Nicholas Ponzio, former President and CEO of Hill Thompson, has been in the Securities Industry for over 20 years. He joined Hill Thompson in 1991 as an Equity Stock Trader and became Director of Trading by the mid-1990’s. Serving as President of the company from 1999 through 2009, Nicholas also assumed the additional role/responsibilities of CEO in 2002 which included the oversight of all facets of the organization with the primary focus on Equity Trading and Business Development.
During this period, through a series of Mergers and Acquisitions, the Company became affiliated with Royal Bank of Canada through RBC Dain. In 2005, he was invited to join the RBC Dain Directors Group and subsequently joined the RBC U.S. Equity Council, an internal group focused on business innovation and the development of talent within the overall organization. Nick has been the featured speaker at seminars focused on US Equity markets and has been interviewed or quoted in many financial publications including, The Wall Street Journal, Traders Magazine, Equity Magazine, S.I. Advance, and Trader Monthly.
Since his departure from RBC in mid 2009, Nicholas has been spending much of his time developing and incubating a number of entities primarily in the financial and real estate sectors. Nicholas is also a long standing partner in Cardinale Enterprises, a real estate developer, builder and manager of commercial properties in the northeast. His expertise in the securities industry and business development is a great asset to the company.
He has also expanded his participation and involvement with a number of charitable and not-for-profit organizations. He is a board member as well as a supporter of a number of local organizations including Eger Lutheran Nursing Home & Services, Staten Island Friends of Hospice Care, Staten Island Children’s Museum and Centra State Hospital Capital Campaign Committee. He is also a participating member of the Campaign for Care and Healing Leadership Committee (Staten Island University Hospital) and a director and board member of Emergency Children’s Help Organization(ECHO).
Honorary Associate Member of the Fraternal Order Of Police chapter 120
Honorary Member of the Detectives Endowment Association of the N.Y.P.D
Member 200 Club of Monmouth County