Alexander C “Sandy” Kemper is the founder of C2FO and serves as Chairman of the Board and CEO. In addition, he is Chairman of the Board of The Collectors Fund, a private equity fund focused on alternative asset classes. Prior to founding The Collectors Fund and C2FO, Sandy founded eScout.com (now Perfect Commerce) and served as the CEO from 2000-2006. Prior to eScout, he served as CEO of UMB Financial, a NASDAQ traded company with assets of more than $12B. Sandy began his career with UMB upon graduating in 1987 from Northwestern University where he majored in American History. Sandy is an active angel and venture investor and currently serves on the corporate boards of UMB Financial, UMB Bank, NIC, AXA Art USA and BATS Exchange, one of the largest ​stock exchanges in the world. Sandy and his family are active in academic, civic and philanthropic endeavors and he serves on the board of the Agriculture Future of America (AFA), a non-profit scholarship and leadership development organization which he co-founded. Sandy and his family live on a farm in Kansas City, Missouri, where they raise and care for their horses, sheep and any and all wild animals (not including their 4 children)