Podcast appearances and mentions of atlas mara

We dive into the world of investment with Will McDonough, a titan in the financial industry and co-founder of Nancan Companies, as well as Chairman and Founder of Corestone Capital. With a track record spanning across continents and sectors, McDonough's insights are invaluable.In this episode, we explore McDonough's journey through the financial industry, from managing billions at Goldman Sachs to co-founding ventures like Atlas Mara. We delve into his foray into cannabis investments, discussing the strategic moves and considerations behind portfolio entries.McDonough shares his perspectives on emerging markets, including Green Energy Metals, the EV Market, and Bitcoin, shedding light on his approach to identifying opportunities and taking calculated risks.We also explore McDonough's recent ventures into the adult beverages market with Nancan Companies. We discuss the launch of Nantucket LONGBIRD™ drinks, infused with hemp and CBD, and McDonough elaborates on the flavor profiles and the company's focus on serving the Massachusetts cannabis market.Finally, we tackle the topic of investing in cannabis, analyzing the recent performance of cannabis stocks and the potential rewards and risks associated with this volatile market.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Access Bank and Zenith Bank, two of Nigeria's leading Tier-1 banks, the former with a recent aggressive foray into the continent with a large acquisitive appetite, are believed to be sitting pretty at the table of talks that majority shareholder in Union Bank, the Bob Diamond controlled Atlas Mara, is intensifying efforts to sell its majority 49.97 per cent stake in the old horse.Union Bank was once one of the three or four musketeers of Nigerian banking, popularly referred to as the old generation banks; the others being First Bank of Nigeria; United Bank for Africa and Afribank. hey were the golden behemoths of the industry with government controlling stakes and came to truly represent the meaning of too big to fail in those days, until the government sold controlling shares through a privatisation exercise.Analysts say, following privatisation, rounds of banking consolidation and the global and local financial crises of 2007-2009, while its peers moved swiftly to reposition themselves in the financial services industry.

Today’s guest on Venture The World, episode 7 is really an understated legend in the making, Barbara Iyayi. She started her career as an investment banker at JP Morgan in NYC to being founding member of Atlas Mara, a London Stock Exchange listed Special Purpose Acquisition Company structuring a landmark portfolio of banking companies across Africa to leading growth at one of Canada’s few unicorns at Element to launching Unicorn Growth Capital.Barbara shares the vision she's been drawn to in her career. The ones founders must have before she invests and how she's building on her own vision in the FinTech focus fund Unicorn Growth Capital. If you've ever wanted to learn about specs or how to transition from investment banking to venture building, or to understand Africa's market for growth capital this episode is for you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Moving on to a different career path will always be a daunting prospect and it can be difficult to know how best to approach it. We regularly hear from candidates who are looking to make the shift and aren’t always sure where to start. And equally, from clients, unsure about taking a risk on someone with a different or out of the ordinary background. If you’re in this position, then you’re going to love today’s episode as our guest tells you all about his remarkable career change. Chris Severson has never been one to shy away from risk. Having started his career in the US Marine Corps as a TOPGUN fighter pilot, he took his adventurous approach into his post military career, successfully making the switch into leadership roles in the corporate and start up worlds. Chris has held senior positions across Barclays, Atlas Mara, Digicel and most recently at PMI, and has lived in the USA, the Middle East, Switzerland and the Caribbean. As Chris explains in today’s episode, making a career change is going to be hard work, no matter your background, but building a great network is the key to success. During our conversation we elaborate further on the power of networking and dig deeper into how leveraging your innate capabilities can help you as a leader. Some of the topics we discussed, include: - His experience of transitioning from a high pressure and disciplined military career into the private sector. Plus, how his background as a Marine taught him to be an enthusiastic leader and communicator. - The importance of networking when changing careers and how best to ‘find your tribe’ and build good relationships online and offline. - And his advice for building a high performing team. From hiring people smarter than himself, to his favourite interview question - it’s certainly one that might catch you off guard! Chris has been a candidate, client and friend of JBM, as well as a personal inspiration to James throughout his career. He is an amazing and charismatic leader, so it was fascinating to dig deeper into his diverse and exciting career journey. We're sure you’re all going to really enjoy this one – especially any of you who are fans of the movie Top Gun! I’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode, so please do get in touch at james@jbmc.co.uk If you want to find out more about Chris, check out his LinkedIn profile - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisseverson1/

Reports released last night show that recent years are the hottest ever measured – and that there is worse to come. US tech stocks have rebounded strongly in the past month and a half, taking the Nasdaq index to its second fastest reversal of a 20% decline – the definition of a bear market. US president Donald Trump last night nominated senior Treasury official David Malpass to take over as CEO of the World Bank. In South African related news, ambitious pan African banking giant Atlas Mara has made its first foray into the continent’s most sophisticated financial market.

