Tom Swidler

Mr. Tom Swidler is the Managing Member of Tavistock Capital LLC, a business partner of Constellation.
Prior to forming Tavistock in 2000, he was a Vice President of IBM where he led IBM s Global Securities and Capital Markets Solutions business unit, conceiving and developing IBM proprietary capital market solutions as well as establishing and managing IBM s worldwide business partnerships and strategic alliances in capital markets.
His initial IBM assignment was establishing and then leading the IBM Asia Pacific Banking, Finance, and Securities consulting practice.
He has been providing professional services to the financial services industry since 1986.
He was Director of the Capital Markets Group of Deloitte & Touche and then a partner in the Secura Group, in which Andersen Consulting was a limited partner.
His focus was on strategic planning, M&A, and risk management.
Prior to 1986, he was a banker for over 20 years with residence in Europe and Asia.
He held senior management positions with Bank of America for 12 years, prior to which he was a member of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the founder and CEO of a German investment bank.
He was educated at Yale University and completed the Stanford Business School’s Senior Executive Program for Managing Information Technology.
He has published in the United States and Germany, been a guest lecturer at the National Taiwan University and the University of Cologne, led seminars for the Harvard Business School Association, American Management Association’s Chief Executives Round Table, and numerous other organizations.
He is fluent in German, Spanish and French.