The Sovereign Society's highly qualified Council of Experts, consist of carefully chosen  professionals located in select tax and asset havens around the world.  Our experts have spent their careers discovering the best global investments, the safest tax havens and the most secure devices in which to protect your assets. 

Listed below are  just some of the specialists we've identified as experts in the world of offshore finance.   But to access detailed information about our experts - including contact information - you need to become a member of The Sovereign Society.  Become a Member Today!

Access to The Sovereign Society’s Council of Experts is one of the most-cherished benefits of our members. Our global network of banks, investment specialists, financial consultants, and legal professionals have proven themselves, over many years, and to thousands of Sovereign Society members, as being the best in the business.

Erika Nolan began her career in the health care industry as a public relations and marketing executive for a US$3 billion, publicly traded company. She acted as the company spokesperson, directed all marketing strategies and oversaw the integration of new company acquisitions.  Ms. Nolan directed a change leadership initiative for Integrated Health Services to improve overall company operations and increase U.S. market share.

In 1998, she was recruited to be the Executive Director for The Sovereign Society, an offshore, asset protection and international finance organization. She has brought with her an extensive knowledge of marketing and operational expertise, which has offered a high record of success. Ms. Nolan travels extensively throughout Europe, the Caribbean and Central America.

John A. Pugsley - Chairman

Widely respected for his commitment to freedom, privacy and other libertarian ideals, John Pugsley is one of the Sovereign Society’s co-founders and currently serves as its Chairman. John’s long and successful career in finance and publishing began in 1975 with his personal monthly commentary on economic and political events, Common Sense Viewpoint, which boasted 30,000 subscribers at its peak.

Following his first book Common Sense Economics, which sold 150,000 copies, his second book, The Alpha Strategy, hit the New York Times bestseller list and remained on it for nine weeks in 1981. In 1988 he began a 10-year run publishing the John Pugsley's Journal, an investment and economic newsletter that covered a broad range of political, economic and investment topics. Today, in his capacity as Sovereign Society Chairman, John is continuously discovering outstanding companies around the world that are unknown, suppressed, and, most-often, totally avoided by brokers and advisors.

Eric N. Roseman - Investment Director

Eric Roseman has covered the global markets for 15 years, as both a money manager and investment editor. He recently became the Investment Director for the Sovereign Society. Eric serves as editor for The Sovereign Society's Commodity Trend Alert, an investment alert focusing on commodity based securities. Eric's talents include blending a dozen or more alternative investment funds to produce consistent returns to traditional asset classes and making commodity- based recommendations with huge upside and limited downside.

Eric also continues to serve as President of Montreal-based E.N.R. Asset Management, Inc.,specializing in alternative portfolio management. E.N.R.'s strategies are highly diversified and include non-traditional hedge fund managers that trade global markets and asset classes long and short. Eric advises managed accounts, funds and partnerships that invest with thetop names in the industry, including Global Asset Management (GAM), Momentum, AHL-ED&F Man, Tudor Jones, Medallion, Caxton and Trout Trading.

Robert E. Bauman, JD - Legal Counsel

Robert Bauman is a former Member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland, (1973-1981). He is also a former federal official and state legislator; Member, Washington, DC Bar; Graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center (1964) and the School of Foreign Service (1959), Washington, DC. Robert currently serves as legal counsel for the Sovereign Society.

He has authored or co-authored Forfeiting Our Property Rights, The Cato Institute, (1995) (with Hon. Henry Hyde); The Offshore Money Manual 2000, Sovereign Society, (1999); The Oxford Club Wealth Protection Series, (1995-00). He also edited Forbidden Knowledge, (Sovereign Society 1999), authored The Complete Guide to Offshore Residency, Dual Citizenship and Second Passports, Sovereign Society, (2000); and has written articles and reviews for The Cato Institute and The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Wall Street Journal, and National Review. Robert has also been interviewed on CNBC for his insights on offshore havens.

Sean Hyman - Currency Director

Sean has close to 15 years experience as a stockbroker, manager, and trader. He became interested in the financial markets at a young age and decided to work for Charles Schwab in Orlando, FL. He later went on to run a technical analysis “call in” line for their million dollar + clients and active traders. After that, he went on to work at Forex Capital Markets (FXCM) as an FX Power Course Instructor. There he taught online traders around the world each day how to trade currencies. In addition to this he wrote market commentaries for FXCM, DailyFX and Istockanalyst.com. Through the years, he’s refined his trading approach through the use of fundamental/technical analysis and intermarket analysis.

Sean acts as Currency Director for the Sovereign Society. He is a regular contributor to The Offshore A-Letter, My Two Cents  and The Sovereign Individual, our monthly global investment and asset protection newsletter, as well as speaker at conferences and expos on the behalf of Sovereign Society both nationally and internationally.  

Mike Burnick - Senior Editor and Director of Research, The Sovereign Society

Mike Burnick serves as a Senior Editor and Director of Research for The Sovereign Society, contributing to both daily and monthly publications. He also edits Market Shock Trader and Global Market Investor - two of our more popular research services.  He has nearly 20 years of experience in the investment industry. During that span, Mike has excelled as an investment advisor, portfolio manager, securities analyst and investment writer. Mike also hosted his own investment radio program, and has edited several financial newsletters, including his own investment service: Elite Stock Trader. Today, Mike specializes in global financial markets and emerging investment trends worldwide. Mike is also the founder and president of Jupiter Capital Management, an investment advisory firm.

Mark Nestmann, L.L.M. - Wealth Preservation and International Tax Planning

Mark Nestmann is a journalist with more than 20 years of investigative experience and a major contributor to The Sovereign Society’s monthly members-only newsletter, The Sovereign Individual. He has also authored over a dozen books and many additional reports on wealth preservation, international tax planning and offshore investing.

Mark serves as president of his own international tax-consulting firm, The Nestmann Group, Ltd. The Nestmann Group provides wealth preservation and international tax planning services from around the globe. Mark is an Associate Member of the American Bar Association (member of subcommittee on Foreign Activities of U.S. Taxpayers, Committee on Taxation) and member of the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2005, he was awarded a Masters of Laws (LL.M) degree in international tax law at the Vienna (Austria) University of Economics and Business Administration.

You can read about  Mark's views on protecting your privacy in America in his free blog, Preserving Your Privacy and More.

Jack Crooks - World Currency Options, The Money Trader, Black Swan Capital

Jack Crooks is editor of World Currency Options, The Money Trader, and a contributor to our World Currency Watch blog. He has close to 20 years experience in the currency, equity, and futures arena. Jack is a seasoned investment advisor who has held key positions in brokerage, money management, trading, and research. Jack is also founder and president of Black Swan Capital, a currency advisory and management firm. Jack was also founder of Ross International Asset Management and General Manager of Plexus Trading, a discretionary money management firm, Ross International specialized in global stock, bond, and currency asset management for retail clients. As General Manager and partner of Plexus Trading, he specialized in currency futures and commodities trading. In addition, Mr. Crooks was Chief Currency and Futures Strategist of M2 Futures Inc., an investment boutique headquartered in Chicago. He also held the position of Vice President of Global Strategic Research for an international investment boutique where he was responsible for providing daily advice and global strategy analysis. Prior to entering the investment arena, Jack worked in various corporate finance positions. He has written extensively on the subject of global currencies and international economics, and has been interviewed on CNBC for his insights on the Japanese yen.

Note: You can follow analysis of global currency markets through our free blog, World Currency Watch.