Advisory Board

Mr. Bill Fickling, III

Bill Fickling, III is a private investor in Macon, Georgia with varied business and charitable interests. In 2001 Bill helped found Atlantic Southern Bank (“ASFN”), a locally owned community bank in Macon. Bill presently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ASFN. ASFN has grown to about $1 billion in assets since 2001.
In 1986 Bill assisted in the development and formation of Mulberry Street Investment Company (MSIC). MSIC is the family office and private investment arm of the Fickling Family, and has managed investments in hotels, real estate, automotive dealerships, timberlands, managed healthcare, venture capital investments, stocks, and bonds. In 1990 Bill was appointed President of MSIC, and directly oversaw its operations until 1994. Bill maintains an office at MSIC.
Beginning in 1990, Bill was given gradually increasing oversight and management responsibilities for Beech Street Corporation (“BSC”) headquartered in Irvine, California. Under Bill’s management, Beech Street grew from a small unprofitable regional Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) and workers’ compensation bill review firm into the nation’s 2nd largest privately owned PPO, comprising over 3,300 hospitals, 212,000 physicians, 23 million covered lives, and over $2 billion of annual medical expenditures. Under Bill’s direction as Co-Chairman Beech enjoyed a dramatic turnaround from $1.3 million in losses in CY 1990 on revenues of $12 million to $8.5 million in profits on revenues of $42 million in FY 1994. From 1994 BSC grew to revenues of $90 million and was sold to Concentra in July, 2005, and is now owned by Mulitplan.
In addition to his business career, Bill has a long history of service with numerous local charitable, civic, and religious institutions. Bill serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Methodist Children’s Home in Macon, and is Chair of the Property Committee. Bill serves on the board of the Fickling Family Foundation which he co-founded along with other members of the Fickling family. Bill has served in numerous capacities with the Boy Scouts of America, and is the proud father of an Eagle Scout of Merit by the Ocmulgee District.
Bill has pursued various investment and business opportunities, and continues to actively seek additional investment opportunities. In the past, Bill has served on many boards and committees and continues to do so with passion and commitment. Bill graduated from the University of Georgia in1982 with a Masters in Business Administration.

Mr. William J. Potter

William J. Potter, Chairman, Meredith Financial Group, Inc. – Mr. Potter is an investment/merchant banker with more than 30 years of experience. He has managed closed-end funds in the U.S. and Canada and served on the board of more than 20 U.S. domiciled public companies, as well as numerous foreign based companies. His current directorships include the National Foreign Trade Council, the nations oldest lobbying organization; various closed end funds such as Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund Inc, Aberdeen Asia Pacific Income Fund Inc and Aberdeen Global Income Fund Inc; and Alexandria Bancorp, a bank subsidiary of Canadian money manager Guardian Capital Group in addition to public companies in the U.S. and Canada. He has been designated as financial expert for Sarbanes-Oxley. Mr. Potter, received an A.B. degree from Colgate and an MBA degree from Harvard and holds FINRA series #24, Series #7 and Series #63 designations.

Mr. Daniel van der Tuin

Mr. Daniel van der Tuin is currently serving on the board of Indubel Vermogensbeheer, in Amsterdam, Netherlands as well as a non executive director of PanReliance. Mr. van der Tuin has over 35 years experience in investment and merchant banking services. He brings a valuable cross border experience as a non executive director of European Smaller Companies Fund (ESCF), specialist Euronova Asset Management UK, Edinburgh, as well as special projects in the Middle East and North Africa. He is also a member of the Investment Committee of Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Mr. van der Tuin has a degree from the University Utrecht (Rijks) in Economics, Business Administration and Statistics and is an honorary member of the Dutch Association of Financial Professionals (VBA), Netherlands, as well as a member of the Society of Investment Professionals in Germany (DVFA).

Mr. Leonard J. Harac

Since 1985 Leonard Harac has been president of his own strategic and tactical business advice firm and in this time has been retained by a host of listed, high profile companies. Clients he has been retained by include Time Warner, ABC, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Liberty Mutual and Selective Insurance. His previous media appearances include a wide range of key outlets from national television channels to prestigious print titles, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He also has connections to a number of technology, entrepreneur and private equity resources and forums, including the prestigious Ben Franklin Technology Partners group.Leonard has gained a reputation for excellence throughout his career and has been formally recognised on a number of occasions; his awards include “Outstanding Mentor” and “Outstanding Business Mentor”.

Mr. Richard Oliphant

Before joining TCA, Richard Oliphant was an independent banking consultant to various private and SME companies and, to a Government department. Formerly, Richard was Assistant Director for the London office of ORIX Corporation of Japan, in Big Ticket Asset finance, building up a large structured finance asset finance book. He had also been Head of Legal & Administration Department and Company Secretary of the ORIX group Companies based in London. This all provided a wide practical experience in EMEA countries in structuring, negotiating, contracting documentation and closing deals and then, monitoring and administering project finances in numerous disciplines including Shipping, Real Estate, Printing Press, CHP and Wind Farm finance. Richard has also handled requisite foreclosures including arresting assets in a variety of jurisdictions and, managed cases to the commercial division of the High Court.