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 Laurence Grafstein |
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 Richard Jeanneret |
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 David Kirkpatrick |
 Steven Klinsky |
 David Levy |
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 David Marchick |
 Tyler Mathisen |
 Stephen Murray |
 David Mussafer |
 Duncan Niederauer |
 Stephen Pagliuca |
 Ravilochan Pola |
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 Hal Scott |
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 Barry Silbert |
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Mark Bradley Mark is a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley's San Francisco office and is the Chairman of the Firm's Financial Sponsors Coverage Group. Chairman, Global Financial Sponsors Group Morgan Stanley  Mark Bradley joined Morgan Stanley in 1985 after graduating from The University of California at Berkeley with a BS in Business Administration. He worked for two years as an analyst in the Firm's Mergers & Acquisitions department. From 1987 to 1989 he attended Stanford Business School where he earned his Masters in Business Administration. He returned to Morgan Stanley in 1989 as an associate in the Corporate Finance department. Mark was the Global Head of Morgan Stanley's Financial Sponsors coverage group for eleven years before becoming Chairman of the Group in 2011. Mr. Bradley currently resides in Hillsborough, California with his wife and three children. Return to top | |||
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Edward Braham Based in London, Edward specializes in domestic and cross-border public and private mergers and acquisitions, including acting on private equity and infrastructure transactions. He is head of the firm's worldwide corporate practice group. He has worked for clients in a wide range of industries and in many countries. A number of these transactions have won awards, including both stages of Kingfisher's two-part acquisition of Castorama, the original take-private of eircom and the take-private of Debenhams. He acted for CVC on its acquisition of majority ownership of Formula One and for the consortia which took-private Associated British Ports and AWG. Partner / Global Head of Corporate Practice Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP  Edward also represents publicly quoted companies and has been involved in a diverse range of transactions. These include the formation of Reed Elsevier, ICI's landmark multi-jurisdictional purchase of Unilever's specialty chemical division, various energy and telecoms transactions and Anheuser Busch's competitive bid for Harbin Brewery in China. Return to top | |||
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Mike Brown Mike Brown is Director of Corporate Development at Twitter. Mike is responsible for Twitter's M&A strategy and execution. In addition, Mike works closely with Twitter's executive team to set corporate strategy and evaluate new opportunities for the company concerning partnerships and international expansion. Director, Corporate Development  Prior to joining Twitter, Mike held a similar position at Facebook. Mike started his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company where he served clients on topics of strategy and operations across divers industries. Outside of work, Mike serves on the board of directors of TechSoup, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing technology products and education to non-governmental organizations globally. Mike is also a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mike earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Mlller Scholar and an undergraduate degree in Chinese Studies from Yale College. In his spare time, Mike enjoys cooking and food culture. Return to top | |||
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Aaron Crum Aaron is a Principal in the Corporate Development team at Google where he leads a variety of the company's M&A and strategic investment activities. Aaron has led several important transactions at Google including most recently its acquisitions of Next New Networks, fflick, SageTV, and eBook Technologies. He also has responsibility for Google's Corporate Development activities in APAC. Principal, Corporate Development  Prior to Google, Aaron was a Director in the Corporate Development team at NAVTEQ where he worked closely with the company's executives to identify and execute strategic acquisitions and investments. Previously, Aaron was a member of the corporate finance teams at Credit Suisse where he served a variety of clients in the industrials and services spaces as well as Friedman, Billings, Ramsey where he focused on private placements for early stage companies. Aaron received his BS in Economics from George Washington University and his MBA from the University of Chicago. Return to top | |||
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Scott R. Cutler Scott Cutler is Executive Vice President and Co-Head of U.S. Listings and Cash Execution at NYSE Euronext. Executive Vice President & Co-Head of U.S. Listings and Cash Execution NYSE Euronext  Mr. Cutler is responsible for the NYSE listing business globally. He manages the Exchange's relationship with over 2100 companies listed at the NYSE in Canada, Latin America, United States and China. He is also responsible for the Exchange's relationship with the Investment Banking, Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Legal Communities to attract new listings. In addition, Mr. Cutler oversees the Capital Markets business including, Initial Public Offerings for operating companies, Structured Products, Closed-End Funds, and REITs listing on the NYSE or NYSE Amex. He also heads the Exchanges efforts in director education and corporate governance. Mr. Cutler has an extensive background in investment banking and corporate securities law. Before joining NYSE Euronext, Mr. Cutler was an investment banker focused on technology at SG Cowen & Co., and Thomas Weisel Partners. He was also a corporate securities lawyer at Cooley Godward, focused on M&A, IPOs, Venture Fund formation and venture capital representation. Mr. Cutler serves on the Operating Committee of NYSE Euronext. Mr. Cutler also serves on the executive committee of TechNet, and currently serves as a board member for the Mental Health Association of New York City and British American Business. Mr. Cutler graduated with a B.S. degree in Economics from Brigham Young University and earned a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. Return to top | |||
