About Mitch Avnet
Mitch Avnet is a founding partner of Compliance Risk Concepts (“CRC”), a management consulting organization focused on the intersection of Compliance and Technology protocols for Financial and Non-Financial Services companies. Avnet is responsible for business development, relationship management and overseeing the execution of all client driven / business focused Compliance. Ethics and Operational Risk Management strategic engagements.
Throughout the course of Avnet's 29year career in the financial services industry, he has worked for top-tier integrated financial services organizations, investment banks, commercial banks and hedge funds such as Lincoln Financial Group, PNC Bank, Wachovia Capital Markets, and D E Shaw, developing an extensive knowledge of both buy side and sell side businesses, with a deep understanding of Equity and Fixed Income Markets, Derivative Instruments, Structured Products and Variable Products.
Over the past 13 years, Avnet has built Compliance Risk Management programs to support the manufacturing / origination and distribution of proprietary products (closed architecture), as well as source third party products on behalf of customers / client relationships (open architecture). During this time frame, Avnet has served in a leadership role, building and integrating Compliance teams to be a meaningful and sought after component of the business process.
Avnet maintains the Series 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14, 24, 55, 63 and 65 securities license designations. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in economics, graduating magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Oneonta.
Specialties: Prior to launching CRC, Avnet maintained responsibility for Lincoln’s entire Compliance and Ethics Technology initiatives, developing and implementing a long term strategic approach to upgrade and modernize the effectiveness and efficiency of Lincoln Financial Group's overall Compliance programs. Avnet was a member of the Social Media Governance Committee, having direct influence regarding LFG’s overall strategy toward the enablement and usage of Social Media outlets across the LFG footprint.