Niel Nielson - First Trust Lead Independent Trustee

FPLDelisted Fund  USD 6.38  0.09  1.43%   
Niel Nielson is Fund Manager at First Trust New
Dr. Niel B. Nielson, Ph.D. serves as Independent Trustee of First Trust New Opportunities MLP Energy Fund. He has served as Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Pelita Harapan Education Foundation since January 2015. Mr. Nielson formerly served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Servant Interactive LLC from June 2012 to September 2014, and he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Dew Learning LLC from June 2012 to September 2014
Age 66
Tenure 4 years
Phone203-349-8232
Webhttps://www.ftportfolios.com/Retail/Cef/CefSummary.aspx?Ticker=FPL
Nielson served as President of Covenant College, and as a partner and trader for Ritchie Capital Markets Group, where he held an administrative management position at this proprietary derivatives trading company. He also held prior positions in new business development for ServiceMaster Management Services Company, and in personnel and human resources for NationsBank of North Carolina, N.A. and Chicago Research and Trading Group, Ltd. .His international experience includes serving as a director of CRT Europe, Inc. for two years, directing out of London all aspects of business conducted by the U.K. and European subsidiary of CRT. Prior to that, Mr. Nielson was a trader and manager at CRT in Chicago. He is Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer

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First Trust New Opportunities MLP Energy Fund is a closed-ended balanced mutual fund launched and managed by First Trust Advisors L.P. First Trust New Opportunities MLP Energy Fund was formed on October 15, 2013 and is domiciled in the United States. FT New operates under Asset Management classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. The fund is not classified under any group at the present time.

First Trust New Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the First Trust's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: First Trust inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of First. The board's role is to monitor First Trust's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. First Trust's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, First Trust's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
James Bowen, Chairman of the Board of Trustee
Richard Erickson, Lead Independent Trustee
Niel Nielson, Lead Independent Trustee
Robert Keith, Independent Trustee
James Dykas, CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer
Denise Keefe, Trustee
Kristi Maher, Chief Compliance Officer, Assistant Secretary
Daniel Lindquist, Vice President
Donald Swade, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer
Thomas Kadlec, Lead Independent Trustee
W Jardine, Secretary, Chief Legal Officer

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