Mr. Sokolow became a director of the Company on June 1, 2006. From November 1999 until January 2007, Mr. Sokolow has been CEO and President of Finance, Inc., a publicly-traded financial services company, which he co-founded. From January 2007 until July 2008, Mr. Sokolow was the Chairman and CEO of Finance, Inc. until it merged into National Holdings Corporation, a publicly traded financial services company.
Since July 2008, Mr. Sokolow has been Vice-Chairman and President of National Holdings Corporation. Mr. Sokolow was Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Americas Growth Fund, Inc., a closed-end 1940 Act management investment company, from 1994 to 1998. From 1988 until 1993 Mr. Sokolow was EVP and General Counsel of Applica, Inc., a publicly-traded appliance marketing and distribution company. From 1982 until 1988 Mr. Sokolow practiced corporate, securities and tax law and was one of the founding attorneys and a partner of an international boutique law firm.
From 1980 until 1982 he worked as a CPA for Ernst & Young and KPMG Peat Marwick.
