With his experience in international market analysis and venture financing, Yiannis G. Mostrous is more than just a world traveler; he's also an expert on identifying investment opportunities in emerging and overlooked markets—the places most of us only see on television.

As an analyst with Artemel International, Yiannis worked with developmental institutions to promote business development in the Mediterranean. As an associate in the venture capital Finance & Investment Associates was involved in analyzing start-up companies' business plans and evaluating their potential while bringing together worthy candidates and angel investor groups.

He also worked as a consultant for brokers in Intersec Securities, a brokerage firm in Athens, Greece, where he did primary research and solicited business from high net-worth clients. More recently, Yiannis coauthored a book on investment opportunities in Asia, The Silk Road to Riches: How You Can Profit by Investing in Asia's Newfound Prosperity.

Since joining KCI, Yiannis has dedicated himself to helping individual investors bolster their returns and give their portfolios an international flavor. In his financial advisory The Silk Road Investor, Yiannis explains the most profitable facets of emerging global economies such as China and India.

Yiannis has an MBA from Marymount University with a major in Finance and a BBA from Radford University focusing on investments in natural resource markets around the globe. He is also a veteran of the Hellenic Navy in the Landing Ships Command Office.

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