Leadership and Advisory Team

Christopher Blasi is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Neptune Global Holdings LLC, DBA Neptune-GBX®, and co-managing member of Neptune-GBX Advisors. While leading Neptune-GBX since its inception in 2003, Chris has differentiated the firm by developing and bringing to market several innovative and proprietary investment products, including the patented PMC Ounce® and Neptune Vault Accounts®. The firm’s innovative investment platform and suite of client centric services has attracted both US and international investors. Chris continues to grow the firm through the development of new distribution channels, the continued development and implementation of innovative technologies, and by establishing dynamic strategic partnerships which support the firm’s mission and leverage the firm’s market leading platform. Chris has over 35 years of professional experience which spans financial services and technology. Prior to joining the financial and technology sectors, Chris was an internal auditor with a Fortune 500 company. Chris graduated from LaSalle University with a BS in finance and business administration.

Christopher Blasi
Founder / CEO

Nicholas Krsnich is a Senior Advisory Board Member to Neptune-GBX and co-managing member of Neptune-GBX Advisors. Nick has 37 years’ experience in investment analysis, trading, and operations. He was the Chief Investment Officer of the largest mortgage company in America, Countrywide Financial Corporation, leaving in 2005. At Countrywide, Nick was a member of the Executive Committee, and Board Member of Countrywide Bank. He led secondary market trading, credit, and interest rate risk of all firm assets. Investments and risk management positions included Eurodollar Futures, Treasury Bond Options, Interest Rate Swaps, Credit Default Swaps, and Structures Products. Nick’s pre-financial crisis departure from Countrywide is detailed in the New Yorker 2009 article “Angelos Ashes”. In 2006 Nick founded JMN Investment Management, which has provided consulting and wealth management services to some of the largest financial institutions and private investors in America. Additionally, Nick has managed multiple highly successful hedge and managed account funds across the mortgage, stock, and bond markets.

Nicholas Krsnich
Advisory Board

William Y. Yun, Senior Advisory Board member to Neptune-GBX and Neptune-GBX Advisors, is helping to set corporate strategy for business growth and development. He has over 30 years’ experience in the investment management industry leading public and private markets investment teams and businesses. Bill served as president of Fiduciary Trust International from 2000 until 2005, during which time he helped the firm rebuild following the 9/11 attacks. In 2002, Bill began his role as president of Franklin Templeton Institutional, the global distribution division of Frankin Templeton which acquired Fiduciary Trust in 2001. He later served as president of Franklin Templeton Alternative Investments, which includes the company’s hedge funds, real assets, private equity, and commodity investment teams, from 2008 to 2017. He then served as head of portfolio management for multi-asset solutions and assumed the role as head of advisory and wealth strategy at Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions in 2019. Prior to joining Fiduciary Trust International, Bill worked in asset management and investment banking at Blyth Eastman Paine Webber, First Boston, and CB Commercial Holdings. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, is a member of the CFA Society of South Florida, a trustee of The China Medical Board and a trustee of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. He was previously a trustee of The Commonwealth Fund in New York. He also serves in a senior advisory capacity to an infra-tech VC fund and an AI fintech company. Bill received his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and graduated from Harvard University with a BA.

William Yun
Advisory Board

Brandon Green leads Sales and Business Development for Neptune-GBX as a Consulting Advisor. Prior to joining Neptune in 2023, Brandon’s experience spanned multiple industries. Several notable experiences included: Sun Life Global Investments, where he wholesaled mutual funds and annuities to advisors; Sprott Money, a physical bullion broker owned by Eric Sprott of Sprott Asset Management; and Strategic Wealth Preservation (Cayman), where he managed sales, products, and trading. Brandon also holds the Chartered Investment Manager (CIM®) designation.

Brandon Green
Director of Business Development
Consulting Advisor

John Beirne is a Senior Trader and Account Manager with Neptune-GBX. He joined the firm in 2020 after twenty years in fixed income sales and trading at such firms as Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, and TD Ameritrade. In conjunction with his being a long-time precious metals investor himself, John’s knowledge of interest rates and credit allows for next level market expertise in his understanding the value of owning gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. John has a BA in history from Boston College and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Fordham University.

John Beirne
Trading / Client Services
Consulting Advisor

Michael Cruden oversees Neptune-GBX’s technology and information systems as a Consulting Advisor to the firm. He brings over 20 years of full stack development expertise to the organization, along with advanced specialization in technology integration and depth knowledge related to UI/UX best practices. Michael brings to the firm the well-honed problem-solving techniques required to support the operations of a dynamic organization like Neptune-GBX. Michael earned a degree in Business Administration and Marketing from UCF.

Michael Cruden
Director of IT
Consulting Advisor

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