Retirement Plan Expert Witnesses in New York

This expert has more than 20 years of experience as a retail executive (Senior VP, Executive VP, Merchandise VP, and President) with Macy's, Bloomingdales, the U.S. division of a major dutch retailer Steinbach, and more. He has also spent 18 years as a financial advisor, equity analyst, and investment banker. He earned a BS in Retail Management/Marketing from Drexel University and has authored multiple publications in the retail finance space.

This expert is the President and CEO of a philanthropic trust, which she has transformed into one of the largest fundraising and grantmaking institutions in the U.S., raising more than $4 billion in contributions, making more than 90,000 grants to charities in 57 different countries, and crafting partnerships with some of the largest banking institutions in the world. She is a nationally recognized expert on charitable and planned giving having been interviewed about philanthropy and donor-advised funds on CNBC, PBS, NPR, CNN International and Bloomberg TV, and by nearly every national newspaper and major trade publication, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg, CBS MarketWatch, Financial Advisor, and Investment News. She has received numerous industry honors, most recently the Association of Fundraising Professionals' 2014 Outstanding Fundraising Professional.

This experienced finance professional has background in portfolio and trust management, mutual funds, and hedge funds over a 45-year career. He earned his B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.B.A. in Finance from Harvard University. He holds several industry credentials; the expert is a Registered Investment Advisor, a Chartered Financial Analyst, and a FINRA Arbitrator. The expert began his career at J.P. Morgan before joining Citibank, where he eventually served as the Chief Investment Officer of the Global Private Bank overseeing a total of $20 billion in assets. In addition, he spent 11 years as the Chief Investment Officer of IBJ Schroder Bank and Trust, supervising 20 investment professionals serving private clients in the U.S. and Asia. The expert now supports attorneys, individuals, banks, investment advisors, broker-dealers, corporations, and the SEC in investment matters.

This qualified expert of Moving and warehousing, Small business finance, Logistics, and Car Wash Operations obtained his BA in Chemical Engineering from the Malmoe Technical College, his MBA in Financial Planning and Marketing from the University of Lund, and his MBA in Organizational Behavior from the University of California, Riverside. He is the former owner of Bekins Moving & Storage with 15 Years of CEO experience, Char EM LLC where he has 5 years of experience of managing a successful Car Wash, Lube, Detail, and Tinting Center and is now a Consultant for a Private Consulting Firm.

This expert has over 15 years of experience in financial services, consulting with Financial Advisors, Registered Investment Advisors, and Broker-Dealers.

This expert has over 40 years of experience in every area of investment banking, including Mergers and Acquisitions (including LBOS and recapitalizations), Fairness Opinions, Adequacy Opinions, Solvency Opinions, Valuations, Damage Issues, Fiduciary Issues, Advice to Special Committees of Boards and Trustees, Due Diligence and Disclosure Issues, Financing of debt and equity both public and private, Leasing and Real Estate Financing, and many other areas. He graduated with honors in economics from Princeton University, followed by graduating at the top of his class in the MBA program at New York University (NYU) Business School. Until 1990, this expert served as an investment banker at Dillon, Read & Co. Inc., one of the most prominent American investment banks of the twentieth Century. Joining the firm as an associate, he became a Vice-President, then Senior Vice-President, and was elected Managing Director in 1982. In November 1990, he resigned from Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. to pursue a new business opportunity. From October 1993 through February 1995, he served as President and CEO of Gulf USA Corporation, shepherding it through a reorganization process, and as a Director of Gulf Resources Pacific in New Zealand, a 90% owned subsidiary and one of the largest commercial real estate companies in New Zealand. He also served as an advisor to certain corporate finance departments of medium-size investment banks, including Gruntal Capital Markets. In addition, he served on certain boards of directors. This expert is currently a Senior Director at a boutique investment bank with both U.S. and foreign clients.