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Douglas A. Dachille Douglas A. Dachille, CEO of First Principles Capital Management, LLC, is a nationally recognized fixed income expert. He has been a featured speaker at industry conferences and has made regular appearances on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, BBC, and CNN. Additionally, Mr. Dachille has written Op-Ed pieces in financial publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Treasury and Risk, Forbes and Barron's. CEO First Principles Capital Management, LLC  Mr. Dachille is a co-founder of First Principles Capital Management (FPCM), a firm established in 2003 to provide fixed income investment management and advisory services. FPCM clientele include financial institutions, endowments & foundations, corporations, family offices, and private clients. Prior to co-founding FPCM, Mr. Dachille was President and Chief Operating Officer of Zurich Capital Markets Inc. ("ZCM"), an integrated alternative investment asset management and structured product subsidiary of Zurich Financial Services. At Zurich Mr. Dachille was integral to the structuring and negotiation of a unique sale transaction of the alternative investment business to Banque Nationale de Paris executed in late 2003. Prior to his position at Zurich, Mr. Dachille was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., where he was the Global Head of the Proprietary Trading Business and a member of the Management Committee of the Investment Bank. Additionally, Mr. Dachille served as Chairman of the firm's Capital Committee. Prior to his role in the Proprietary Positioning business, Mr. Dachille was responsible for building the Hybrid Derivatives business for J.P. Morgan beginning in 1991. He began his career at J.P. Morgan in 1988 as a researcher in the Quantitative and Markets Research Group. Mr. Dachille was born in New York City in 1964. He is a graduate of the Biomedical Education program at Union College, and was a Pew Scholar in Medicine, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. Return to top | |||
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Donald G. Drapkin Donald G. Drapkin is founder and Chairman of Casablanca Capital. Most recently, Mr. Drapkin was Vice Chairman of Lazard International and Chairman of Lazard's Investment Committee and Chairman and CEO of Sapphire Industrials, an $800 million Lazard sponsored SPAC. Founder and Chairman Casablanca Capital  Prior to joining Lazard in 2007, Mr. Drapkin was Vice Chairman and Director of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. and held similar positions with various affiliates from 1987 to 2007. From 1977 to 1987, Mr. Drapkin was a partner in the New York law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. He began his career as an attorney with the firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 1971 to 1977 and is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association. Over the course of his 40-year career, Mr. Drapkin has been an advisor and a principal in significant securities transactions and business combinations. Mr. Drapkin currently serves on the Board of Directors of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers and has previously served on the Board of several other public companies, including: The Molson Companies Limited, Playboy Enterprises, Revlon Inc and SIGA Technologies. He served as the Co-Chairman of the New York Special Olympics Annual Metro Tournaments. Mr. Drapkin currently serves on the Board of Directors of Brandeis University, Lincoln Center Theater and is a member of the Dean's Council of Columbia Law School. He is a regular guest on CNBC's Strategy Session show. Return to top | |||
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Thomas R. Evans Mr. Evans has served as a director since April 2004, and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2004. President, CEO and Director Bankrate, Inc.  From August 1999 to August 2003, Mr. Evans served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Official Payments Corp., specializing in processing consumer credit card payments for government taxes, fees and fines. From March 1998 to June 1999, Mr. Evans was President and Chief Executive Officer of GeoCities Inc., a community of personal Websites on the Internet. From January 1991 to February 1998, Mr. Evans was President and Publisher of U.S. News & World Report. In addition to his duties at U.S. News & World Report, Mr. Evans served at President of The Atlantic Monthly (January 1995 - February 1998), a magazine launched in 1995. Mr. Evans received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Arizona State University. Mr. Evans is also a director and member of the audit committee and compensation committee of Navisite, Inc., and a director and member of the audit committee of Future Fuel Corp. Return to top | |||
