Alan R. Kanuk has more than twelve years' experience in Southeast Asia and the United States as a senior executive manager. He was hired by the investment bank Bear, Stearns & Co. in 1980 and quickly rose to become a senior managing director—and later became a director of Bear Stearns Asia Ltd. Kanuk also served as deputy head of ING's Asian Equity business, where he managed trading and sales activities in nine Asian markets. In 1998, Kanuk founded a start-up business, ARKAccess,?to?create an electronic trading platform in Asia.?