- Jerome de Bontin
Jérôme De Bontin is a businessman and football administrator who is president of
AS Monaco FC .He studied the
USA , where he graduated in finance atAmherst College inMassachusetts , a school that he attended withPrince Albert of Monaco . He made his career in the USA infinance . He is a director of Sustainability Investments LLC [cite news |title=How to invest in foreign firms that do good |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0424/p14s02-wmgn.html?s=sriidx |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=2006-04-24 |accessdate=2008-07-14 ] and Mekar Financial Services. [cite news |title=Over the Hedge: New Green Hedge Fund of Funds |url=http://www.socialfunds.com/news/article.cgi/2280.html |work=SocialFunds.com |date=2007-04-24 |accessdate=2008-07-14 ] He has also been president ofCredit Agricole Futures and director of CA Global Futures inVienna . In addition he was vice president of finance of Drexel, Burnharm, Lambert and finance director of Rodman & Renshaw in Chicago. [cite news |title=Rodman going where the money is |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3931114.html |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=1989-02-28 |accessdate=2008-07-14 ] He sits on the board of trustees of theUnited States Soccer Foundation [cite news |title=Are Adu and Bradley Headed to Monaco? |url=http://www.fanhouse.com/2008/07/07/are-adu-and-bradley-going-to-monaco/ |work=AOL |date=2008-07-07 |accessdate=2008-07-14 ] and has also been a director ofAS Monaco FC since June 2002. [cite news |title=Houllier dismisses Monaco speculation |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2003/0224/houllierg.html |work=RTE |date=2003-02-24 |accessdate=2008-07-14 ] He holds coaching qualifications in the USA and is a licensed referee.On April 10, 2008 he was appointed interim president of
AS Monaco FC after the resignation ofMichel Pastor . [cite news |title=Monaco Unlikely To Recapture Past Glories With Young Squad |url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=772988 |work=goal.com |date=2008-07-11 |accessdate=2008-07-14 ] He leftChicago for the Principality in order to fully participate in the management of his club. He is the first non-Monegasque President of AS Monaco.References
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