Natural Resources >> Money Manager Interviews >> June 14, 1999
GEOFFREY R. AKERS P.E. serves as President of Amerest Securities
Corporation holding his NASD Series 63, 7, 65 securities licenses and
all four NASD principal licenses 24 (General Securities), 53 (Municipal
Securities), 4 (Options) and 27 (Financial Operations) with the National
Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) culminating the firm's
emergence into general securities and the capital markets. Mr. Akers
further serves as the Corporate Financial Director for Arcturus
Corporation in his capacity of capitalizing company interests,
performing financial and engineering analyzes, managing corporate
securities and preparing the company for a stock offering as a unique
oil, oil condensate and natural gas producer and distribution entity
within the industry. Mr. Akers holds a PE (Professional Engineer) in
electrical engineering, a bachelor of Sciences in engineering physics
from the University of Maine, an M.B.A. in finance from Renssalaer
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., two Master of Sciences degrees (in
mathematics and physics) from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in physics
from the University of Connecticut. Mr. Akers joined the company after
an extensive and distinguished career in the financial markets as a
national authority in fixed income securities as a managing partner of
the investment banking firms of Norris and Hirshberg, Inc. of Atlanta,
Georgia, Marks Allen of Florham Park, N.J. and sole proprietor of
Marathon Capital Management, New London, Connecticut. Mr. Akers has
authored extensive analyzes on energy and financial companies such
as; Nuevo Energy, Vintage Petroleum, Pride International, Amresco Inc.
and Ensco International, while serving as department chair of Southwest
Securities fixed income securities division. In January 1998, The Wall
Street Transcript, a major investment industry publication, featured Mr.
Akers as a fixed-income research analyst in high-yield investments
industry publication, featured Mr. Akers as a fixed income research
analyst in high-yield investments with an outstanding track record for
1997 high-profile industry partners and Fortune 500 Companies. Profile
Mr. Akers: Amerest Securities is a company that primarily deals with
establishing programs in oil and gas. It's an oil and gas
