Bruce Mumford

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E. Bruce Mumford
Occupation	Partner and Head of Advisory Board
Employer	Emerging Edge Group LLC
Location	Chicago, IL

Bruce Mumford is partner and head of the advisory board for Emerging Edge Group LLC. He assumed that position in February 2014.

From 2010 to 2014 he was a partner and director at 2100 Xenon Group, a Chicago-based alternative asset manager.

Formerly, he was the managing partner of Mumford Capital Partners LLC, a financial advisory firm he founded in 2004. Before that he was president and CEO of ABN AMRO Incorporated, the U. S. broker dealer of ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

Background

Mumford previously was executive vice president and one of the founding executives of ABN AMRO Clearing and Execution Services (AACES), a business unit that included the professional brokerage, prime brokerage and global futures businesses. He served on the executive committee of AACES, was a director of ABN AMRO Wholesale Bank in North America, ABN AMRO Futures London, ABN AMRO Futures Ltd. (Singapore) and ABN AMRO Sage Corporation. He also chaired the AACES Capital Committee and co-chaired the Compensation Committee.

Prior to joining ABN AMRO in 1995, Mumford was a managing director of the BA Securities unit of Bank of America, and held corporate finance positions with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Commercial Union Capital Corporation.

Mumford's civic activities include the Midwest Regional Committee of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association, the Executive Advisory Board of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and the President’s Circle of the Chicago Counsel on Global Affairs.

Education

Mumford holds a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.