Christopher A. Schrand
Chief Financial Officer and Director

Christopher A. Schrand is a co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of Global Merchandise. Chris is a Certified Public Accountant with decades of experience in both corporate and public accounting. Mr. Schrand has extensive experience with complex financial transactions including debt and equity offerings, mergers, acquisitions and dispositions.

Mr. Schrand served as the Vice President and Controller of TeleCorp PCS, a wireless telecommunications service provider with over one million subscribers throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. During Mr. Schrand's tenure as part of the senior management team at TeleCorp PCS, the company completed debt and equity transactions totaling in excess of $1.5 billion, merger and acquisition transactions totaling in excess of $4.5 billion and the ultimate sale of TeleCorp PCS to AT&T Wireless in a transaction valued in excess of $7.0 billion. Prior to joining TeleCorp PCS, Mr. Schrand was a manager in the Assurance and Business Advisory Services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Washington, D.C. Mr. Schrand is a certified public accountant in the State of Maryland and has bachelor degrees in both finance and accounting.

Mr. Schrand also serves as Director and CFO for Vend Natural, a healthy vending company acquired by Global Merchandise. Mr. Schrand resides near Annapolis, Maryland with his family.