Bonnie Wong: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:12, 29 August 2010

I'm new to this wiki technology (14 July 2010), please be gentle. I'm a quick learner, I used to program in BASIC and PASCAL, that makes me feel both a little old and a little cool.

Background

Born in Toronto, Canada, now with dual Canadian-British nationality. Been living in London, UK since August 1999. I tried leaving London six times between November 2007 and May 2009 and decided to come back and stay for a while longer.

What I do (Areas of Work)

I love space (of the building variety, not the astronomical variety). I'm good with numbers and finance. I'm a Chartered Accountant by training and CFA Charterholder. I worked in the fields of corporate finance and real estate investment banking for about 7 years. I'm now an independent consultant, helping make other's people's ideas happen and helping them get from point A to point B. I do that by advising on business modelling, providing guidance on complex issues in business planning, and preparing people to be business-ready and their businesses to be investment-ready. I'm working on a mission-driven property venture focusing on community development and asset-based projects. Someone saw an application of P2P Networks in what I described, what I'm knowledgeable about, and what I would like to achieve and invited me to contribute to the P2P Foundation body of knowledge.

Ideas, Musings (Current and Future Projects)

Here are some ideas that linger and persist.

Empty Homes JV Solution

I was once asked what I would do if time and money were unlimited. I said:

create a million new homes, each with at least three bedrooms, each costing no more than £100,000
develop a new form of public house - and indoor space where people can meet/ have conversations/ play/ learn/ share (I probably meant Third Place at the time)
create affordable, flexible, multi-modal workspaces with openness and excellent design principles enabling social connection, flow, and positive environmental impact. I am inspired by Urban Space Property Group, the Centre for Social Innovation in Toronto, the Development Trust and community assets movements.

External Links

Contact Information

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 Born in Toronto, Canada, now with dual Canadian-British nationality.  Been living in London, UK since August 1999.  I tried leaving London six times between November 2007 and May 2009 and decided to come back and stay for a while longer.
-====Areas of Work====
+====What I do (Areas of Work)====
-I love space (of the building variety, not the astronomical variety).  I seem to like numbers and finance.  I'm a Chartered Accountant by training and CFA Charterholder.  I worked in the fields of corporate finance and real estate investment banking for about 7 years.  I'm now an independent consultant working on a variety of things, but generally preparing people to be business-ready and their businesses to be investment-ready, advising on viable business models, business planning, and financial planning.  I'm working on a mission-driven property venture focusing on asset-based community development and ethical property management, which is what brought me to the P2P Foundation.
+I love space (of the building variety, not the astronomical variety).  I'm good with numbers and finance.  I'm a Chartered Accountant by training and CFA Charterholder.  I worked in the fields of corporate finance and real estate investment banking for about 7 years.  I'm now an independent consultant, helping make other's people's ideas happen and helping them get from point A to point B.  I do that by advising on business modelling, providing guidance on complex issues in business planning, and preparing people to be business-ready and their businesses to be investment-ready.  I'm working on a mission-driven property venture focusing on community development and asset-based projects.  Someone saw an application of P2P Networks in what I described, what I'm knowledgeable about, and what I would like to achieve and invited me to contribute to the P2P Foundation body of knowledge.
-====Current Projects====
+====Ideas, Musings (Current and Future Projects)====
-I will develop this section further as I go along...
+Here are some ideas that linger and persist.
+*[[Empty Homes JV Solution]]
-====Contact====
+I was once asked what I would do if time and money were unlimited.  I said:
+#create a million new homes, each with at least three bedrooms, each costing no more than £100,000
+#develop a new form of public house - and indoor space where people can meet/ have conversations/ play/ learn/ share (I probably meant [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place Third Place] at the time)
+#create affordable, flexible, multi-modal workspaces with openness and excellent design principles enabling social connection, flow, and positive environmental impact.  I am inspired by [http://www.urbanspace.org/ Urban Space Property Group], the [http://www.socialinnovation.ca Centre for Social Innovation] in Toronto, the Development Trust and community assets movements.
-You can reach me at bonnie[at]compositionadvisory[dot]com or bonnie.o.wong[at]gmail[dot]com.
-=====Internal Links=====
-*[[P2P_Property_Management_Network]]
 =====External Links=====
 *[http://compositionadvisory.com Composition Advisory Limited | My consultancy]
 *[http://lookuplookaround.wordpress.com Look Up, Look Around | My blog]
-*[http://www.twitter.com/BonnieOWong @BonnieOWong] or [http://www.twitter.com/CompositionAdv @CompositionAdv]
+=====Contact Information=====
+On Twitter:
+*[http://www.twitter.com/BonnieOWong @BonnieOWong]
+*[http://www.twitter.com/CompositionAdv @CompositionAdv]
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