Around the Table
Sachs in New York City, where he helped develop the firm’s business in earthquake and hurricane bonds. He moved to London in 1998 and to Hong Kong in 2006, where he served as global head of Goldman Sachs’ Principal Strategies Group. In 2011, he left Goldman Sachs and started Azentus Capital Management Ltd., an Asia research-driven investment fund based in Hong Kong. Sze is a member of the Hong Kong Leadership Council for the Global Fund for Children and has supported various other children’s charities, including Room to Read and Mother’s Choice. Recently, Sze established the Emile J. “Chip” Dion Jr. Exeter Mandarin Language Studies Fund in honor of Chip Dion, the late instructor emeritus in Modern Languages and former chair of that department. The fund supports Exeter’s Mandarin language program. Sze is also a member of the Academy’s Investment Committee. Coaxum came to the Academy as a lower and was a resident of Peabody Hall. He served as president of the AfroLatino Exonian Society and as a dorm proctor. He was also a member of the boys varsity crew and junior varsity basketball teams, as well as the Fencing Club. He received his B.A. in history from Williams College and his M.B.A. in finance from New York University. As head of sales and segment for Chase’s business banking operation in New York City, Coaxum oversees the bank’s sales strategy for small business lending. Prior to this, he served as a managing director in JPMorgan’s Treasury & Securities Services business. Earlier in his career, Coaxum was the chief operating officer of Willis North America, Inc. and president of the company’s Canadian operations. He has also worked with Citigroup and with Travelers Life & Annuity. Coaxum is an active volunteer with Williams College and has served in a variety of leadership positions. He serves on the board of the Phoenix House of New York, a nonprofit providing services and support for substance and alcohol abuse treatment. His commitment to the Academy includes service as an admissions representative since 1998. Coaxum has also been class president, class agent, major gifts chair and a director of the General Alumni/ae Association. He has chaired the President’s Award Committee and has been a member of the Annual Giving Advisory Committee, the Fundraising Advisory Committee, Friends of the Academy Library, and the 1781 Committee. Coaxum received the President’s Award from PEA’s General Alumni/ae Association in 1998.
STEVEN R. DUNBAR
Exonians Take Gold in Mathematics
Left to right: PEA Math Instructor Zuming Feng, Ravi Jagadeesan ’14, Zhuo Qun Song ’15 and David Yang ’13.
Ravi Jagadeesan ’14, of Naperville, IL, and David Yang ’13, of Exeter, NH, brought home individual gold medals this summer after competing in the 53rd International Mathematical Olympiad, held in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Jagadeesan and Yang were on the six-person U.S. team, led by PEA Math Instructor Zuming Feng P’14, which placed third overall among the 100 countries that competed. Fellow Exonian Zhuo Qun “Alex” Song ’15, of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, represented his home country on Math Team Canada and also earned gold. His team finished with a fifthplace ranking.
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