Sean M. O'Connor

SEAN M. O’CONNOR was appointed to the Board of International
Assets Holding Corporation and became Chief Executive Officer in
December 2002. International Assets Holdings is listed on NASDAQ
and specializes in the international securities markets. Mr.
O’Connor is also the President of INTL Trading, the broker dealer
subsidiary. From 1989 to 2002 Mr. O’Connor was employed by the
Standard Bank Group, an international bank. From 1994 until 2002,
Mr. O’Connor was Chief Executive’Americas, CEO and Director of
Standard New York Securities and from 1999 served on the Board of
Standard Bank London Limited (a UK registered bank), the holding
company for all of Standard Bank’s international operations. Mr.
O’Connor relocated to London in 1991 to assist the Chief
Executive to establish a niche investment bank and was one of the
original four members of Standard Bank London ‘ now employing
over 1,200 people globally. Mr. O’Connor was the Founder of the
Americas business for Standard Bank after relocating to New York
in 1994 and tasked with the responsibility of establishing a
business from startup in a region where Standard had no prior
activities. The Americas became the largest contributor to the
Group’s international client activities.