Vice Chairman
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Dave Sams is Vice Chairman of G2 Investment Group. He retired as
President of Sammons Enterprises, Inc. at year-end 2008. Mr. Sams continued to serve as Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors of Sammons and also as a consultant to the company until
August 31, 2011. He was named
President of Sammons effective January 1, 2006, having previously served as a
consultant to and board member of the company. Prior to his full-time
employment by Sammons, Mr. Sams was Principal/Owner of Otter Cove Associates, a
financial services consulting firm he formed in 1999. He retired as President
of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company following the merger and
successful integration with Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company where he
was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sams was recruited to Connecticut Mutual after
spending 27 years with Providian Corporation in Louisville, Kentucky, where he
began his business career after service in the United States Army. He ultimately served as Chief Executive
Officer of Providian’s agent-sold insurance operations and as Chairman of
Providian’s life insurance company subsidiaries.
In addition to the Sammons
Board, Mr. Sams also served as a Director of Guggenheim Capital, LLC, until August of
this 2011. He formerly served on the board of Pictet New Finance Fund
(Pictet & Cie), Geneva, Switzerland, as Chairman of the Board of MV
Transportation, Fairfield, California, on the board of EDIT, an internet
transaction processor acquired by Washington State Dental, and on the board of
Pan American Bank, Orlando, Florida, now part of Bank of America.
Mr. Sams attended the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned a B.S. degree from the
University of Louisville. Mr. Sams also completed The Executive Program at the Amos Tuck School, Dartmouth
College.
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