Mr. John Sanderson has over five decades of experience in the financial services industry. Since 2004, he has been a Board Member of the Beltone Financial Gems Fund while remaining actively involved in US-and European-based investment activities. Mr. Sanderson was actively involved in setting up a London office for Baltimore-based investment firm Legg Mason from 1995-2004 where he built a successful brokerage and asset management business from the ground up. He spent the majority of his career (from 1967-1995) with Kidder Peabody & Co. in several capacities, working his way to Chairman of the European Management Committee and Head of Brokerage for Europe and the Middle East.