(1) About the Editor

rshaw2.jpg Richard Shaw is the principal and primary advisor and analyst of QVM Group LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor (www.qvmgroup.com).

He has held several senior investment management executive positions in mutual fund and institutional private account management, both domestically and overseas.

His international development work has included serving as a Board Director of London Stock Exchange listed Aberdeen Asset Management (Scotland) and, as a senior executive of The Phoenix Companies (USA), establishing and distributing a series of SICAV investment funds in Luxembourg for offshore investors..

Additionally, he has been a trustee of a $500 million pension fund, president of an insurance company and first round investor and Director of the internet mortgage company, LendingTree.

He is a graduate of Dartmouth College.

Richard’s firm QVM Group LLC is a Registered Investment Advisor.

Contact:  Richard.Shaw@QVMgroup.com