Mark Holowesko - Holowesko Partners
Mark ran the mutual fund business for the Franklin Templeton Group until 2000, at which time he became the CEO of Templeton Capital Advisors. He is now the CEO of Holowesko Partners Ltd located in Nassau, Bahamas.
Profiles by Sport:
Triathlon | Cycling | Fitness | Corporate | Hockey | Driving | Marathon | Skiing | Fishing | AVP | Tennis | Golf | Sailing | Ironman
See the CEO competitors entered in each event by clicking on the logos below:
CEO Challenge Competitors
Alan Jette - TD Bank Financial Group
Alan Jette is the SVP of TD Bank Financial Group, the sixth largest bank in North America by branches and serves approximately 17 million customers. As SVP, Alan is responsible for overall management of non-trading market risk and investment portfolio, liquidity and funding, capital position and funds transfer pricing.
Tim Hockey - TD Canada Trust
Tim Hockey is the President and CEO of TD Canada Trust (www.tdcanadatrust.com) - known for having the best service and convenience of any bank in Canada. Tim started with the company over 26 years ago, and his current role is leading over 30,000 employees to deliver financial products and services to over 11 million Canadians through a network of over 1,100 branches and Commercial Banking Centres, award winning EasyWeb Internet banking, and a large network of ABM machines in Canada.
Tim Wentworth - Medco Health Solutions
Tim Wentworth is the Group President of Medco Health Solutions.
Roger Beauchemin - McLean Budden
Roger Beauchemin is President and Chief Executive Officer of Toronto, Ontario, based McLean Budden, an investment management firm with over $35 billion of pension, foundation and private wealth assets under administration (www.mcleanbudden.com). Roger has been with McLean Budden for over 10 years.
Colin Grassie - Deutsche Bank Asia Pacific, Hong Kong
Deutsche Bank is one of the world's largest investment banks, and Colin is CEO of the Asia Pacific region with responsibility for over 7,000 employees, and an annual gross revenue of E24BN. Colin has spent 23 years in investment banking in London, New York, Tokyo, and now Hong Kong.
Stef Oud - Deloitte
Stef Oud is a partner for Deloitte Consulting in the Netherlands and responsible for Product Industries and the Oracle practice in EMEA. With 165,000 people worldwide, Deloitte member firms deliver services in audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory. Stef joined Deloitte in 2002. For over 15 years he has worked on management consulting projects and has managed (international) professional service practices.
Jim Turley - Deutsche Bank (London, England)
Jim Turley is Managing Director and Global head of sales for Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank is a leading global investment bank with a strong and profitable private clients franchise, doing business in 79 countries with 78,000 employees. A leader in Germany and Europe, the bank is continuously growing in North America, Asia, and key emerging markets. Prior to assuming his current role, Jim held the position of Global Head of Currencies and Commodities from 2001 - 2006.
Andrew Palowitch - SAIC (McLean, VA)
Andrew Palowitch is the Chief Technology Officer of SAIC. SAIC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets.
Michael Biehl - KPMG
Michael Biehl was recently CFO of KPMG, one of the largest public accounting firms in the world. They provide professional audit, tax and advisory services to some of the leading businesses in the world. KMPG employs over 20,000 in the US and 100,000 globally. He has been a partner with KPMG since 1993 and have worked for the Firm since 1979. He served as the CFO from 2004-2007 and has since returned to client service. Michael is a global lead partner in their private equity group.
Don Morrison - Research in Motion (RIM-Blackberry) (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Don Morrison is the COO for Research in Motion, the fast growing company behind Blackberry. He travels around the world to help grow RIM's business with more than 300 carrier partners in several different countries primarily in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. RIM is currently the second largest (in terms of market cap) traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and this from relatively humble beginnings just a few short years ago. Don previously held executive positions at AT&T and Bell Canada.
Derek Glanvill - McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri
Derek Glanvill is the President and COO of McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Glanvill has more than 25 years experience in the construction industry, focusing on a broad spectrum of national and international construction markets.
Philip Smith - Scotia Capital Inc
Philip Smith is the Managing Director, and Deputy Head of Global Investment Banking for Scotia Capital Inc. Scotia Capital Inc., a subsidiary of The Bank of Nova Scotia. Phil has been with Scotia for 15 years, and has spent 19 years in the investment industry.
Brent de Jong - AEI (Houston, TX)
Brent de Jong is the founder of AEI and Vice Chairman. AEI owns and operates essential energy infrastructure businesses in emerging markets worldwide, with more than $9.2 billion in revenues in 2008. AEI manages interests in a group of 40 energy companies with operations in 20 countries, approximately 14,230 employees, and more than 6.6 million customers.
Andrew Duggan - LPL Financial Services (San Diego, CA)
LPL has been America's number one independant brokerage firm for the past 11 years, with more than 6,500 financial advisors in over 4,000 branch offices nationwide. The company has annual revenue of $2.3 Billion and 1,300 staff located in it's dual headquarters in San Diego and Boston. LPL manages over $105 billion in investments annually, has over $37 billion in assets in it's fee-based program, and conducts over 5 million trades per year. Andrew is the CIO of the company.
Stephen Freidheim - Cyrus Capital Partners (New York, NY)
Cyrus is an investment management company based in NYC with $1.25 Billion under management, and Stephen is the head of the company and its majority owner. Stephen has worked on Wall St. since graduating from Yale in 1986.
Stephen has completed 8 triathlons - mostly Olympic distance, and some sprints. He took part in the 2007 CEO Challenge in St. Croix, finishing in 6:28. Stephen is back again this year, and taking part in the CEO Challenge because of the "additional competitive challenge."