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Deborah A. Farrington Deborah Farrington is a founder and general partner of StarVest Partners, a New York City based venture capital firm founded in 1998 that invests in technology-enabled business services. Founder, General Partner StarVest Partners  Ms. Farrington currently serves on the boards of NetSuite, Inc. (NYSE: N) where she is lead director and chairman of the Compensation Committee, Xignite, Host Analytics and PivotLink. She is also a director and chairman of the Compensation Committee of Collectors Universe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLCT). Ms. Farrington was named to the Forbes Midas 100 List of top venture capitalists in the United States in 2008, 2009, and 2011and was the top woman on the list in 2008 and 2011. Prior to founding StarVest, Ms. Farrington served as CEO of Victory Ventures, a New York-based private equity firm and also as chairman of Staffing Resources, Inc.; and Managing Director of Asian Oceanic Group, a Hong Kong-based merchant bank. Previously, she was with Merrill Lynch & Co. based in New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo, as an investment banker and securities analyst. She is a graduate of Smith College, where she serves on the Investment Committee, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she is a member of the Dean's Visiting Committee. She is a board member of the Harvard Business School Club of New York City, a member of The Committee of 200 and the Economic Club of New York. Return to top | |||
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Michael D. Fascitelli Michael D. Fascitelli, 55 is President and Chief Executive Officer of Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO), the nation's third largest REIT and he serves as a Trustee of the Board. Mr. Fascitelli is also President and a Board member of Alexander's Inc. (NYSE: ALX). Also, he serves on the Board of Toys R Us. President, CEO and Trustee Vornado Realty Trust  Prior to joining Vornado, Mr. Fascitelli led the real estate investment banking business of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He joined the firm in 1985 in the Real Estate Department and became a partner in 1992. He also served on the firm's Investment Committee for the Whitehall Investment Committee. In December 1996 he became President of Vornado Realty Trust. Mr. Fascitelli has been active over the years in the real estate industry and his community. He is a Trustee and member of the Urban Land Institute. He is the Chairman of the Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School. He serves on the Boards of Child Mind Institute., The Rockefeller University, and St. Bernard's School. From the Greater New York Councils Boy Scouts of America he received the Good Scout award and the James E. West Fellow award in 1997 and he received the Silver Beaver Award in 2003. He is a resident of Manhattan. He and his wife have three children. Return to top | |||
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Richard A. Feinstein Richard A. Feinstein was appointed Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition in May 2009. He rejoined the agency from a partnership at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, where he focused on antitrust litigation and counseling. Director, Bureau of Competition Federal Trade Commission  From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Feinstein was Assistant Director in the Bureau of Competition's Health Care Services and Products Division, focusing on antitrust enforcement, including anticompetitive practices and mergers involving health care providers and payers, and anticompetitive conduct in the pharmaceutical industry. Mr. Feinstein also worked previously at McKenna & Cuneo, LLP, and he was a trial attorney and supervisor in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Mr. Feinstein is a graduate of Yale University and Boston College Law School. Return to top | |||
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Brent Gledhill Brent Gledhill is William Blair & Company's Global Head of Investment Banking and a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Previously, he was the head of European and Asian Banking at the firm from 2001 to 2009. Mr. Gledhill has led a successful growth and reputation surge in the international marketplace and has been instrumental in positioning William Blair & Company as a well-respected global firm. He has successfully served more than 125 clients in both merger-and-acquisition advisory and growth financing assignments. Global Head of Investment Banking William Blair & Company  Prior to joining William Blair & Company in 1997, he held various positions with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Andersen Consulting, and the United States Congress where he worked with Congressman Michael Oxley. He is a certified public accountant and a graduate of Miami University (B.S.) and Harvard University (M.B.A.). Currently, he lives with his wife and two children in Chicago. Return to top | |||
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Laurence Grafstein Laurence Grafstein has advised on approximately $600 billion of completed advisory transactions in his more than 20 years on Wall Street. Recently he has advised Level 3 in its merger with Global Crossing, Creative Artists Agency on its strategic partnership with TPG, the governments of Canada and Ontario on their investment in General Motors, and Essilor on its acquisition of FGX. Managing Director & Co-head of M&A Rothschild  Prior to joining Rothschild he was co-head of the telecommunications, media and technology group at Lazard LLC and head of the global telecommunications group at Credit Suisse. His M&A clients over the years have included AT&T, Microsoft, Sprint, Time Warner, Nextel, MCI, Bell Canada, France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, and Hong Kong Telecom among many others. He has advised a number of governments and was involved in the landmark privatizations of Telefonos de Mexico and Telstra, among others. He has also provided advice in some of the most complex and significant valuation and restructuring situations, including WorldCom, Nortel, Nextel Partners, LIN, Charter and Callahan NRW. Mr. Grafstein is chairman of the Board of The New Republic. Return to top | |||
