Former Treasurer of Starbucks, Drew Wolff, Joins Academy Securities’ Advisory Board
Academy Securities, a registered broker-dealer, certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE), and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), announced the addition of Drew Wolff to its Advisory Board.
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“This valued addition to our Advisory Board instantly enhances Academy’s ability to serve our corporate clients by adding a teammate that has been in the same seat at a Fortune 500 firm”
Mr. Wolff is the former Treasurer of Starbucks Coffee (“starbucks”)Company as well as CFO of their International and Channel Development divisions, serving in this capacity from 2014 to 2020. Mr. Wolff has over 20 years of experience in senior financial and strategic planning roles in large retail banks with operations worldwide. Most recently, Mr. Wolff served as a Director at the Seattle Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Mr. Wolff also worked at Washington Mutual and Barclays in London.
“This valued addition to our Advisory Board instantly enhances Academy’s ability to serve our corporate clients by adding a teammate that has been in the same seat at a Fortune 500 firm,” stated Chance Mims, CEO of Academy Securities. “We are honored to have Drew and his expertise on board.”
Mr. Wolff commented on his joining Academy Securities, “I’m very pleased to be able to join Academy and help not only support their growth as a top-notch Broker Dealer but also to help support their social mission of providing careers in finance to our returning veteran heroes.”
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Mr. Wolff holds degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy and the University of Michigan. Before entering the business world, he served as a Naval officer on board several nuclear submarines. He is currently an Audit Committee Member at BECU Credit Union in Washington.
“We are humbled to add an advisory board member of Drew’s caliber and even more excited by the opportunity to enhance our mission of providing meaningful careers on Wall Street to veterans,” said Phil McConkey, President of Academy Securities.
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