Faculty

Faculty

White Coat Institute programs are taught by associate instructors, guest lecturers, and executive coaches with careers in corporate finance, investment banking, capital markets, and entrepreneurship.

Corporate Finance & Investment Banking

Associate Instructors

Associate Instructor, Corporate Finance & Investment Banking

Julia Plotts

Formerly Bank of America

BA in English Literature and Political Science, Loyola Marymount University. An expert in investment banking and M&A, she has received multiple awards for teaching excellence in executive education. She has published case studies and contributed to Valuation: The Art and Science of Strategic Investments by Sheridan Titman and John Martin.

Career Highlights

  • Office of California Governor Pete Wilson, Los Angeles
  • US House Banking & Financial Services Committee, overseeing financial services legislation
  • Davis Polk & Wardwell, reviewing legal aspects of the financial industry
  • Banc of America Securities LLC, M&A Group, transacting deals globally
  • Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Personal

Mentors finance and business students; writes textbooks and case studies.

Associate Instructor, Corporate Finance & Investment Banking

Victor Marek Borun

Formerly National Economic Research Associates, New York City

MSc and PhD in Philosophy, Warsaw University; graduate of the Business Administration Department, New York University. Over 30 years in finance and education. Member of the American Finance Association, the Financial Management Association, and the American Statistical Association; advisory board member, Polish National Foundation, New York City.

Corporate Consulting

  • Chase Manhattan Bank
  • National Westminster Bank
  • Ministry of Privatization (Poland)
  • Securities and Exchange Commission

Publications and Honors

  • H.E. Kross Award, New York University
  • G. & H. Crown Award, Fordham University
  • The Cost of Issuance of New Equity: A Case Study of the Electric Utility Industry, published by New York University
Founder, Guest Lecturers & Executive Coaches

Guest Lecturers & Executive Coaches

Founder & Guest Lecturer, International Capital Markets & Global Entrepreneurship

Sanjay Gupta

Formerly JP Morgan Chase, Salomon Smith Barney, Citigroup

An international investor and explorer, he has traveled through more than 70 countries, experiencing the world close to borders via customized 4x4 vehicles. He holds interests in multinational companies. His background is in artificial-intelligence-based computational analysis, foundations of analysis, and statistical methods developed at Dartmouth College, with extensive expertise in high tech and investment banking.

Areas of Expertise

  • Corporate finance
  • Deal structuring
  • Road-shows
  • Proprietary trading
  • Hedging strategies
  • Global macro

Career

  • OSC: west-coast high-tech venture, options value team, 300+ employees
  • JP Morgan: ranked first in the firm's two-month training program among 150+ analysts
  • Salomon Smith Barney: finance, engineering, and technology, within Salomon's top-ranked telecom banking group
  • Citigroup Global Markets: promoted to Vice President, London

Personal

Competitive rowing and skiing.

Executive Coach, Entrepreneurship & Hedge Funds

John Nother

Entrepreneur; MBA, Richard Ivey School of Business

MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. He joined a number of distressed manufacturing companies as Chief Executive Officer and completed their restructuring, improving capital structure, senior management, accounting methods, and manufacturing processes. He later became an adviser to private equity and hedge fund clients, focusing on asset collection and allocation.

Specializations

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Distressed M&A
  • Capital structure
  • Asset allocation
  • Hedge funds
Executive Coach, Corporate Strategy & Investment Banking

John Fernquest

Barclays Capital; London Business School

Graduated from Dartmouth College in film studies. He spent several years in investment banking at Credit Suisse as an analyst specializing in private and public equity financing for cross-border transactions, later joining the Media & Telecommunications Group as an associate. He completed his MBA at London Business School. An expert in corporate strategy and investor relations, he is currently a Director at Barclays Capital in London.

Firm Background

  • Credit Suisse: analyst, cross-border transactions
  • London Business School: MBA
  • Barclays Capital: Director, London

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