Life before B2B CFO

Laventhol & Horwath, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Posted by on November 8, 2010 at 2:10 am

I recently attended a reunion of Laventhol & Horwath alumni from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.  I was employed by L&H from 1982 to 1990, first in their executive office which was based here in Philadelphia, then in the Philadelphia accounting and audit department then in their information systems consulting office. I started with the firm [...]

Wrestling – Cinnaminson High School – Region 7 Tournament – 1977

Posted by on October 4, 2010 at 2:11 am

I never thought that anything would exist on the web regarding my Cinnaminson High School wrestling career – but I was wrong.  See the link below and look under heavy weight for 1977 Region 7 finals. http://www.southjerseywrestlinghalloffame.org/south_jersey_champions.htm

Malaysia – American Chamber of Commerce Young Enterprise Program

Posted by on October 4, 2010 at 2:08 am

Friday July 20, 2007 500 students get to learn about business By FAZLEENA AZIZ fazleena@thestar.com.my Photos by SAM THAM ABOUT 500 Form Four students from 18 schools took part in the first Young Enterprise (YE) Achiever’s Sales Fair held at the Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur. It was officiated by Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, [...]

Distant Operations – Monitoring and Control

Posted by on October 4, 2010 at 1:32 am

All entities, regardless of size, face a tremendous challenge overseeing operations in distant locations.  Each additional location increases the complexity of an operation from a financial reporting and control perspective and from many other perspectives as well, including treasury, tax and human resource.  If your entity has international operations the complexities can grow exponentially as [...]

Investing Overseas – Where do you start?

Posted by on October 4, 2010 at 1:25 am

Investing overseas – Where do you start? Your business has enjoyed great success with tremendous growth in its home market.  Now you decide that for strategic, operational and/or financial reasons that you would like to expand internationally.  This is a logical path to take for many businesses, after all, over 95% of the world’s population [...]

Malaysia – Transcript of Story on Nightly Business Report on Iskandar Development Region

Posted by on October 4, 2010 at 1:22 am

The Iskandar Development Region Monday, February 11, 2008 SUSIE GHARIB: Sovereign wealth funds have taken center stage on Wall Street recently, buying into U.S. businesses with big amounts of cash. But the U.S. isn’t the only place where sovereign funds are investing. In Malaysia, a new special economic zone called the “Iskandar Development Region” is [...]

Malaysia – Visit by Minister of International Trade and Industry to Philadelphia

Posted by on September 18, 2010 at 6:28 am

In a past life I was the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia So I’ve been asked to pass the word of the upcoming visit by Malaysia’s Minister of International Trade and Industry to Philadelphia on Tue September 21 Malaysia is an excellent place to do business – so if [...]

Transparency International – Speech to CEO Forum – June 2008

Posted by on September 14, 2010 at 5:43 pm

Fighting Corruption – which key areas should Malaysia work on to improve its international image? Background Malaysia has enjoyed a tremendous period of financial growth, diversification of it’s economy and level of FDI (foreign direct investment) in what I call it’s modern era, that period since Intel established it’s first factory in Penang in 1972. [...]