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Jeanette Jin
Director
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Emeryville, CA 94608

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Jeanette Jin focuses on engagements in the areas of capital markets, risk management, governance and regulation, valuation, and securities litigation. Previously Dr. Jin was an executive vice president, chief operating officer, and co-founder of Wilmington Trust Conduit Services (WTCS), where she oversaw all aspects of business operations. WTCS provided a broad array of administrative, trustee, custodial, operations, accounting, valuation, and risk management services to asset managers, investment banks, trustees, and other parties involved in the issuance and management of structured finance transactions.

Prior to joining WTCS in 2006, Dr. Jin was chief executive officer of Toucan Partners and president of PVA International, a New-York based consultancy focused on capital markets and risk management to major global financial institutions. She specialized in delivering key business and technology solutions. Clients included Citigroup, Société Générale, Bankers Trust, CIBC, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, Central Bank of Columbia, Fifth Third Bank, Merrill Lynch, and Bank of America.

Earlier in her career, Dr. Jin held senior positions at Chemical Securities, Chase Securities, and Smith Barney, where she performed extensive analytics and modeling of prepayment risk, valuation of structured products for both trading desks and institutional clients.

Dr. Jin holds Ph.D. and master's degrees in finance from Drexel University Graduate School of Business, as well as a master's degree in information science from Drexel's College of Information Science. She served as an instructor in the Department of Finance at both Drexel University and Rowan College, where she taught investments and finance.

Dr. Jin has authored articles on a variety of topics in major industry publications. She has also coauthored several publications in financial journals on volatility in capital markets and Euro-currency markets. In addition, she coauthored “Corporate Governance and Operational Risk Management: A Practical Guide” with Peter Vinella.  

Education

  • Drexel University, Graduate School of Business
    Ph.D., Finance and Quantitative Methods, 1994
  • Drexel University, School of Business Administration
    M.S., Finance, 1991
  • Drexel University, College of Information Science
    M.A., Information Science, 1989
  • Tianjin Foreign Languages Institute, China
    B.A., English Literature, 1985

Employment History

  • LECG, LLC
    Director
    2009 - 2010
  • Wilmington Trust Conduit Services
    Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder
    2006 - 2009
  • Toucan Partners, LLC and PVA International, Inc.
    President and Co-founder
    1997 - 2006
  • Chase Securities, Inc.
    Fixed-income Division, Vice President
    1996 - 1997
  • Smith Barney Shearson, Inc.
    Fixed-income Division, Assistant Vice President
    1994 - 1996
  • Smith Kline & French Co., Ltd.
    Executive Assistant to the General Manager
    1985 - 1987