William Bergh Gamble

EMERGING MARKET STRATEGIES

281 Olney Street

Providence, RI 02906

401-272-8906;

Cell 401-829-6729

Fax:401-272-8139

Internet: xgamble@cs.com

http://www.Xensei.Com/users/gamblet

OBJECTIVES:

To analyze the legal infrastructure of target emerging market to determine the risk. Ascertain the real incentives and disincentives created by the legal environment, whether they are legal, economic or even social. Utilize information create strategies, predict financial opportunities, and legal risk in order to help investors and companies take advantage of the increase of international trade and lessen the risk for direct and indirect investment in these volatile of new markets.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1991 - Present EMERGING MARKET STRATEGIES COMPANY, INC., Providence, RI - International Financial Consulting Company specializing in emerging markets

Founder & President

EDUCATION

University of Virginia Graduate School of Business Administration (Darden) - Executive Program, 1997

University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FLA - J.D. - 1978, LL.M. , 1979

Trinity College, Hartford, CT - B.A. - History, 1974 (pre-med, organic chemistry)

Studies abroad in Paris (Insitut d'Etudes Politique) and Rome in European History, Economics & Culture

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Fluency in French, Facility in Russian, Spanish & Italian

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

Economic Analysis of Emerging Markets Legal Systems, Developed theories concerning the efficiency of legal infrastructure and its impact on economic systems. Developed methods of analysis to determine efficiency of legal systems dependent on concepts of economics and Game theory. Developed methods of research to apply theory to analysis of legal infrastructure in all markets. Used analysis to predict economic, political and legal situation in emerging markets including: Thailand, Japan, Korea, India, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Published articles and letters with Harvard International Review (Summer 03), Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, ChinaOnline, NYU Stern, Asia Crises Home Page, University of Virginia Darden, Samsung Economic Research Institute and local Newspapers. Present work is a book on law in China commissioned by Quorum Books.

Articles and Books

Investing in China: Legal, Financial and Regulatory Risk, Quorum Books, December 2002, Letters published in the Financial Times (www.ft.com) (12/5/02, 2/06/03, 6/16/03, 10/02/03, 10/31/03, 11/119/03), "Going Bust: Overcoming Dysfunctional Credit System in China", Harvard International Review Summer Symposium Issue 2003, "The Middle Kingdom Runs Dry" in Foreign Affairs (originally China Tax - Terminal Dysfunction of Chinese tax system and its effects on the demise of the Chinese state) Contract Law in China and Securities Law in China at ChinaOnline.com, EVA and Loyalty as Measurement Tools in Creating a Balanced Scorecard, Causes of International Currency Devaluation in Emerging Markets, The IBM Argentina Case - Comments on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,, Chinese Banks: Darkness of Asia,, Collapse of the Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corporation - Economic Effects of Legal Infrastructure Guangdong. Brazil - Effects of Restructuring: Assessment of Legal Risk -Economic Effects of Legal Infrastructure Brazil, Listening to Uighurs, Restructuring in Asia - A Brief Survey of Asian Bankruptcy Law (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore), Restructuring in Asia II - A Brief Survey of Asian Bankruptcy Law (Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan), Restructuring in Asia III - A Brief Survey of Asian Bankruptcy Law (Thailand), Royalty Wanted, Relationship Protecting - Effects of Size on Restructuring, Law, Democracy and Economic Growth.

International Marketing and Problem Solving

Spearheaded business expansion into Russia; recognized opportunities in Russia after fall of Soviet Union in 1992; researched micro and macro economic environment; learned Russian; built information network across Baltic states, northwest Russia and Belarus; utilized inexpensive local Providence emigre community; traveled across Russia; investigated situation by staying with families; interviewed over 50 Russian enterprises in search of products and opportunities; identified the sources for products; negotiated prices, complied with local Russian regulations for exportation; arranged financing, insurance, letters of credit, shipping; complied with all U.S. regulations, customs and duties necessary to import; set up all the distributions systems for self-sustaining mail order distribution, order taking, storage facilities, shipment, contracts, fulfillment, billing and bookkeeping.