Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown was the founder of Global Emerging Markets North America, Inc. Today, through GEM Investments America LLC he oversees the New York office and manages private placements on a global basis for The GEM Group. He was on the Board of Directors of Bahrain-based VC Bank and co-sponsor of the GEM MENA Fund. In addition he was Chairman of the CITIC-GEM Fund, a non-voting General Partner and co-founder of Kinderhook Industries and on the Board of Directors of the Global Leadership Foundation. He is currently the Chairman of L’OFFICIEL USA. He began his career with Drexel Burnham Lambert in Sales & Trading in 1985. He later joined Smith Barney as an Investment Advisor from 1986 to 1988 and worked for Shearson Lehman Brothers from 1988 to 1993. Mr. Brown attended UCLA.