传记

James D. Phipps is a strategic advisor, board-level business leader & asset manager.

Jim practiced law in a big law firm environment (Jones Day Reavis & Pogue & Wiley Rein LLP) for 10 years. In that environment, Jim focused on international commercial matters, i.e., cross-border buying, selling, leasing, licensing, franchising, distribution, & alternative dispute resolution, involving more than 100 countries & subject matters ranging from on-orbit satellite sales, to defense related transactions, to global distribution arrangements, to hamburger, pizza, ice cream, donut and other franchising deals. Jim has handled international arbitrations before the London Court of International Arbitration, the ICC's International Court for Arbitration & the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

In the pro bono area, Jim has focused on immigration work, including Violence Against Women Act claims & asylum cases involving former sex slaves.

2006年，Jim转到业务方面，他的工作涉及业务领导、治理、创业、战略咨询和资产管理。 Jim has managed assets worth over $350,000,000, conducted turn around management exercises at failing companies, lead organizations with over 4,000 employees and sat on the boards of numerous companies, some publicly traded, some closely held, across a number of industries, including, e.g.:

- Mining/mining exploration (copper, zinc, gold, silver);
-重工业（造纸）；消费品（纸、铝箔）；
- Infrastructure development and O&M (drinking water, waste water, storm water);
-高科技（游戏，社交媒体）；
-体育娱乐（英式足球、游戏、梦幻足球、体育谈话广播）；
-健身（中东最大的综合格斗馆）； &
- Film making ("Dave Made a Maze").

迄今为止，吉姆职业生涯的亮点是担任谢菲尔德联合足球俱乐部（Sheffield United Football Club）主席，该俱乐部目前在英超联赛（English Premier League）踢球。

Jim has 30+ years of experience involving the Middle East, is fluent in Arabic & lived full-time in the Arab world for about 18 years (15 years in Saudi Arabia; & three years in Iraq). 吉姆也会说西班牙语。

吉姆拥有一项有关淋浴结构系统的美国专利，本质上是一种用于淋浴的流量控制“乐高”式玩具系统。

吉姆是美国陆军的一名战斗老兵，曾在1990-1991年的沙漠盾牌行动和沙漠风暴行动中服役，隶属于第三装甲骑兵团的勇敢步枪队。 2008年至2010年，吉姆还在伊拉克巴格达担任了三年平民。

Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts in 哲学, magna cum laude (1992) & a Juris Doctorate, cum laude (1996), both from the Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. 1994- 1995年，吉姆作为富布赖特研究员在沙特阿拉伯利雅得的费萨尔国王伊斯兰研究中心研究伊斯兰教法。

吉姆在犹他谷大学伍德伯里商学院教授商业战略和运营课程。

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