RICHARD HAM
A diverse and seasoned group of insurance and legal professionals, covering all the bases.
FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR
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Registered Investment Advisor Extensive Insurance Licensing Richard Ham has over forty-three years of experience in the insurance and financial services industry. For the past thirty of those years, he has been involved in project management and business consulting. Mr. Ham began his professional and financial services career as a representative for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1976. |
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Mr. Ham has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of a publicly traded company. Mr. Ham was the President of a mortgage bank. He is the founder and principle (managing director) of Tartan Capital Advisors LLC and Tartan Fund Management LLC, which provides the hedge fund management for Tartan Funds, LLC. Mr. Ham developed and oversaw the management of the development of a project plan prototype for a 3.5 million dollar organization computer system for the three financial services disciplines – insurance, banking and securities. He worked directly with IBM, Kirchman Corporation, Yojna, Genelco, SunGard, ADP, Compushare and several other software and hardware companies. The resulting prototype is still relevant today to deliver a true real-time integration of transactional functions between the three financial services disciplines. In conjunction with this prototype, he developed a new and unique integrated architectural design and workflow environment to house and to enable the operations of the three disciplines. Mr. Ham invented and developed many unique products in the insurance field. He has worked with major insurance and reinsurance companies and brokerage houses such as Marsh & McLennan, Willis & Corroon, Guy Carpenter, Lloyds of London, Swiss Re, Zurich Re, Johnson & Higgins and Willcox. Mr. Ham was a founder and minority owner of a domestic reinsurance company. Mr. Ham was part owner and Executive Vice President of a national marketing organization for a 19 billion dollar financial service company. He established from scratch, trained and managed a field force of more than 1,200 people. Mr. Ham has managed and provided services on projects domestically, in Europe, and the Caribbean with corporate takeovers, acquisitions and other corporate transactions. He has secured funding for various ventures and projects including private placements and public offerings. Mr. Ham has worked with investment banks, market makers, broker dealers and private funds. Mr. Ham has worked directly with many European banks such as ABN-Amro Bank, Banque Brussels Lambert, Banque Generale Du Luxembourg, Banque Indosuez, Bank of Mees Pierson, Banque Nationale De Paris, Banque Paribas, Barclays Bank PLC, Banque Paribas Belgique, Credit Agricole D’ile-De-France, Continental Bank of Luxembourg, Credit Lyonnais, Generale Bank, KredietBank, Lloyds Bank, Merrill-Lynch International Bank of London, Rabobank Belgie and Societe Banque De Thompson. He has relationships with other European private merchant and investment banks. Mr. Ham has served as a continuing education instructor in the states of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota. Mr. Ham has conducted seminars for agents, agencies and other organizations on product knowledge, estate and financial planning, motivation and promotion. Mr. Ham has been the president of two domestic oil and gas companies. These companies were primarily in-field drilling in both deep and shallow oil and gas fields. He provided key support and services to companies in the oil and gas business for the sale, negotiation or financing of their commodities. Mr. Ham attended the University of Nebraska and the University of Phoenix for a Bachelor of Science in Management (GPA 4.0). In 1976, Mr. Ham became a licensed salesperson for life, health, property, casualty and surety insurance products. In 1984, he was issued a life and health insurance consultant license by the Nebraska Department of Insurance. He has been licensed in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Illinois, Indiana, Texas and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mr. Ham has been a member of the Project Management Institute (PMI), the Academy of Management (AM) and the American Management Association (AMA). He has been associated with the Institute of Certified Financial Planners, the National Association of Life Underwriters, and the American Association of Financial Professionals. Mr. Ham received the Qualifying Member of the Million Dollar Round Table, National Quality Award, National Sales Achievement Award, Top of the Round Table, and the International Forum. Mr. Ham is licensed as a Nevada Resident Producer of life, health, property, casualty and surety insurance products. Mr. Ham is FINRA licensed Investment Advisor. |
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