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George "Gig" Faux
George Faux joined Fortent in April 2006 as the Group Executive
for Client Relationship Management. In this capacity, he is
responsible for the firm's senior client relationships and business
development activities. A veteran of sales and client management
in the financial services industry, George spent 18 years at Citigroup
and The Chase Manhattan Bank before joining Fortent.
George has been involved with numerous industry initiatives, and
currently chairs the Market Advisory Group for the ECB Option 3
Initiative, an industry-wide directive that is restructuring how debt
instruments are settled in the European market.
At Citigroup, George served as a managing director and the senior
business manager for the Agency and Trust and Depositary Receipt
Services businesses in Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) and Asia.
The two businesses are part of Citigroup's Global Transaction
Services, a division of the Global Corporate and Investment Bank,
encompassing all cash, trade, and securities products and services
offered across the Citigroup network. In this capacity, George
was responsible for new business development, transaction negotiation
and execution, and product management across EMEA and Asia.
George also had shared responsibility for all senior client
relationships within these markets, managed Agency and Trust's
relationships with the clearing systems, central banks, and
regulators, and had business accountability for OCC reviews, audits,
and controls. George sat on the Agency and Trust and Depositary
Receipt Services Management Committee and Commitment Committee, as
well as on the Global Transaction Services EMEA Management Team.
He spent five years in this role, from April, 2001 until April,
2006.
Prior to his position in Agency and Trust, George spent four years as
the Regional Sales Director of Citibank's Depositary Receipt Services
business, based in Singapore with responsibility for new client and
business development in the Asia/Pacific region. In this
capacity, George led Citibank's efforts in working with companies and
governments on more than 70 equity deals across the region, including
many significant U.S. exchange listings, public and private offerings,
and privatizations.
George joined Citibank in 1997. Prior to coming to Citibank, he spent
eight years with The Chase Manhattan Bank, managing sales teams in
various capacities for Europe, Middle East, and Africa; Latin America;
and Asia/Pacific. George received his B.A. from Dartmouth College and
his M.A. from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International
Studies. He has been involved in numerous philanthropic and
educational initiatives, and currently serves as the Treasurer of the
King's Academy Board of Trustees, and the President of the Phi Delta
Alpha Corporation at Dartmouth College.
We are proud to have Gig join our Board. He and John initially
met in London on one leg of his Global Walk and discovered that they
both attended Deerfield Academy and Dartmouth College. Gig was
instrumental in arranging Dr. John's trip to Jordan under the auspices
of King Abdullah. John spoke to Gig's fraternity at Dartmouth.
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