David Souter, Mba, Cfa Email & Phone Number

Irvine, Ca, Us

David Souter has over 30 years of experience in the financial industry. He works as a financial strategies consultant with Wealth Management Strategies, where his focus is on doing corporate planning for closely held businesses and medical professionals. David focuses on executive compensation, retirement plans, deferred compensation plans, tax reduction strategies, estate and retirement planning. David has a long history of working with and consulting with business owners and high net worth individuals. David has been a CFA since 1999.Our company formerly AXA Advisors, is now Equitable Advisors, LLC (Equitable Financial Advisors in MI & TN)

• Created a Financial Roadmap for clients and prospects to gain a thorough understanding of clients’ financial goals and needs• Develops customized ideas and solutions for each client•

Served in diverse roles including interim CFO for a pink sheet company and interim Director of Marketing.

Led cross country road shows and helped raise capital for numerous companies. Worked on the valuation and sale of private companies. Dramatically increased the number of road shows for small companies.

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Led company road shows across New York, California, Oregon and Washington. Brought public and private company management teams in front of hedge funds and mutual funds across the country. Increased sales dramatically in NY and CA. Analyzed and promoted small and micro-cap companies, partnering and consulting with their management teams to refine their pitch decks and PowerPoint presentations.

Headed a team managing key accounts in CA, NY and Canada. Consulted with management teams and investment bankers to create engaging pitch decks and PowerPoint presentations that were well received by investors. Primary institutional salesperson who drove the lead roadshow to gauge investors reactions and help create refined messaging and more powerful presentations for future meetings. Cultivated relationships with public and private management teams of small and microcap companies; achieved goals for capital raising.

Managed and oversaw a $20-30 million investment fund that specialized in small and microcap value and growth at a reasonable price companies and outperformed the market substantially on a risk/reward basis. Guided small and microcap investment portfolio to 5 years of positive results with no down years. Analyzed and invested in small and micro-cap companies, partnering, consulting and recommending ways for management teams to refine strategic growth strategies, competitive advantages and accounting practices.

Researched and analyzed investment opportunities. Built company models to predict cash flows, margins, revenues and earnings. Engaged with CEO and CFO's on company strategy, accounting and financial practices. Presented investment ideas and wrote reports for the portfolio manager.

Managed over a 6 man team that grew our commisions to by 300% to over $100,000 per month in commissions. Accountable for sales, operations, trading and research. Recommended stock picks and generated research reports that supported the recommendations. Built numerous sales and partnership relationships with investment funds from across the country.

Developed research relationships with numerous Wall Street firms and analysts and built cash flow models and earnings models to facilitate sound Buy, Sell and Sell Short Decisions for the fund. Specialized in fundamental analysis including financial statement and ratio analysis.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing And Finance

Chartered Financial Analyst (Cfa), Chartered Financial Analyst

Bachelor Of Arts Degree, Economics