- Advance United Holdings (AUHI) appoints David Beck as Chief Financial Officer
- Initially, Beck leveraged his background in engineering to focus on a career in management consulting
- David’s security expertise has been developed through work with, and investment in three security software start-up companies
- Beck has previously served as a director on four private and two public company boards
- Beck replaces David McDonald who will continue to serve the company under a new comptroller management agreement
- Advance United Holdings (AUHI is up 10.87 per cent, trading at C$1.02 at 1:41 pm EST
Advance United Holdings Inc. (AUHI) has appointed David Beck as its new Chief Financial Officer.
“It’s expected that Beck will add significant value to the management team, and I look forward to working closely with him as we continue to build out our digital marketplace and support the company’s further growth, success, and profitability,” stated James Atkinson, CEO of Advance United.
Beck has over 30-years of financial, business operations, and capital markets experience, having worked in a C-level capacity with national financial institutions in various capacities as a financial analyst, institutional and proprietary trader, and investment banking.
Initially, Beck leveraged his background in engineering to focus on a career in management consulting. After several years, he moved to the capital markets industry as a technology research analyst.
He subsequently complemented this experience through work as an investment banker and proprietary trader.
David’s investment and technology background will aid Advance United’s next leg of growth with a focus on analytics and security.
During his career, he established himself as a domain expert in analytics largely through his work as a top-ranked technology research analyst in both New York and Toronto.
David’s security expertise has been developed through work with, and investment in three security software start-up companies, which included Cloakware (acquired by Irdeto) and Assurent Secure Technologies (acquired by TELUS).
Beck has previously served as a director on four private and two public company boards.
He holds an MBA from the Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario and a B.Sc. (Engineering Physics) from Queens University.
Beck replaces David McDonald who will continue to serve the company under a new comptroller management agreement.
Advance United, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is traded on the CSE under the symbol “AUHI” and the Börse Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany under the symbol “9I0”.
Advance United Holdings (AUHI is up 10.87 per cent, trading at C$1.02 at 1:41 pm EST.