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Charles Field-Marsham

Rupert Charles Field-Marsham (born 29 January 1968)[2] is a Canadian businessman based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Charles Field-Marsham
Born
Rupert Charles Field-Marsham

29 January 1968
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUpper Canada College
McGill University
OccupationBusinessman
SpouseRita Field-Marsham[1]

Early life and education

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Field-Marsham is the second son of Rupert Charles Edward Field-Marsham and his first wife, Marilyn Maughan.[3] As a male-line descendant of Robert Marsham, 1st Baron Romney (1685–1724), he is related to the Earls of Romney.[3] He attended Upper Canada College in Toronto[1] and then McGill University in Montreal, where he obtained a bachelor's degree with distinction in economics and politics.[4]

Field-Marsham is married to a Kenyan wife, Rita Field-Marsham, a lawyer and CEO of non-profit organization Key Libraries, a Canadian charity that invests in turnkey school libraries.

Career

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At the age of 19 and while an undergraduate at McGill University, Field-Marsham started his first successful business, Advantage Clothing.[5] After graduating from McGill, he joined Credit Suisse First Boston in New York City as a financial analyst.[4][6]

From 1993 to 2003, Field-Marsham lived in Kenya with his wife, during which time he established and acquired several companies.[6] [7] His first move was to open a stock brokerage, Kestrel Capital, in 1995. Kestrel Capital has become Kenya's leading stock brokerage firm.[8][9][10] He then set up the Panafrican Group in 1996, a Komatsu distributor for mining and construction equipment across Africa.[citation needed] In 1997, he bought the Kenya Fluorspar Company, a loss-making state-owned company, and entered into a 20-year lease with the government.[11] The mine was to become one of the country's leading foreign currency earners. It was described as one of the largest and lowest-cost producers of fluorspar in the world.[6][11]

In 2004, Field-Marsham moved back to Canada and founded Kestrel Capital Management Corp. (KCMC) in Toronto.[12] The company provides investment consultancy services to businesses outside of Canada.[13][14]As of 2020, Field-Marsham is an investor of 7-Nation, a board sports company that owns, among other companies, Slingshot Sports.[15]

Philanthropy

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  • The Charles and Rita Field-Marsham Foundation – established in 2009.[16]
  • Kenya Scholar Access Project (KENSAP) – became chairman and major sponsor in 2005;[17][18] an initiative that has helped secure scholarships for over 200 high-achieving disadvantaged Kenyan students in elite U.S. universities.[19] KENSAP produced it first Harvard graduate, Kipyegon Amos Kitur, in 2009.[20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b McConnell, Tristan. "Black belt Canadian businessman brings tae kwon do to Kenya". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. ^ Mosley, Charles (editor). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 3, page 3386. — via "Person Page 2357". The Peerage. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Romney". from: Burke's Peerage and Gentry. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Charles Field-Marsham". Bloomberg Business Week. Retrieved 20 June 2013.[dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Board of Directors". WebArchives.org/Next36. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Charles Field-Marsham". The Next 36. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  7. ^ McCONNELL, TRISTAN (2012-07-22). "Black belt Canadian businessman brings tae kwon do to Kenya". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
  8. ^ MAKAU, JAMES. "Bear market erodes stockbrokers' profits". Business Daily : Nation Media Group. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  9. ^ Pett, David. "Sub-Saharan Africa's big move up". Financial Post. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Foreign investors change brokers' fortunes at NSE" (PDF). Business Daily 27th Jan 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Kenya Fluorspar Company (KFC)". N-Soko/NationMedia Group. Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  12. ^ "Management". Kestrel Capital Management Corp. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Canadian Firms Bring Solar Power To Off the Grid Africa". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Group Directors". PanAfrican Equipment. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  15. ^ "7-Nation Welcomes Charles Field-Marsham As New Partner". SGB Media. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  16. ^ The Charles and Rita Field-Marsham Foundation
  17. ^ "KenSAP holds fundraising dinner for top students". The Star. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  18. ^ "Kenyans can also outrun the world in class". nation. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  19. ^ "KENSAP". Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  20. ^ Burfoot, Amby. "KENSAP Scholarship Program For Rift-Valley Kenyans Produces First Harvard Grad". Runners World. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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