The biography of the second American on the CBZ board, Rebecca Gaskin Gain, was also impressive. It said:
Rebecca has more than 30 years’ experience in the emerging markets and 25 years of experience in Africa. She is a lawyer by profession and was admitted to the New York State Bar Association in 1990. Following completion of her clerkship at the Appellate Division for the Supreme Court of New York in 1993, she focussed on foreign direct investment, initially in Central and Eastern Europe, and subsequently in Africa.
Rebecca was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2019.
This was the same for the third American, Louis Gerken.
Lou founded San Francisco Bay Area-Based Gerken Capital Associates (“GCA”) in 1989. GCA is an alternative Asset Fund Management firm, with particular focus on emerging markets private equity/venture capital. Prior to forming GCA, Lou was the Managing Director and Group Head of Prudential Securities Technology Investment Banking Division, his biography said.
Prior to Prudential, Lou was associated with Montgomery Securities’ Venture Capital Funds, and Wells Fargo Capital Markets where he developed one of the first U.S. fund of funds. Earlier, Mr. Gerken was Founder of TCG International, a telecommunications consulting engineering practice responsible for the deployment of international Fortune 500 Telecom / Datacom projects. Prior to TCG, Lou was a Senior Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager with GT Capital Management, a London-based emerging markets investment management firm. Lou started his career with the Bank of California Trust Department as an Investment Officer and Research Analyst responsible for the technology and financial sectors, as well as all privately-held holdings.
He received an MBA from the Southern Methodist University Graduate School of Business, a Master’s Degree in International Business from the American Graduate School, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Redlands.
Louis was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2019.
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