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Thomas J. Presby

Address: 

Compass Partners, LLC
Suite 2300
655 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021

Phone Number: 
212.223.8615
Fax Number: 
212.888.8133
Email: 
tompresby@compasspartners.us
Born: 
1940, USA
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
Rutgers University, BS Electrical Engineering, 1961; Carnegie Mellon University, Graduate School of Business, MBA, 1963
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Certified Public Accountant, State of Ohio, 1965; Certified Public Accountant, State of New York, 1965; Certified Management Consultant, 1972
Present Position: 
Serving as a professional director investor, advisor.; Independent Arbitrator, Mediator, Expert Witness; Independent Corporate Director; Currently Chair five audit committees of public companies: Tiffany & Co. (NYSE); World Fuel Services (NYSE); INVESCO,
Professional Experience: 

Served on nine public company boards, including serving as audit committee chair for eight of them; Retired as Deputy Chairman & Chief Operating Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in 2002; Held a number of leadership positions in the firm in the USA and abroad.

Professional Associations: 

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, National Association of Corporate Directors (named as one of the top 100 directors of 2011).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AAA; International Arbitration Institute

Arbitration Experience: 

20+ cases as panel member, including 5+ as Chairman 10+ cases as expert witness

Areas of Specialization: 
Accounting & Auditing
Corporate
International Business Transactions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

The Need to Match Business Expertise to Dispute Resolution, Commercial Law Journal, January 2002; ADR in Purchase Price Adjustments, CPR Alternatives, June 2002; Some Practical Ideas for Mediators of Commercial Disputes, CPR Alternatives, May 2003.