Biographies

 

Douglas R. Nichols

President

Mr. Nichols career spans over 25 years in the financial services industry.  He has experience as a CPA in Tax, Audit and Accounting. Has worked for Shearson, Lehman and Hutton; Smith Barney; and Brokers Transaction Services prior to founding First London Securities Corporation in 1991.

Besides presiding over First London Securities and as part of his activities at the firm, he is the senior advisor to small public and private companies on all aspects of capital raises, private companies going public, development and implementation of business strategies.

He has extensive experience as a direct investor in food, gaming, SAS, digital media, nano technology, real estate, ranching companies.  He is a Private Equity fund principal. Trades stock, options, commodities, FX and microcaps. Doug was a Nasdaq, (OTC) Pink Sheet market maker between 1992 and 2009.

Serve(d) as Public Co. Chairman, Chair of Corp Governance (NYSE) and Personnel committees (NYSE). Audit (NYSE) and Finance member (OTC).

His FINRA registrations include:  Registered Principal, Registered Securities Principal, Registered Options Principal, Financial and Operations Principal, Municipal Securities Principal, General Securities Representative, Equity Trader Limited Representative, Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination and Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination.

Victor M. Cervantes

Investment Banking

Mr. Cervantes has a diverse background in technologies, operations and business management & creation with almost 30 years of experience.

His strengths include general management in both domestic and international markets, business consulting and business and market development with an emphasis in Latin America. He is also a licensed securities representative and investment banking executive.

Vic has worked for several multi-national corporations including: Texas Instruments, Rockwell International, Northern Telecom, Motorola, Nortel and Unisys in various senior management capacities.  His roles have included technical and business management to sales, marketing and services delivery operations in North, Central and South America.  As Managing Director he led a multi-million dollar operation focusing in Mexico, Brazil and the South American cone. He is also an active investor in several small private companies

At First London Securities, he advises small public and private companies on all aspects of capital raises, public offerings, development and implementation of business strategies.

He is licensed as a General Securities Representative in securities products, including corporate securities, municipal securities, municipal fund securities, options, direct participation programs, investment company products and variable contracts.