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Mr Suppanz Thomas
Nationality:
Austrian
Languages:
English; German;
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Contact info
Telephone:
001(212)380-2809
Mobile Phone:
(646)203-2874
Email:
tsuppanz@vfinance.com
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My profile - Business Profile
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Summary
Experience
vFinance Investments, Inc.
New York City, New York, United States
Position currently held (since 05/2003)
Senior Vice President/Investment Banking
Sector:
Banking / Investment Bank
Function:
Investment banking / Other Investment banking / Senior
Company description:
vfinance/National Holdings is a publicly traded Investment bank with one thousand employees in one hundred
offices managing over five billion dollars of clients assets.The main revenue drivers of the IB practice are reverse
mergers and the sourcing and placement of PIPE's, vfinance was ranked among the top twenty placement agents
nationally for 2006. Our target market are small and micro capital companies around the globe, China being the
obvious leader as of late.Deal sheet and client list provided upon request
www.vfinance.com
Ehrenkrantz,King&Nussbaum
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New York City, New York, United States
Position held from 08/2002 to 04/2003
Senior Vice President
Sector:
Others / Other
Function:
Officer - Executive / Other Officer - Executive / Officer - Executive
Company description:
Weatherly Securities
New York City, New York, United States
Position held from 03/1999 to 08/2002
Senior Vice President
Sector:
Others / Other
Function:
Officer - Executive / Other Officer - Executive / Junior
Company description:
Weatherly Securities was a global B/D with 200 employees and $600 Mio under management. The company was
publicly traded on the London AIM. With close to fifty million AUM my business was a significant part of the
organisation. Option trading represented eighty percent of my revenues.
Oppenheimer & Company
New York City, New York, United States
Position held from 11/1984 to 03/1999
Broker/ Portfoliomanager
Sector:
Investment Management / Independent Advisors
Function:
Fund Management / Portfolio Management / Business Unit Manager
Company description:
Oppenheimer&Co was one of the top private investment-banks catering to the high net-worth individual through a
global branch-network.In 1998 the firm was acquired by CIBC in a $550 Mio transaction,making it part of the 7th
largest financial institution in North America. The private client group grew in New York grew their assets under
management to $1,2 Bio which resulted in fees and commissions of $ 30-40 Miop annually. Managed my clients
accounts in line with the value-style of the firm. Developed a strong expertise in the optionmarket studying with
Michael Schwarz at OPCO, one of the leading authorities in the country.
http://www.opco.com/
Gibraltar Securities
Florham Park, New Jersey, United States
Position held from 10/1982 to 10/1984
Bondbroker
Sector:
Others / Other
Function:
Other Functions / Other Functions / Junior
Company description:
Gibraltar Securities was a regional Broker/Dealer specializing in tax-exempt bonds and catering to high net-worth
clients. In addition to being sponsored for my Series7 received basic sales training and gained productknowledge in
GNMA,Treasuries and all tax-exempt markets
Voest Alpine International
New York City, New York, United States
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Position held from 01/1980 to 05/1982
Chief Accountant
Sector:
Consultants / Consultants Audit
Function:
Accounting - Treasury / Accounting / Junior
Company description:
VAIC was at the time the 10th largest steel-enterprise in the world. Headquartered in Austria the company employed
globally about 80 000 people at the time. In addition to preparing all management reports was in charge of the
accounting-department with five people reporting to me. Also managed the corporate cash, pension plan and
monitored 3 subsidiaries.Participated in meetings with EXIM-Bank in Washington D.C. regarding the financing of a
Mexican steel-project. Participated in the financing of Bayou Steel, a $ 250 Mio mini-steel mill in Louisiana. Also
converted the entire accounting-system from manual to EDP using a QUANTEL mainframe-platform that
communicated on RPGII which was a popular IBM language at the time.
Degusa Int
Teterboro, New Jersey, United States
Position held from 10/1978 to 01/1979
Management Trainee
As a managemnt-trainee I spent most of my time working with the IT-manager in an IBM System III environment
that communicated in RPG II.I did predominantly debugging and maintenance-work, but as my special-project I
wrote a search-program that allowed a sort and print using any combination or the elements of the entire record in the
relevant data-base as a search-criterion.The application was used for marketing purposes i.e. " Send special
priceoffer to all customers in Alabama and Colorado that purchased more than 10 pounds of methionine between
April and May and have no outstanding balance". The remaining time was spent working in sales and finance.
Sector:
Others / Other
Function:
Other Functions / Other Functions / Junior
Company description:
DEGUSSA Intl is a global conglomerate headquartered in Germany with interests in chemicals,metals and
technology.
My profile - Education
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Education
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
Australia
From 01/1972 to 01/1978
Master of Business Administration
My profile - Business Objectives
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Invest & Buy:
Assets under management: 10.0 USD Mlns
Size of individual investments: 0.0 - 0.0 USD Mlns
Assets classes: Any
Countries: Any
Industries: Any
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Investment policy:
Raise & Borrow funds & Sell:
Amount: 10.0 USD Mlns
Acting as:
Assets classes: Any
Countries: Any
Context:
What kind of Clients I have and/or what kind of Clients I am looking for:
Investment Management : Hedge Fund
What kind of Suppliers I have and/or what kind of Suppliers I am looking for:
Not specified.
What kind of Commercial Partners / Agents I have and/or what kind of Commercial Partners / Agents I am looking for:
Not specified.
I usually am in a position to recruit new employees and/or I am looking for new employees at the moment:
Advisory : Investment Advisor
Sales : Institutional Sales
On territories : United States
I am looking for new employer or I am open to new employment opportunities:
Banking : Investment Bank
Earnings:
-
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My profile - Expertise
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Products expertise:
Equity : Small Cap, Private Eq., Option
Funds : Hedge
Geographic expertise:
United States; China; Austria
Other expertise:
pipe's
Available for:
Interviews ; Conferences
My profile - Social
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