John E. Oden is a Principal and a 30+ year veteran of AllianceBernstein, where he specializes in working with complex global family relationships in the implementation of investment planning and asset allocation advice and has taken a leading role in the development of the firm’s international private client business. Prior to AB, John spent 10 years in real estate investment banking, as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Cushman & Wakefield in New York, responsible globally for the firm’s business with financial institutions, including oversight for joint venture relationships in Japan and the U.K.
John is a former Chairman of the New York Branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), an international organization for professionals involved in cross-border tax and estate matters. He is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the China-US Business Alliance, a 15-year-old organization of senior professional advisors in both the US and Asia who have business activities in China. He is Vice Chairman of the Institute for Family Governance, a forum for trusted advisors and some of the wealthiest families in the world which they serve.
John has served on numerous non-profit and charitable boards and investment committees, including Southwestern University, the St. George’s Society of New York, Emory & Henry College, the Merchant’s House Museum of New York, the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, the Manhattan School of Music, Wesley House of Cambridge University in the UK, and the Greater Tumen Initiative in Beijing, China.
A strong supporter of athletics, John writes and speaks about the sport of boxing. His first book, White Collar Boxing—One Man’s Journey From the Office to the Ring, was published in 2005. It was followed in 2009 by Life in the Ring — Lessons & Inspirations from the Sport of Boxing. He holds BA and MBA degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.
Location: New York and Hong Kong
