International Advisor

Prem G. Abraham

Mr. Abraham is Chairman of Gladstone Abraham & Company, a private merchant banking group that advises technology-based companies on top management strategy and corporate finance. Gladstone Abraham & Company is comprised of senior executives and entrepreneurs with significant experience in emerging technologies. Mr. Abraham has long-standing relationships with major financial institutions and CEO's of multi-national corporations. He has also advised venture capitalists and leading investment banks in special financing situations.

Fields of interest include bio-technology & medical devices, artificial intelligence, information technology, energy, and the environment. He has considerable expertise in management buy-outs and corporate restructuring. Mr. Abraham has an MBA from Harvard and an M.S.M.E. from University of California at Berkeley where he was a doctoral candidate.

As chairman of Fedship, he has advised European investors and Government agencies of Developing Nations, including India, Sri Lanka and Singapore, on financing of multi-national projects and policy issues involving technology and trade development.

Mr. Abraham is Emeritus President of the Harvard Club of the Peninsula and serves on the boards of several high technology companies. He has been active in civic organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a long time supporter of Rotary International and the San Francisco Symphony.