Agriculture / Trading / Sales / Management

Thomas C. Cawthorne, CPA

*********.**@*****.*** ● 312-***-**** ● 4917 Parkway Dr. Downers Grove, IL 60515 Education

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Bachelor of Arts in Accounting

May 1989

Work Experience

Kottke Associates, Chicago, IL

AgFutures Managed Investments June 2014- Present

• Senior Pork Trader.

• Registered CTA (Commodity Trading Advisor)

• Operate from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

• Develop and cultivate contacts within the hog production and cash meat sectors.

• Researches and analyzes all aspects of the pork markets.

• Operate the managed Cawthorne Hog Fund and AgFutures hedge fund trading accounts.

• Service commercial pork accounts with their hedging strategies.

• Stay abreast of all protein markets (pork, beef, poultry) and International markets. R.J. O’Brien and Associates, Chicago, IL August 2001- June 2014 Vice President – Commercial Ag Division – Director of Hog Marketing

• Liaison between commercial clients and pork/hog markets.

• Developed and implemented margin based hedging program for hog production.

• Worked with large commercial hog producers and end user packers.

• Directed trading operations from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

• Assist other commercial agriculture brokers in attracting and retaining commercial agriculture accounts.

• Wrote Daily Hog Market Commentary to be distributed to firm clients. Packers Trading Company, Chicago, IL June 1994-July 2001 Partner – Farm Marketing Division

• Research and analyze pork, beef and grain markets.

• Input trades and add any manual corporate actions when needed.

• Calculated and delivered daily and monthly trade and commission reports.

• Prepared cash and holding reports for audits.

• Communicate with and service clients including farmers, ranchers and speculators. Wells Manufacturing Company, Skokie, IL Jan 1990- May 1994 Cost Accountant (1990-1992) – Industrial Engineer (1992-1993) – Assistant Controller 1994

• Perform monthly cost analysis for each production department.

• Perform monthly inventory and prepare reports.

• Develop cost center budget analysis to be used in pricing models and coordinate with Sales.

• Perform time studies to be used for job costing and employee incentive rates.

• Analyze departments to look for cost savings and efficiencies.

• Prepare board meeting documents and end of month/quarter/annual financial statements. Activities

Member – Chicago Mercantile Exchange December 2001-Present Earned Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation 1993 Series 3 Registered Commodities Representative 1994 Featured Speaker at AgStar Financial – Mankato, MN 2003 Village of Downers Grove Commissioner 2006-2007

Knights Club – Ballydoyle Irish Society – Downers Grove 2008-Present Appeared live on air on Canadian based Business News Network (BNN) as “pork industry expert”. 2011 Quoted numerous times in trade journals, newspapers and other news outlets including Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, Bloomberg and Feedstuffs. Volunteer – Meals on Wheels

Volunteer – Ag in the classroom.

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