Vincent J. Zinck
547 14th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
415-310-8053
vinnie.zinck@tatumllc.com
vzinck@comcast.net
Summary: Over 30 years of business and finance experience in corporate finance, investment management, and commercial and merchant banking, in both domestic and international environments, with a geographic concentration in Asia. Conducted business in every East and Southeast Asian country except Laos and Cambodia.
Business Experience:
- Tatum, LLC, San Francisco: Partner specializing in assisting clients with finance and tax issues related to their Asian business activities.
- Weathernews Americas Inc., San Francisco: CFO of the US subsidiary of a publicly-traded Japanese company, Weathernews, Inc.
- Orion Commodities, LLC, New York: CFO of a non-ferrous metals trading company that specialized in buying/selling primary metals in China.
- AIG Associates, New York: Director of Foreign Investments responsible for making direct investments in Asia (coffee trading, ship ownership/operation, pharmaceuticals) for an international investment division of AIG.
- Merban Pacific Ltd., Hong Kong: Managing Director of the merchant banking subsidiary of Continental Grain, specializing in structured finance, countertrade, and turn-key industrial projects in China.
- Banque Paribas, Hong Kong: Assistant General Manager responsible for the Banque’s trade and commodity portfolio in Asia – petroleum, grains, metals, softs, fertilizers, etc.
- Chase Manhattan Bank, Hong Kong: Second Vice President responsible for the Bank’s trade and commodity portfolio in Asia.
Education:
- BA English: Niagara University
- Chinese Mandarin: Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA
- Post-graduate studies in Chinese Language and Literature: Indiana University
- MBA Finance: Indiana University
Foreign Languages:
- Chinese Mandarin: high level of competency
- Chinese Cantonese: conversational
- Japanese: basic