James Cracchiolo

James M. Cracchiolo (Jim Cracchiolo) is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ameriprise Financial, Inc, a leading financial planning firm. He has held these positions since September 2005, when the company was spun-off from American Express. At American Express he was Chairman, CEO and President of American Express Financial Advisors. From 2003 to present he has also been Chairman of Threadneedle Asset Management Limited, a London-based global asset management firm.

Cracchiolo obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and economics and a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from the New York University School of Business. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York State and is Series 7 and 24 certified in the United States.

Cracchiolo is a member of the American Council of Life Insurers, the Business and Financial Services Roundtables, and the Minnesota Business Partnership. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of the March of Dimes Foundation.

A month after Ameriprise's spin-off from American Express, Cracchiolo was named one of "The Ten to Watch 2005" among leaders of brokerage, financial advisor and financial planning firms in the U.S by Registered Rep, a magazine for retail investment professionals. He is credited with a successful transition to independence for Ameriprise, currently a "Fortune 300" company and the largest financial planning firm in the country.

References

http://www.ameriprise.com/amp/global/press-center/bio-cracchiolo.asp

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/12/9563.html

http://registeredrep.com/mag/finance_ten_watch_learning/