other project structuring models and related work. Prepare financial
forecasts and analysis. Other work assignment special to company's
business. He is the holder of MBA & Masters degree in finance
and economics. Previous experience in financial modelling with advanced
Excel skills, previous project financing experience, previous structured
financing experience, completed an investment banking analyst program.
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MATT KINDBOM
Director Investment Banking &
Products, Cofounder |
Matt Kindbom With a diverse background, Matt has held
positions at HSBC Bank Canada, in
private banking in Luxembourg, at
the United Nations in Switzerland
and recently at one of Canada's oldest investment
banks, a boutique and top technology underwriter. As such,
Matt is adept at risk management associated with the following:
business operations; company operations; trading and portfolio operations;
and asset management, securities, and administration of policies
and procedures in both large and specialised institutions.
His education is equally broad-based and well rounded, with a focus
on business, banking, and law. He holds an undergraduate degree
from McGill University and two graduate degrees from the University
of Lund, Sweden -- a Master's degree in International Law and a
Master's degree in European Affairs, where his thesis was on international
banking. Having dealt with a wide range of institutional clients,
agencies, and entrepreneurs in a number of transactions, Matt possesses
the analytical tools and creative thinking that investment banking
in the emerging markets demands. Matt is multilingual with interests
in genealogy, SCUBA diving and international politics.
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ELENA DENISSENKO
Design Manager - Cofounder
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Elena worked in fashion and design industry
for a number of years. She graduated at the Omsk University and
worked and lived in Russia, UK and US. Elena key design contributions
include:
Art4deco
www.art4deco.com.
Elena worked as the chief product and web designer for a premier
on-line gallery, specialising is sale of Eastern European arts to
the western buyers.
DIOMEDIA
www.diomedia.com
Elena worked as the chief designer for the Stock photography agency,
supplying high-resolution photo images to the Advertising, Media
and Corporate Communications industry. The site is currently being
tested and is scheduled to go live in the summer of 2001.
Diosphere
www.diosphere.com.
Corporate indentity and website design for a global business and
IT consultancy firm.
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