On this LAB Radio, episode Chris Groshong chats with Will McDonough, founder of iCash which provides a Proof of Trust Protocol (PoT). This enables powerful use cases like smart contract validation, settlement and Blockchain insurance. Will McDonough, founder of iCash Will McDonough is an investor and entrepreneur whose storied career ranges from sports and entertainment management to the world of global finance. In 2014, McDonough led the Initial Public Offering for Atlas Mara (ATMA:LSE) with co-founder and former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond, for a market cap of $825 million after acquiring eight banks in Sub-Saharan Africa. Today, Atlas Mara has more than 3,500 employees and is operated by former executives of the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Barclays, Standard Chartered and Ecobank. Prior to founding Atlas, McDonough and his team in the Investment Management Division of Goldman Sachs managed more than $17 billion in private capital of the firm’s current and retired partners. While at Goldman, he co-founded the Goldman Sachs Builders & Innovators Summit, an industry-leading conference bringing together the top 100 entrepreneurs in the world every year. Prior to Goldman, McDonough partnered with New York-based Avenue Capital Group to co-found a $250 million distressed debt fund called Avenue Strategic Partners. Since 2001, he has run his own highly successful management company called MMG, which has represented the licensing and partnerships interests of many high-profile individuals, iconic brands, and venerable estates including The Estate of Nelson Mandela, New England Patriots Quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady, and supermodel/activist Gisele Bundchen. MMG also co-founded a children’s entertainment company with Andy Heyward, Warren Buffett, Martha Stewart, Stan Lee and Arnold Schwarzenegger to build educational content for children. iCash, a Proof of Trust (PoT) protocol assuring accurate data from Blockchain transactions iCash’s is a Blockchain-agnostic Proof of Trust (PoT) protocol which provides distributed trust for data input. This means assuring data is accurate using this construct for services like validating smart contract settlements and Blockchain Insurance. Just as courts and lawyers provide validate appeals processes for paper contracts, iCash’s PoT Delegates provide the same process for digital Smart Contracts. While proof of stake and proof of work are certainly breakthrough tech, there is currently no system in place to assure users that the data inputs are accurate. After listening to this episode you will learn: About Will's origin story and how he got started as a childhood entrepreneur How Will got into Boston College after initially being rejected Why he built a company with Tom Brady and represented such figures as Nelson Mandela financially What a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is and the benefit of operating as one Creating a company ("fund of funds") that provided exclusive access to hedge fund managers that money couldn't buy How he developed relationships with JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Why settlement in Blockchain transactions are not always accurate and why that's a pain point for institutional traders What Proof of Trust (PoT) is and how it works? About iCash positioning as an independent third party insurance provider of Crypto (like buying it for your car) How iCash uses Delegates (third-party Oracles) which can be configured for public or private Blockchains For show notes and more visit: LAB Radio

Recorded in December 2016 - Rachel Robbins ’76 currently serves as senior independent non-executive director at Atlas Mara, a London Stock Exchange listed company focused on building the premier financial services group in in Sub-Sahara Africa. Her legal career in the financial and international development sectors spans more than 35 years, beginning with her time as an associate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. She went on to hold managing director and general counsel positions at J.P. Morgan (where she also served as Secretary), Citigroup International, and NYSE Euronext (where she was also executive vice president and secretary). From 2008-12, she was vice president and general counsel of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation. A native of New Jersey, Robbins is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a trustee of the Law School. She received NYU Law Women’s annual alumna of the year award in 2007. While at NYU Law, Robbins was Order of the Coif as well as managing editor of the Annual Survey of American Law. Prior to attending NYU Law, she graduated from Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts in French Literature.

Mixed bag of fortunes as Chase Bank opens doors to customers, World Bank raises 2016 oil price forecast to $41 per barrel, Coffee price drops 17 per cent as crop season ends, 33.7 million Nigerians can’t access telecoms services – NCC, S/Africa still Botswana’s main goods supplier, Swaziland’s fruits, vegetable prices up by 80 percent, Atlas Mara says it is considering bid for Barclays' Africa unit, France seeks to re-establish business footprints in Ivory Coast, Is Mozambique The Greece Of Africa? A Fishy Tale Of $1B Hidden Debt, Banks record lower impairment charges as risk management improves. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Mixed bag of fortunes as Chase Bank opens doors to customers, World Bank raises 2016 oil price forecast to $41 per barrel, Coffee price drops 17 per cent as crop season ends, 33.7 million Nigerians can’t access telecoms services – NCC, S/Africa still Botswana’s main goods supplier, Swaziland’s fruits, vegetable prices up by 80 percent, Atlas Mara says it is considering bid for Barclays' Africa unit, France seeks to re-establish business footprints in Ivory Coast, Is Mozambique The Greece Of Africa? A Fishy Tale Of $1B Hidden Debt, Banks record lower impairment charges as risk management improves. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/africanperspective/support

Mixed bag of fortunes as Chase Bank opens doors to customers, World Bank raises 2016 oil price forecast to $41 per barrel, Coffee price drops 17 per cent as crop season ends, 33.7 million Nigerians can't access telecoms services – NCC, S/Africa still Botswana's main goods supplier, Swaziland's fruits, vegetable prices up by 80 percent, Atlas Mara says it is considering bid for Barclays' Africa unit, France seeks to re-establish business footprints in Ivory Coast, Is Mozambique The Greece Of Africa? A Fishy Tale Of $1B Hidden Debt, Banks record lower impairment charges as risk management improves. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/africabusinessnews/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/africabusinessnews/support