Thomas P. Treichler

Thomas P. Treichler (63) holder of a doctorate in Japanese law from Zurich University, was educated in Switzerland and in Japan. His many years of wide ranging experience in the United States, Asia, Australia and Europe have encompassed corporate finance, corporate governance, investment banking and venture capital investment.

Mr. Treichler began his business career in 1969 with the Union Bank of Switzerland in Tokyo and Zurich, and in London with J. Henry Schroder Wagg. In 1976, Mr. Treichler co-founded Fidenas Corporation, a New York based investment banking and corporate finance organization controlled by Swiss and Kuwaiti institutional interests. In the 1980s, Mr. Treichler was registered with the California State Banking Department as the U.S. Representative of Interallianz Bank Zurich, a Swiss-Japanese industrial banking institution. In 1985, he was instrumental in establishing and capitalizing Kwang Hua Securities Investment Trust, Taipei, Taiwan and played a key role in the structuring, underwriting and syndication of the Formosa Fund, a securities investment trust in the Republic of China, with major international institutions. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Treichler was a board member of The Shanghai Growth Fund, a US$100 million Hong Kong listed direct investment fund for investments in the greater Shanghai region.

From 1987 through 1997, Mr. Treichler, in his capacity as founder and President of KTC Management Corporation, a San Francisco based fund management company, managed Satrecol Australia Limited, a Perth, Australia, based venture capital fund listed on the Australia Stock Exchange, which he had founded with a group of Asian, European and U.S. investors.

In 1997, Satrecol Australia Limited was acquired by another company listed on the Australia Stock Exchange. Mr. Treichler served as director on the board of directors of Sport Supply Group, Inc., a Dallas based institutional distributor of sports equipment and supplies with sales of over $100 million. In 2005, the majority shareholder of Sport Supply Group sold its stake to Collegiate Pacific, Inc. In 2006, Collegiate Pacific sought to acquire the remaining shares of Sport Supply Group and asked Mr. Treichler to rejoin the board of directors of Sport Supply Group to negotiate on behalf of the minority shareholders the acquisition of Sport Supply Group.

Mr. Treichler is the founder and chief executive officer of Orient Financial Corporation, a San Francisco Bay based private investment banking and corporate advisory firm whose clientele includes emerging companies in the bio-medical field.

 

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