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George Pugh

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George Pugh & Co
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George Pugh is the President of George Pugh & Co, a NJ-based consulting firm. He has over twenty-five years of consulting experience in the public utility industry. He is a Certified Public Accountant, has an MA from The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of The Johns Hopkins University, and an MBA from Rutgers University.

Prior to that, Mr. Pugh was a Naval Intelligence Officer, brokerage auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and lending officer at HSBC and NatWest. He consulted for Stern Stewart on the Finanseer modeler, mapping financial data into the firm’s proprietary Economic Value Added framework and wrote algorithms to provide the program with optimization and goal-seeking capability. He used this program to support The Deerpath Group’s $1.1 billion debt placement for the Midland Cogen Venture (MCV Project).

Mr. Pugh has consulted with JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Putnam Investment, Scudder, CFSB, UBS, Goldman and Alliance Capital providing both analytic support and GAAP analysis. He used neural networks and discriminant analysis to forecast changes in credit risk, and ratings and current projects emphasize industry-wide, cross-company analysis. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
1983 - present President
George Pugh & Co
1980 - 1982 Assistant Vice President
NatWest USA

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Wal-Mart Banking on the Unbanked | 06-28-2007
Analysis of: At Wal-Mart, a Back Door Into Banking | www.nytimes.com
Author: George Pugh, President, George Pugh & Co

Jane J. Thompson, called prepaid cards and money center services “foundational products” and ““Our concept is to go up the credit ladder of financial services,” The new products, like the prepaid debit card, will be offered through third-party partners, allowing Wal-Mart to...

Fair Value Is Not a Just or Proper Price | 06-20-2007
Analysis of: PCAOB ponders how to audit fair value | www.cfo.com
Author: George Pugh, President, George Pugh & Co

PCAOB’s chairman Mark Olson has said of SFAS No.159: "The increased use of fair value accounting poses a challenge for auditors and the PCAOB." Time is short as this SFAS goes into effect for most companies for financial years beginning after November 15, 2007, except for early adopters. The...

In Fraud, Many Hands Make Light Work | 06-18-2007
Author: George Pugh, President, George Pugh & Co

This article is based on “Control Overrides in Financial Statement Fraud” by Robert Tillman and Michael Indergaard of St. John’s University, available at http://www.theifp.org/research%20grants/tillman_final_report.pdf The study examines 834 companies that filed financial restatements between 1997 and...

Finding Better Arguments for Amending Sarbox | 06-05-2007
Analysis of: Dealing With Sarbox | online.wsj.com
Author: George Pugh, President, George Pugh & Co

Kenneth Wilcox, President of SVB Financial, believes that Sarbox has made the US economy less competitive. He disputes claims by a Big Four accounting firms that the costs are declining, with second year costs only 40% of the first year. In 2006 SVB paid over $20 million to the Big...

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