Russell Murphy brings more than 35 years of experience as an attorney, corporate finance advisor, and operational executive helping companies navigate critical transitions. After earning his JD/MBA from the University of Washington, he began his career as a corporate securities and banking lawyer at a prominent national firm.

Over time, he shifted from pure legal work into hands‑on business leadership. As a solo practitioner and in collaboration with other firms, he advised companies across the United States, Asia, and Europe on corporate and cross‑border transactions. He later co‑founded Vantage Capital Advisors, where he led buy‑ and sell‑side M&A transactions and guided clients through strategic investments.

Through Murcada Ventures and now murcada threepoint, Russell combines investment judgment with operational leadership, often stepping into high-stakes and special‑situation roles to stabilize or restructure distressed and overextended companies. He has led successful turnarounds, cross‑border restructurings, and strategic renewals in technology, digital assets, and other complex, regulated sectors.

Russell has also taught university‑level courses in Business Law, International Business, and Strategy, and has spoken on topics including venture capital and angel investing, international M&A, and cross‑border governance.

Scott Cordell brings over 35 years of experience as a corporate financial advisor and commercial banker. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Washington. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and has earned a Certified Management Accountant (CMA – inactive)

Mr. Cordell is currently a senior banker with a local Seattle commercial bank. For the last 20 years, Mr. Cordell has held senior commercial banker positions in the Seattle market, where he has been responsible for business development, financial statement analysis and loan negotiations with a broad range of commercial and real estate-based lending products.

He began his career at EDS in Texas. Later he held financial analysis positions working with prominent international CPA and consulting firms.

He was a cofounder of Vantage Capital Advisors, a corporate finance and strategy advisory firm, where he developed sophisticated financial and business valuation models to guide firm clients through M&A transactions and other debt and equity advisory engagements.

Garth Hobson has over 30 years of experience as a corporate financial advisor and investment banker. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies from the Australian National University with an emphasis on Japanese and economics. He developed business proficiency in the Japanese language whilst an exchange student at Kwansei Gakuin University in Kobe, Japan and over 22 years of working and living in Japan.

Mr. Hobson is the founder and Managing Director of HMS Capital Advisors, a boutique investment advisory firm with offices in Tokyo, Japan and Brisbane, Australia. Through HMS, Mr. Hobson has developed an extensive global network of institutional and high-net-worth individual investors and represented both buyers and sellers in corporate equity transactions and transactions involving the sale of commercial and hospitality real estate.

Early in his career he held various positions in economic, equity and fixed income analysis and sales at firms in both Tokyo and Singapore, such as Nikko Securities, Nikko Salomon Smith Barney, and UFG Asset Management.

In 2012, Mr. Hobson was recruited to be the CEO of an investment bank in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia, where he spearheaded wide-ranging improvements in the bank’s operations, leading to the bank being named a top 3 institution in the country, and Mr. Hobson being recognized with a prestigious award of CEO of the Year in 2013.