Frank Mannings is an expert in cross-border private equity transactions, foreign currency, and interest rates. He has completed an investment training program at Mellon Bank, and he has worked as a hedge fund consultant at CIG Securities, an SVP/International Special Projects/Head of Global Syndication at Bank of Tokyo, and an assistant vice president at Bankers Trust Company. He has consulted for Grupo Costa Sol, which is a Japanese wholly-owned subsidiary of Nintendo's parent company, Namco, and served as an international banker and official representative at Ken Kantari and Kantari Gold Bank Group in Dubai, UAE. Mannings studied a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Political Economy and Classical Greek and earned a 3.6 GPA from the University of Pennsylvania FAS. He also attended St. Joseph's Prep High School and Waldron Academy grade school, where he majored in International Political Economy and Classical Greek and earned a 3.65 GPA.