From Liberty website:

"Currently, Mr. Gordon is a principal in a financial consultancy firm. At URS, a major engineering and construction company, Mr. Gordon served as the Senior Director of Project Development and Finance. In this position, Mr. Gordon structured large institutional financings for public sector infrastructure projects and also assisted clients of the power and mining groups. His expertise is in structuring creative financing plans, finding funding sources and closing complex financial transactions. In a long career with Westinghouse Electric, Mr. Gordon served as European Treasurer, Director of Corporate Finance, Vice President of Asset Review, Vice President of the Leasing Group, and Director of Treasury Strategic Programs. He was a member of Westinghouse Electric’s team of corporate finance executives that guided the company through a severe financial crisis. Mr. Gordon received a Master’s degree in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) in 1976, a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Southern Methodist University in 1975, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Missouri State University in 1972."

Not a hobbyist, apparently.