About Us
TradeFlow21 seeks to promote commerce between U.S. commercial firms and partners abroad through the aggregation of business news and sponsorship of special events. We believe that the confluence of robust communications and mutual financial interests is the most sustainable way to ensure global equity, security, and economic growth. Currently we are engaged in broadening the relationship between Connecticut-based businesses and the Middle East, one of the strongest emerging markets in the world. In April 2009, TradeFlow21 will host an export summit in New Haven, Connecticut to educate industry leaders, municipal development officers, state representatives and others on potential Middle East trade opportunities.
Founding Partners
Lewis J. Nescott, Jr. is a senior research analyst at Yale University with over 15 years of experience in business intelligence analysis and international finance research. Having received certified peacekeeping and peace-enforcement training through the United Nations, including the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia, he has a proven track record in field-based economic development and international relief operations. In 2003 he launched and coordinated For the Peace of the World, a humanitarian relief mission in collaboration with hospitals in Connecticut to provide medical equipment and life-saving supplies to hospitals, infirmaries and orphanages in Iraq. Lew has worked as a writer and his media credentials include the production of the PBS documentary on Awakening and Enlightenment hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. He is an avid high-altitude mountain climber and has scaled peaks around the world, including the Middle East. He holds advanced degrees (M.Div./M.A.R.) from Yale.
Steven Towns is a senior research analyst at Yale University. He is a former contributing editor and Japan analyst at Seeking Alpha, a leading provider of stock market opinion and analysis. Steven is also the founder of a Japanese equities research firm. He has published over 2,000 articles on investing, many of which have been syndicated on Yahoo! Finance and other prominent financial news websites. Fluent in Japanese, Steven previously worked in economic and commercial affairs with the Japanese government and was a former ESL instructor and Japanese-to-English translator in Japan and China. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies and a Master of International Management (Finance) from the University of Maryland University College.
Richard C. Horne is an assistant director for research at Yale University specializing in corporations and foundations and he serves as Editor-at-Large of the Yale Economic Review, which he co-founded. Previously he was a project manager with the law offices of Freilicher & Hoffman, P.C., where he handled top-level sensitive cases involving major international firms, universities and research institutions and served as the principal liaison to a multilateral monetary policy organization. He is a decorated Marine who has held a number of key assignments, including intelligence analysis, civil affairs, criminal investigations, and legal administration. During his military career he has served on deployments and missions in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Henry Kwan is a staff member at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. He has over 10 years of experience in public affairs, media relations and strategic communications. As a former Army journalist, he served abroad in Eastern Europe and has been published in several military periodicals, including Soldiers magazine. During a five year stint in sub-Saharan Africa, he undertook engagements with a miscellany of organizations, including the United Nations Development Programme, Kenya Institute of Management and the International Catholic Migration Commission. A graduate of San Francisco State University and the University of Zimbabwe, he holds a master’s degree in African Studies from Yale and was a Fox International Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge.
Contact Us
We appreciate any feedback or questions you may have. Please feel free to contact us via email: partners [at] tradeflow21.com or you can send correspondence via post to:
TradeFlow21
Box 205547
New Haven, CT 06520
United States
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Disclaimer: TradeFlow21 is not an affiliate of Yale University.
