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Gilbert W. Harrison

Chairman Financo, Inc

Financo, Inc. is a New York based investment banking firm which specialises in providing merger and acquisition, financial restructuring and other financial advisory services. For over 35 years, Gilbert and his team have orchestrated hundreds of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures for retail, apparel, footwear, cosmetic and other merchandising clients. Gilbert has recently put together some unique financial transactions including the Collective Brands (Payless ShoeSource) acquisition of Stride Rite, the merger of Etoys and Baby Universe, the strategic relationship of Regatta with Vera Wang, the recapitalisation of QA Direct Holdings, Limited Brands acquisition of La Senza Corporation, Phillip Van Heusen’s acquisition of Superba and Nordstrom’s acquisition of Jeffrey Inc.