{"id":3505,"date":"2026-05-11T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=d1a29634e15b1314a95c913bdf88ddf0"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:30:00","slug":"vice-admiral-frank-trey-whitworth-usn-ret-joins-academy-securities-advisory-board-and-geopolitical-intelligence-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=3505","title":{"rendered":"Vice Admiral Frank \u201cTrey\u201d Whitworth, USN (Ret.) Joins Academy Securities\u2019 Advisory Board and Geopolitical Intelligence Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Academy Securities, the nation\u2019s first Post-9\/11 veteran owned and operated investment bank, today announced the addition of Vice Admiral Frank \u201cTrey\u201d Whitworth to its Geopolitical Intelligence Group. The Academy GIG consists of 43 US and UK Admirals & Generals, former NASA Astronauts, and former CIA\/FBI Leadership. Academy has been advising clients for over a decade and is the preeminent Advisory on geostrategic risk to the markets.<\/p><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>

\nVice Admiral Whitworth served for over 36 years in the United States Navy, concluding his service as Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Through his career, Admiral Whitworth served joint operations at every echelon and through multiple combat campaigns. As a Flag Officer, he was Intelligence Director for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Intelligence Director for U.S. Africa Command, and Deputy Director for Computer Network Operations at the National Security Agency. Admiral Whitworth served the Special Operations community as Intelligence Director for Joint Special Operations Command, Naval Special Warfare Development Group, and a Joint Special Operations Task Force during multiple tours in Afghanistan. He also commanded the Navy\u2019s Kennedy Irregular Warfare Center and U.S. Central Command\u2019s Joint Intelligence Center.<\/p>

\n\u201cAdmiral Whitworth is a remarkable addition to our Advisory Board,\u201d said Academy\u2019s Chairman and CEO Chance Mims. \u201cHis leadership across the intelligence community and combat operations brings valuable strategic insight to our clients navigating global risk.\u201d<\/p>

\nAdmiral Whitworth commented on joining the firm: \u201cSince 1989, I have assessed global threats and likely impacts to our nation\u2019s security. Today, I am motivated to apply that experience and vigilance with the Academy Securities team.\u201d<\/p>

\nAdmiral Whitworth holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from Duke University and a master\u2019s degree from Georgetown University. He is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Distinguished Senior Fellow with Business Executives for National Security (BENS).<\/p>

\n\u201cAdmiral Whitworth has spent his career operating at the center of national security decision-making,\u201d said Academy\u2019s Vice Chairman Phil McConkey. \u201cThat experience will make him an important voice on our Advisory Board.\u201d<\/p>

\nAbout Academy Securities<\/p>

\nAcademy Securities is a FINRA registered Broker Dealer and a preeminent veteran owned investment bank with strengths in capital markets, asset management, public finance, geopolitical intel, fixed income, and equity trading. Leadership and staff have had intensive military training prior to entering and gaining in-depth financial services experience in global capital markets. We are mission driven with a high ethical code, a solid sense of accountability and strive for excellence in the pursuit of our clients\u2019 success. Academy is our nation\u2019s first post-9\/11 veteran owned and operated investment bank and is certified as a DVBE, SDVOB, and MBE. The firm has a strong top and middle tier client base served by a national platform with offices in New York, Chicago, San Diego, Chapel Hill, Louisville, Austin, Dallas, Sacramento, and West Palm Beach. Information about Academy Securities is available at www.academysecurities.com<\/a>.<\/p> Contacts<\/b>

\nAcademy Securities\nMichael Boyd, 646-736-3995\nChief Compliance Officer\nmboyd@academysecurities.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Academy Securities, the nation\u2019s first Post-9\/11 veteran owned and operated investment bank, today announced the addition of Vice Admiral Frank \u201cTrey\u201d Whitworth to its Geopolitical Intelligence Group. The Academy GIG consists…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-businesswire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3506,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3505\/revisions\/3506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}