Fred W. Ganning

Mr. Fred W.
Ganning, Jr. MBA, is Strategic Advisor at Metropolitan Equity Partners LLC.
Prior to joining Metropolitan, Mr. Ganning was the Chief Executive Officer of Raise Hope Capital LLC, a start-up company in financial services with the mission of employing people with disabilities including American military veterans.
Before joining Raise Hope, Mr. Ganning was the President of Simplex Corporation, where he managed a fund for Convertible Preferred Equities and determined the fund's strategies and risk profile.
Mr. Ganning experience also includes an over 25 year career at ED&F Man, the Man Group and ED&F Man Holdings Ltd.
He was a Main Board Director for ED&F Man Holdings Ltd., as well as Managing Director for ED&F Man Cocoa and Coffee Ltd.
As Managing Director he set the strategic direction of the division, determined trading strategies and the risk profile of the division and managed the senior staff in physical and futures trading in London, New York, Singapore and Brazil.
In addition to his professional experience, Mr. Ganning is an adjunct faculty member at Seton Hall University's Stillman School of Business.
Mr. Ganning earned his MBA in Quantitative Analysis and a BS in Finance both from Seton Hall University.