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Thursday, April 30, 2009 from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (GMT)
Professor Cockrum has won numerous teaching awards, including recognition as the top entrepreneurial professor in the nation in a survey conducted by Business Week in 1996. He has become a legend for a case-study entrepreneurial finance class he has taught for more than 20 years, teaching students the ins and outs of acquiring and sustaining the financing for organizations. He also is a Visiting Professor at Warwick and Cranfield Universities.
Prior to joining the UCLA faculty, Bill Cockrum spent 25 years in financial services initially as a marketer and lastly as CFO/CAO and one of the top senior officers at Becker Paribas, Inc. a 3,000-employee investment banking firm. When the company was sold to Merrill Lynch in 1984, Cockrum began his second career as a consultant to chief executive officers. He serves as a consultant in a variety of industries on issues such as organization structure, strategy, marketing, finance, and administration.
Shortly after starting consulting, Cockrum became a full time professor at UCLA Anderson teaching students the business and finance skills needed to succeed as entrepreneurs. Mr. Cockrum currently teaches entrepreneurial finance, business ethics, and investment management. He also is a member of the schools Board of Visitors, the Anderson Alumni Board, the Advisory Board of the Price Center, and a member of the UCLA Foundation investment committee.
Sanjeev C. Patel is a Principal of the privately owned CNG Family of Companies which is involved in the real estate (GroupSP & CNG Polska), retail (CNG) and business services (CNG Business Services) sectors.
At GroupSP, Sanjeev is personally involved with the selection of suitable investment properties, creating the most advantageous capital structure, raising the required finance, repositioning the properties and then either selling or refinancing them as required.
Sanjeev has significant experience of negotiating finance agreements with different stakeholders such as investment banks and local government departments. The experience has been gained by working in the UK, the US and Continental Europe. He was previously an analyst with Citibank (now Citigroup) in London and Bond Capital (now Bond Companies) in Los Angeles.
He has spearheaded Group SP’s growth, leading the acquisition, repositioning and redevelopment of several key assets within the UK and also in Poland through sister company, CNG Polska.
CNG Business Services is a fast-growing small business purchasing platform which has grown to also offer third-party business process outsourcing through its offices in Mumbai, India.
The University of California Trust (UK) – registered British Charity No. 1075405. supports a lively program of events and activities for UC alumni and friends in the UK and Europe. The Trust also supports the international outreach activities of the UC campuses in Europe via its academic advancement program and helps students on the Education Abroad Program.
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