William Gamble, president of Emerging Market Strategies has been investing internationally for over twenty years. An international lawyer and economist, he developed his theories beginning with his first hand experience and business dealings in the Russia starting in 1993. Mr. Gamble holds two graduate law degrees. He was educated at Institute D'Etudes Politique, Trinity College, University of Miami School of Law, and University of Virginia Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. He was a member of the bar in three states, over four different federal courts and has spoken four languages. His work is published in journals and newspapers. He has been quoted in newspapers and magazines in the United States and throughout the world.

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

Analysis of the economic efficiency of emerging markets legal infrastructures. Developed theories concerning the efficiency of legal infrastructure and their impact on micro and macro economics. Developed methods to analyze and determine efficiency of legal systems based on concepts of law and economics and game theory. Developed methods of research to apply theory to analysis of legal infrastructure in all markets. Used analysis to predict economic, political and legal situation in emerging markets including: Thailand, Japan, Korea, India, China, Russia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil and Singapore. Television appearances on ABC, CNN Asia, CNN FN, Bloomberg twice, Fox and CNBC.  Radio appearances on radio stations throughout the US, CBC in Canada, Market Place on NPR, Bloomberg and Voice of America for broadcast to China. Quotes: The ANALYST (India), CNN.com, Smart Money, USA TODAY, The Far Eastern Economic Review, The International Herald Tribune, The South China Morning Post, Sankei Shimbun (Japan), The Sacramento Bee and The Hartford Courant. Testimony before the US China Economic and Security Review Commission (www.uscc.gov). Cited twice in their report to Congress. Speaking engagements: Various conferences for Opal Financial,  Financial Research Associates LLC, Terrapin, National Association of Personal Financial Advisors and the Association of Executives in Finance, Credit and International Business. He has been selected as a participant in the CFA Institute Speaker Retainer Program. Since February 2007 he has made presentations in 10 countries and 9 US cities. Upcoming presentations include Monte Carlo for Opal Financial.

ARTICLES AND BOOKS

Freedom: America's Competitive Advantage in the Global Market, Praeger, 2007, Investing in China: Legal, Financial and Regulatory Risk, Quorum Books, 2002, The main point about black swans and credit crises, Financial Times May 17th, 2008, Nor can they restore trust, Financial Times, March 22^nd, 2008, , Beware information deficit in emerging nations. Financial Times, Oct 31, 2007, The coming crash in Chinese stocks, Financial Times, May 15, 2007, Chinese bank purchase is neither capitalism nor reform, Financial Times, November 21 2006, Best investment in China is casinos of Macao, not state-owned banks, Financial Times, October 02, 2006, China lacks the normal tools of economic management, Financial Times, July 21 2006, A panda is not a bear just because it looks like one, Financial Times, May 10, 2006, Western investors will make up for Chinese property losses, Financial Times, April 12, 2006, Hong Kong Exchange cannot meet protection standards, Financial Times, December 07, 2005, If you seek creative employees, look to India not China, Financial Times, October 11, 2005, We have to keep politicians out of the market, Financial Times, May 18, 2005. If the law is used to limit the power of Chinese province it could be used to curb Beijing's too, Financial Times, December 22, 2004, China's ministries do not submit to the law, Financial Times: October 27, 2004, Market and press curb venal CEOs, Financial Times: May 7, 2004, China's economy must be freed from the influence of the party Financial Times: January 9, 2004, National champions have it too easy, Financial Times: November 19, 2003, No investment without justice, Financial Times ; Oct 31, 2003, Communist party in China should trust in the law, Financial Times ; Oct 02, 2003, Laws that protect China's powerful, Financial Times ; Jun 16, 2003, Shenzhen should try a multi‑party democracy embedded in rule of law, Financial Times ; Feb 06, 2003, Insure against corporate malfeasance, Financial Times ; Dec 05, 2002, Banks must not ignore the legal risks in China International Financial Law Review, for the International Assessment and Strategy Center: Briefly: New Chinese Accounting Rules May Conceal As Much As They Reveal, January 8th, 2007. Chinese Economic Nationalism, December 12th, 2006, Intellectual Property Piracy in China, October 7th, 2006, A Comparison of China Construction Bank and India's ICICI, December 8th, 2005, The Truth about CNOOC, July 15th, 2005, China, March 21st, 2005, AGoing Bust: Overcoming a Dysfunctional Credit System@, Harvard International Review, Summer Symposium Issue 2003, AThe Middle Kingdom Runs Dry@ in Foreign Affairs (originally China Tax ‑ Terminal Dysfunction of Chinese tax system and its effects on the demise of the Chinese state) November/December 2000, Contract Law in China and Securities Law in China at ChinaOnline.com, EVA and Loyalty as Measurement Tools in Creating a Balanced Scorecard, Causes of International Currency Devaluation in Emerging Markets, The IBM Argentina Case ‑ Comments on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Chinese Banks: Darkness of Asia,, Collapse of the Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corporation ‑ Economic Effects of Legal Infrastructure Guangdong. Brazil ‑ Effects of Restructuring: Assessment of Legal Risk ‑Economic Effects of Legal Infrastructure Brazil, Listening to Uighurs, Restructuring in Asia ‑ A Brief Survey of Asian Bankruptcy Law (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore), Restructuring in Asia II ‑ A Brief Survey of Asian Bankruptcy Law (Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan), Restructuring in Asia III ‑ A Brief Survey of Asian Bankruptcy Law (Thailand), Royalty Wanted, Relationship Protecting ‑ Effects of Size on Restructuring, Law, Democracy and Economic Growth.

EDUCATION

University of Virginia Graduate School of Business Administration (Darden) - Executive Program, 1997

University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FLA - J.D. - 1978, LL.M. , 1979

Trinity College, Hartford, CT - B.A. - History, 1974 (pre-med, organic chemistry)

Studies abroad in Paris (Insitut d'Etudes Politique) and Rome in European History, Economics & Culture

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