Charles Field-Marsham

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Charles Field-Marsham
Born
Rupert Charles Field-Marsham

29 January 1968
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater Upper Canada College
McGill University
OccupationBusinessman
Spouse(s)Rita Field-Marsham [1]

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

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Early life and education

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]

Career

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 Kenyan wife Rita (daughter of Nicholas Biwott), [1] during which time he established and acquired several companies. [6] His first move was to open a stock brokerage, Kestrel Capital, in 1995. Kestrel Capital has become Kenya's leading stock brokerage firm. [7] [8] [9] 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. [10] 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] [10]

In 2004, Field-Marsham moved back to Canada and founded Kestrel Capital Management Corp. (KCMC) in Toronto. [11] The company provides investment consultancy services to businesses outside of Canada. [12] [13]

Philanthropy

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  14. ↑ The Charles and Rita Field-Marsham Foundation
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