Peter Gilgan - Mattamy Homes
Peter E. Gilgan, FCA, is the President and CEO of Mattamy Homes (www.mattamyhomes.com). Peter transformed the firm from a one-man operation he founded in 1978 into Canada's largest builder. The Company has sold and built in excess of 50,000 homes in Ontario and the U.S. in well over one hundred unique communities during the past 30 years and has been recognized with every conceivable industry honour for satisfaction and quality. An innovator in design and manufacturing, as well as community development, Gilgan was honoured as Entrepreneur of the Year for Canada in 2007.
Avner Kass - Mayer's Cars and Trucks
Avner Kass, 43, is the third generation of a private family business "Mayer's Cars and Trucks", the largest automotive group in Israel. He is responsible for the Business Development of the group. The group was established in 1967 by his grandfather as the Volvo sole importer to Israel including all Volvo's products. The business expanded to include more brands such as Honda, Jaguar and Renault trucks.
John Stobo - ABS Capital Partners (San Francisco, CA)
John Stobo is the Managing General Partner at ABS Capital Partners, overseeing the firm's investing and operating activities. Founded in 1990, ABS Capital Partners has established a strong track record for investing in later-stage growth companies. With $1.5 billion under management, ABS Capital helps companies choose the growth initiatives that build the greatest long-term value.
David Klvac - Tronox Incorporated (Edmond, OK)
David Klvac was the Vice President, Controller and CAO of Tronox Incorporated, a NYSE company that produces a variety of high-performance grades of titanuim dioxide pigment to meet the needs of coatings, plastics, paper and specialty markets.
David Mullaney - Edgen Murray Corporation - formally Petro Steel International (Conshohocken, PA)
David Mullaney is the President of Petrosteel (now Edgen Murray), a leading global distributor of high performance steel and alloy products for use primarily in specialized applications throughout the hydrocarbon chain, energy infrastructure, and individual industrial niches.
Martin Slark - Molex Inc., Lisle, IL
Molex is a 69-year old manufacturer of electronic components, including electrical and fiber optic interconnection products and systems, switches, integrated products and application tooling. The company's annual revenue is $3.3 Billion, they operate 59 plants in 19 countries, and employ 33,000 people. Molex is the second largest connector company in the world in what is a fragmented but highly competitive industry.
Charles Williamson - Private Client Group, Chartis (Westfield, NJ)
Charles Williamson is President of the Private Client Group at Chartis. Private Client Group specializes in property and liability insurance for successful individuals and families. He has held this role since January 2006, but his insurance career spans over 20 years and includes executive positions in a variety of commercial property and casualty insurance operations within the U.S.
Mark Kelley - NextWave Broadband (San Diego, CA)
Mark Kelley is the CTO of NextWave Broadband. NextWave is a technology company that develops, produces, and markets mobile multimedia and wireless broadband products. Their products and technologies are designed to power wireless networks and devices that enable cutting-edge mobile multimedia and wireless broadband services and their customers include many of the largestmobile handset and wireless service providers in the world. As the CTO of NextWave Broadband, Mark's focus is on technology development for network products. Prior to joining NextWave in 2005, Mark was Chief Techni
Jim Sullivan - XIV, and IBM Company
Jim Sullivan is the President of XIV, an IBM Company.
Paul Gompers - Spur Capital Partners
Paul Gompers is the Founder and Managing Director or Spur, an early-stage, technology-focused venture capital partner. The Spur team has a successful history of establishing and maintaining durable relationships with top-tier venture capital firms as well as uncovering the next generation of up-and-coming firms. Spur's limited partners are leading global investors in the United States and Western Europe and are comprised of private foundations, endowments and institutions.
Chris Shackleton - Coliseum Capital Management & Rural/Metro Corporation (New York, NY)
Chris Shackleton is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Coliseum Capital Management, a private investment partnership that makes long-term investments in both public and private companies. He is also a Director on the Board of Rural/Metro Corporation (provides ambulance transport and fire protection to communities throughout the United States) and serves as a Trustee for the Walter S.
Aaron Zeigler - Harold Zeigler Auto Group, Mattawan, MI
Aaron Zeigler has served as President of Harold Zeigler Auto Group since 2002. The auto group consists of 11 auto dealerships in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, as well as insurance companies, real estate holdings, warranty companies and internet based ventures. The Auto Group currently has 34 franchises and is based in Kalamazoo, MI with sales of $400 million dollars.
Bonnie Zeigler - Zeigler Auto Group, Mattawan, MI
Bonnie Zeigler is an Executive at Zeigler Auto Group.
Bonnie has run two 1/2 marathons and a handful of 10Ks, and finished her last half marathon in 1 hr. 50 min. Bonnie is married to Aaron Zeigler, who is also attending the YPO training camp. They have four children (ages 7, 5 and twin 2 year olds). Bonnie signed up for the YPO camp to support her husband, and push herself to try other activities and see what she is capable of.
Randy Christofferson - iQor (Greenville, DE)
Randy is the Chairman of the Board for iQor, a $350MM global call center company for customer service and collections services. Randy has been the chairman there for five years. Previous to iQor, Randy was the CEO of Walker digital, former president of First USA, former president of American Express Relationship Services, and a former partner at Bain & Co.
Randy has an impressive triahtlon history, with 4 Ironman races and ten 70.3 races under his belt. His PRs are a 11:19 Ironman, a 4:43 Half Ironman, and a 2:48 marathon.
