Derek R. Evans

Mr. Derek R.
Evans is Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at FIC Capital, Inc. Prior to joining FIC Capital in 2007, he was a Principal at kasina, a strategy consulting firm serving the asset management sector.
At kasina, he was involved in the management of the company, as well as providing strategic insight and guidance to senior executives of several high-profile asset managers.
He has served as a speaker and panelist at several industry conferences, and was often sought by industry publications for comment on relevant issues.
Having joined kasina only a year after its formation in 1999, Mr. Evans had a major impact in building the start-up venture into a viable and successful business entity.
Before joining kasina, Mr. Evans worked for an e-Commerce start-up in the financial services industry, the Financial Planning and Analysis department of AlliedSignal (now Honeywell), and ERM, a leading environmental engineering firm.
In addition to his business endeavors, Mr. Evans looks for ways to be more active in socially responsible initiatives.
He is a founder of the kasina Youth Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that is dedicated to innovating and improving the education of children.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Kids for Tomorrow and the Consulting Advisory Board for Youth, I.N.C.
He has also served on the Benefit Committee and as a volunteer for DreamYard, and has supported various other New York Community and national programs, including the "I Have a Dream" Foundation and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Mr. Evans graduated with Highest Honors from Colgate University in 1992.
He was a merit-based scholarship recipient at Pennsylvania State University and NYU’s Stern School of Business, where he received a MS (1995) and MBA (2000), respectively.
At Stern, Mr. Evans majored in Finance and Information Technology.