Charles Field-Marsham Explained

Charles Field-Marsham
Birth Name:Rupert Charles Field-Marsham
Birth Date:29 January 1968
Nationality:Canadian
Alma Mater:Upper Canada College
McGill University
Occupation:Businessman
Spouse:Rita Field-Marsham

Rupert Charles Field-Marsham (born 29 January 1968)[1] is a Canadian businessman based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Early life and education

Field-Marsham is the second son of Rupert Charles Edward Field-Marsham and his first wife, Marilyn Maughan.[2] As a male-line descendant of Robert Marsham, 1st Baron Romney (1685–1724), he is related to the Earls of Romney.[2] He attended Upper Canada College in Toronto[3] and then McGill University in Montreal, where he obtained a bachelor's degree with distinction in economics and politics.[4]

Field-Marsham is married to a Kenyan wife, Rita Field-Marsham, a lawyer and CEO of non-profit organization Key Libraries, a Canadian charity that invests in turnkey school libraries.

Career

At the age of 19 and while an undergraduate at McGill University, Field-Marsham started his first successful business, Advantage Clothing.[5] After graduating from McGill, he joined Credit Suisse First Boston in New York City as a financial analyst.[6]

From 1993 to 2003, Field-Marsham lived in Kenya with his wife, during which time he established and acquired several companies. [7] His first move was to open a stock brokerage, Kestrel Capital, in 1995. Kestrel Capital has become Kenya's leading stock brokerage firm.[8] [9] [10] He then set up the Panafrican Group in 1996, a Komatsu distributor for mining and construction equipment across Africa. In 1997, he bought the Kenya Fluorspar Company, a loss-making state-owned company, and entered into a 20-year lease with the government.[11] The mine was to become one of the country's leading foreign currency earners. It was described as one of the largest and lowest-cost producers of fluorspar in the world.

In 2004, Field-Marsham moved back to Canada and founded Kestrel Capital Management Corp. (KCMC) in Toronto.[12] The company provides investment consultancy services to businesses outside of Canada.[13] [14] As of 2020, Field-Marsham is an investor of 7-Nation, a board sports company that owns, among other companies, Slingshot Sports.[15]

Philanthropy

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Notes and References

  1. Mosley, Charles (editor). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 3, page 3386. — via Web site: Person Page 2357. The Peerage. 20 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Romney. from: Burke's Peerage and Gentry. 20 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130616163010/http://www.rootsandleaves.com/family/Burke%27s/ROMNEY.htm. 16 June 2013.
  3. Web site: McConnell. Tristan. Black belt Canadian businessman brings tae kwon do to Kenya. Globe and Mail. 20 June 2013.
  4. Web site: Charles Field-Marsham. Bloomberg Business Week. 20 June 2013.
  5. Web site: Board of Directors . WebArchives.org/Next36 . 20 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120729072702/http://www.thenext36.ca/content/board-directors . July 29, 2012 .
  6. Web site: Charles Field-Marsham. The Next 36. 20 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130507140824/http://thenext36.ca/content/charles-field-marsham. 7 May 2013.
  7. News: McCONNELL . TRISTAN . 2012-07-22 . Black belt Canadian businessman brings tae kwon do to Kenya . en-CA . The Globe and Mail . 2022-11-10.
  8. Web site: MAKAU. JAMES. Bear market erodes stockbrokers' profits. Business Daily : Nation Media Group. 12 July 2013.
  9. Web site: Pett. David. Sub-Saharan Africa's big move up. Financial Post. 20 June 2013.
  10. Web site: Foreign investors change brokers' fortunes at NSE. Business Daily 27th Jan 2010. 20 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130625231053/http://www.kestrelcapital.com/downloads/Brokers_NSE_Market_Share-BD_27_January_2010.pdf. 25 June 2013.
  11. Web site: Kenya Fluorspar Company (KFC). N-Soko/NationMedia Group. 20 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130619035525/http://property.n-soko.com/kenya-fluorspar-company-ltd-kfc/. 19 June 2013.
  12. Web site: Management. Kestrel Capital Management Corp.. 19 May 2020.
  13. Web site: Canadian Firms Bring Solar Power To Off the Grid Africa. Globe and Mail. 19 May 2020.
  14. Web site: Group Directors. PanAfrican Equipment. 20 June 2013.
  15. Web site: 7-Nation Welcomes Charles Field-Marsham As New Partner. SGB Media. 5 July 2024.
  16. https://fieldmarshamfoundation.org/trustees/charlesfield-marsham/ The Charles and Rita Field-Marsham Foundation
  17. Web site: KenSAP holds fundraising dinner for top students. The Star. 12 May 2020.
  18. Web site: Kenyans can also outrun the world in class. nation. 6 March 2020.
  19. Web site: KENSAP. 2013-06-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20130618184359/http://www.kensap.org/board-of-advisors/. 2013-06-18. dead.
  20. Web site: Burfoot. Amby. KENSAP Scholarship Program For Rift-Valley Kenyans Produces First Harvard Grad. Runners World. 12 July 2013.

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