JOHN E. OLIVER
Global Specialist in Banking and Strategic Bank Management

John Oliver's career in the banking industry spans a quarter century. For the past fourteen years, in addition to his role as a banker, he has built a thriving consultant practice with focus on strategic management and the developmental needs of managers and directors in the financial services industry. Through his company, Laurel Management Systems, Inc., Mr. Oliver specializes in strategic management consulting and in the design, development, and implementation of instructor-led training programs. Most of these programs are structured around sophisticated computer simulations. These highly effective programs include:

• Retail Credit & Risk
• Strategic Bank Management in a Risk Environment
• Fundamentals of Banking for Non-Financial Managers

As a result of his extensive experience, he has acted in an advisory capacity for the American Institute of Banking. He is on the faculty of the BAI Graduate School of Banking and his consulting services and training programs are utilized by banks of all sizes and types in the United States, from small community banks to major institutions. Internationally his programs have been implemented for bankers from Asia, Europe, Africa, South America and Australia.

Mr. Oliver began his career with National Westminster Bank in England, where he gained considerable knowledge of the retail banking environment. He then moved to the merchant bank, Kleinwort Benson. In 1978, he entered the world of international banking when he joined Rothschild Intercontinental Bank. With RIB's successor bank, Amex Bank, he was transferred to the United States to form a new project finance/venture capital subsidiary that was subsequently acquired by Continental Bank. His experience covers virtually every sector of the financial services industry. In his present and ongoing role as a banker, Mr. Oliver works with one of Scandinavia's largest banks, assisting in some of its efforts in the United States.

His educational background together with his extensive industry experience and a proven ability to communicate have resulted in his current position as a highly regarded consultant in the field of training and development. He is a member of the American Society for Training and Development and is listed in the U.S. publications Who's Who in Finance and Industry and Who's Who in the World, as well as in the Dictionary of International Biography published in Cambridge, England. He is the author of the book What Really Is Expected of Me - The Community Bank Directors Guidebook and has contributed to articles in various banking publications. Over the last decade he has addressed bankers from all over the world.

BANKER: 1985 - Present
Representing Merita Bank, London, England and Helsinki, Finland.

CONSULTANT
President, Laurel Management Systems, Inc., San Francisco, California.
Clients in the United States, Asia, and Europe.

CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS ENERGY CORP., Houston, Texas. 1978 - 1985
1984-1985 as President
1978-1984 as Vice President, Finance & Administration

This specialized lender was owned by Continental Illinois National Bank. Responsibilities included loan and equity negotiation, legal documentation, cash flow management, investment and loan portfolio management, and control of all administrative functions of the company.

AMEX BANK LTD., London, England 1976 - 1978
Marketing Coordination Manager, Natural Resources Dept.

Amex (formerly Rothschild Intercontinental Bank) was a consortium bank with specialization in project finance. Responsibilities included the formulation and implementation of both strategic and marketing plans in this sector as well as loan and equity portfolio management. Subsequently transferred to Houston, Texas, to start up a new subsidiary for this bank.

KLEINWORT BENSON LTD., London, England  1973 - 1976
Credit Analyst

Received full credit training both in-house at this merchant bank and through a period of assignment to the London office of First National Bank of Dallas.

NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK LTD. 1971 - 1973
Managers Assistant

Introduced to the fundamentals of both retail banking and commercial lending, initially through the bank’s intensive management training program and later via hands-on experience.

EDUCATION

The Sagamore Institute, New York, U.S.A. - 1985 - 1986
Instructional Design & Development

Institute of Bankers, Canterbury, England - 1972 - 1975
Law Relating to Banking, World Monetary Theory & Practice
Advanced Economics, International Banking Practice

Mander College, Bedford, England - 1968 - 1971
Business & Finance

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

As a banker, John Oliver has worked on projects around the globe, from Peru to Zaire, the United States and his native England. In his consulting role, he has worked with bankers from almost every continent.