Alan Griffin has over 25 years’ experience as a chief financial officer, the past 14 years with the U.S. Russia Foundation where he currently serves as COO/CFO. His responsibilities include operations, accounting, investment management and internal controls.
Mr. Griffin served as CFO with the Baltic-American Enterprise Fund (BalAEF) from its inception in 1995 to its final sale in 2010 where he implemented a growth and external capitalization strategy through the formation of commercial finance and residential mortgage subsidiaries, Hanseatic Capital and AmCredit. In aggregate, these businesses attracted $300 million in multilateral and private-sector financing, invested substantially in the Baltic economies as part of BalAEF, and subsequently were acquired by Arco Capital Corporation and Allied Irish Banks, plc.
Before joining BalAEF, he was a practicing CPA from 1990-1995 and an auditor for the Inspector General of the General Services Administration from 1988-2000. A graduate of the University of Maryland, he raised two daughters in Calvert County, MD where he currently resides with his wife.