Finn M. W. Caspersen

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Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Knickerbocker LLC

Finn M. W. Caspersen, 63, was chairman and chief executive officer of Beneficial Corporation from 1976 to 1998.  He was an officer in the United States Coast Guard, is a graduate with honors from The Peddie School, Brown University , and the Harvard Law School .

Mr. Caspersen is a national leader in the field of education.  He was a trustee of the New Jersey Independent College Fund and the New Jersey State Board of Higher Education, and is a trustee emeritus of Brown University .  He is chairman of the board of The Peddie School and a member of various Harvard University committees, including chairman of the Harvard Law School Dean’s Advisory Board.  He is also a director of the John Carter Brown Library in Providence , and the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City .  He has received numerous honorary degrees and awards.

A longtime equestrian sportsman, he is President Emeritus of the United States Equestrian Team (USET), former chairman of the Gladstone Equestrian Association, Chairman Emeritus of the Princeton International Regatta Association, and an honorary life-time officer of the Royal Windsor Horse Show of the United Kingdom .  He also is a member of the executive committee of the Coaching Club, a director of the National Rowing Foundation, and chairman of the Shelter Harbor Golf Club.    

Mr. Caspersen is currently chairman of the Hodson Trust, chairman and chief executive officer of Knickerbocker LLC, a Delaware private management firm overseeing the accounting and investments of various trusts, foundations and individuals, chairman and chief executive officer of various Florida, Rhode Island, Delaware and New Hampshire holding companies, and chairman of Westby Corporation, a privately-held agricultural conglomerate

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