Who We Are The firms¡¯ partners include Dr. Philippa Malmgren, Paul O¡¯Donnell and Armando Falcon. Dr. Malmgren and Mr. Falcon run the firm¡¯s advisory business. Mr. O¡¯Donnell has responsibility for the firms¡¯ private equity and asset management activities. Dr Philippa Malmgren rejoined the Canonbury Group recently after serving for a time in the White House on the National Economic Council as the Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. For over 30 years Paul O'Donnell has worked in financial markets in Australia, Asia, Europe/UK and the USA. His background has been in investment banking, commercial banking and asset management. He now focuses on asset management, particularly in business development and asset gathering strategies for major financial institutions. He founded the Global Fund Advisors Network with Independent Research Associates in 2001. Mr. O¡¯Donnell also manages Canonbury Group¡¯s Private Equity activities. Canonbury maintains a portfolio of private equity in the following sectors:
Both Dr. Malmgren and Mr. Falcon have served Presidents of the United States and have been involved in the making of financial market policy at the highest levels of government. They draw on their long experience in the political and policy arena to help investors gain insights that help them better manage their portfolios and business strategies. They explain the financial markets to policy makers and explain the policy makers to the markets. By serving as interpreter/translators they are able to stand between the world¡¯s most important and powerful business decision makers and policymakers. Their expertise and experience offers our clients a unique understanding of some of the important factors that must be taken into consideration in the investment process whether the investor is an individual or a large institution. They also work with the senior management of corporations who need to understand the macroeconomic landscape in order to make better quality business decisions. Dr. Malmgren tends to focus on the G7 and China and developments in places such as the Middle East or geopolitical issues in other regions may have a material impact on the policies that will influence the markets. Her end goal is to help give all decision makers more accurate and reliable basis for decision-making. Mr. Falcon tends to focus more on issues related to the mortgage, securitization and property markets as well as banking and financial regulation issues. He served for many years as the Chief Regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and as the senior advisor to the Congress on these matters. |