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lstaplesLew Staples
Chief Financial Officer

Lew Staples has been associated with NACON Consulting LLC since 2003 and now serves as Chief Financial Officer.

He has over 30 years’ experience in commercial banking and international business, 10 of those years living and working overseas. He has served as CEO of a foreign bank, general manager of a foreign branch of a major U.S. bank, partner in a trade finance and asset-based lending company, partner in an international economic development company, and secretary/treasurer of a U. S. private direct investment company.

He served as a Vice President and Supervisory Loan Officer at Manufacturers Hanover Corporation in New York, a predecessor of the present JP Morgan Chase & Company. He was also stationed in London and Bahrain and was General Manager of the bank’s branch in Cairo.

Lew was subsequently appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of International Bank for Investments and Development in Sofia, Bulgaria and later joined FLAG International, LLC, a company pursuing economic development throughout southeastern Europe. He has been a consultant in the United States and overseas to banks; companies in retail, technology, media, equipment leasing, and asset-based lending; central banks; privatization agencies; and non-profit organizations.

He holds a Master of International Management degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Lafayette College.

Lew is married to Dr. Irina Staples, a clinician specializing in infectious diseases. He has two sons and a daughter, all safely degreed and out of the house.