LJH Global Investments Announces Bill Helms as Executive Vice President of Client Development

Business Wire, Jan 8, 2001

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NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2001

LJH Global Investments, LLC announced today the addition of William C. Helms as Executive Vice President of Client Development.

Formerly the Co-President of Bank of America's Private Bank where he oversaw a $1.6 billion organization with more than 3,500 employees in 100 plus offices, Helms will help spearhead LJH's worldwide new business development in the area of hedge funds and alternative investments.

Among Helms' areas of expertise are strategic planning, meeting and exceeding financial targets, relationship planning and management, operations integration, and all matters related to investments and sales management.

Since 1984, Helms has held executive positions with Bank of America and its predecessor banks, which included NCNB Texas, NationsBank, First RepublicBank and InterFirst Bank. He led the project teams that designed and organized NationBank's Private Client Group, as well as the merger and integration of the West Coast Private Banking operations of Bank of America with NationsBank.

His responsibilities have been nationwide, having been located in New York, Houston, Austin, Atlanta and San Francisco. Through the years, he recruited and coached Bank of America's regional executive team, organized new offices, and led development of a sales culture that contributed substantially to the Private Bank's expansive growth.

Helms earned a bachelor's of business administration degree, with honors, at the University of Texas in Austin. He is active in community affairs, having served in various board positions, including the Atlanta and Austin Ballets, University of Texas Red McCombs School of Business, Emory University Board of Visitors, Metro Atlanta and Houston YMCA, and the University of Texas Health Science Center.

"Bill Helms has a proven track record of motivating a team to exceed expectations. He possesses financial and client relations skills that will be invaluable to LJH as we continue to expand the company and provide unsurpassed client service," said James R. Hedges, IV, the founder and managing director of LJH Global Investments and LJH Alternative Investments, consultants to about $2.5 billion in client allocations.

LJH Global Investments, LLC provides alternative investment advisory services and manages funds of alternative investment funds. Formed in 1992 to manage the assets of the principals' families, the firm now addresses the investing needs of substantial families, individuals, foundations and other institutional investors throughout the world.

For additional information, please visit the corporate Web site at www.ljh.com or call 941/593-5000.