Executive Vice President, Soros Foundations
President, LionRock, LLC
Stewart Paperin has an extensive background in finance, investment and economic development, as well as international asset management, spanning a 30-year career. Mr. Paperin serves as a Senior Advisor to an internationally known hedge fund, where he managed the successful liquidation of a large portfolio of distressed emerging market securities. He also serves as Executive Vice President of the Soros Foundations with responsibility for the administration and operation of the Soros network in over 50 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the United States, Africa and Latin America, as well as the foundation’s economic reform and economic development activities.
In addition, Mr. Paperin is President of LionRock LLC, an investment management and consulting firm specializing in the emerging market sector, for which he recently managed the successful acquisition of the largest multi-use real estate asset in South Africa for a group of overseas investors.
Previously, he served as President of Brooke Group International, a United States-based leveraged buy-out firm operating in the former Soviet Union. He also was Chief Financial Officer of the Western Union Corporation during this troubled communication company’s comprehensive restructuring.
Prior assignments include his role as Chief Financial Officer of publicly-traded New York Stock Exchange companies in the telecommunications and computer industries; as a senior financial officer for the PepsiCo Corporation in Europe and Asia; and a management consultant focused on both public sector and private organizations.
Mr. Paperin has served as a member of the Boards of Directors of Western Union Corporation, PennOctane Corporation, Global TeleSystems Group, Inc., Golden Telecom Inc., Armour Reit and OAO Svyazinvest (Russia’s national telephone company), as well as a variety of emerging internet and telecommunication companies. He additionally serves on the Boards of Directors of several economic policy institutes in Central and Eastern Europe, and as a Director of the National Urban Reconstruction Housing Authority of South Africa.
Mr. Paperin graduated with BA and MS degrees from the State University of New York at Binghamton, was awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters degree by the State University of New York and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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