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Robert D. Henning Bob Henning is Corporate Vice President of Strategic Finance and Corporate Development for FedEx Corporation, managing the enterprise's global strategic planning and financial analysis functions as well as the evaluation and formation of strategic business combinations, including acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances. Corporate Vice President of Strategic Finance and Corporate Development FedEx Corporation  Mr. Henning is a 32-year FedEx veteran, having joined the Company as an attorney in 1979 following his graduation from the University of Memphis School of Law. Between 1982 and 1992, he held various management positions in the FedEx Legal department including Managing Director of Business Transactions, with principal responsibility for the company's commercial real estate, aircraft and equipment acquisitions and financings. In 1993, he moved to the Treasury department as Assistant Treasurer and Managing Director of Structured Finance, managing among other responsibilities, the Company's successful aircraft lease finance program. In 1998, Bob was appointed Vice President and Treasurer of FedEx Express with responsibility for all secured financing and global cash management at FedEx Corporation's principal operating subsidiary. In February 2000, Bob moved to FedEx Corporation as Staff Vice President of Corporate Development, establishing that department and leading its development to the present. He leads FedEx's global M&A practice and has played a principal role in the company's successful acquisitions of, among other firms, American Freightways, Kinko's, DTW Group (China), Watkins Motor Freight, Prakesh Air (India) and ANC Holdings (U.K.). In January 2010 Bob assumed additional responsibility for FedEx's global planning and strategic financial analysis functions, and was elected to his current position. Return to top | |||
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Richard M. Jeanneret Richard M. Jeanneret is Americas Vice Chair of Transaction Advisory Services and a member of the Americas Executive Board at Ernst & Young. Rich has 28 years of transaction experience, helping private and public companies achieve long-term competitive advantage by managing all aspects of their capital strategy: preserving, optimizing, raising and investing capital. He has been involved in mergers and acquisitions with corporations and financial buyers, spin-offs from public companies, and initial public offerings and securities offerings. Rich has led specialty teams in complex turnaround and bankruptcy-related engagements. Americas Vice Chair, Transaction Advisory Services Ernst & Young LLP  Previously, he was Mid-Atlantic Managing Partner of Assurance and Advisory Business Services. Rich is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a member of the National Board of Directors of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and a member of the Economic Clubs of New York and Washington. Return to top | |||
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Dave Johnson Dave Johnson serves as senior vice president, Corporate Strategy, for Dell. In this role, he works with Michael Dell on the development of short- and long-term strategy, and also with leaders of the company's global business units on their respective growth strategies. Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy Dell  Dave previously spent 27 years at IBM in a variety of corporate-development and finance roles, and was a member of the company's senior leadership team. Dave holds both a master's degree in finance and a bachelor's degree in English from Boston College. Return to top | |||
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David Kirkpatrick David Kirkpatrick is author of the definitive history and explanation of Facebook, The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company that is Connecting the World, the only book with which its management has ever cooperated.Author, The Facebook Effect CEO, Techonomy Media  Kirkpatrick is CEO of Techonomy Media and hosts the annual Techonomy conference, which focuses on the centrality of technology and innovation for business and human progress. The second Techonomy took place Nov. 13-15 in Tucson. Participants included Jack Dorsey, Jim Breyer, Marc Benioff, Jeff Katzenberg, Marissa Mayer, Sean Parker, Tyler Cowen, Hamadoun Toure, Bill Gross and many others. Last year's conference included Bill Gates and Eric Schmidt, among other luminaries from tech as well as from numerous non-tech companies. Kirkpatrick is CEO of Techonomy Media, which hosts Techonomy and produces other events and content. Kirkpatrick's bestselling book on Facebook has been published in 29 countries and was a finalist for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year as well as the Gerald Loeb Award. He was for many years senior editor for Internet and technology of Fortune magazine where he wrote numerous cover stories and created Fortune's Brainstorm conference series. Kirkpatrick writes regularly for Vanity Fair and Forbes. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and appears frequently on television, radio, and various Internet media. Return to top | |||
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Steven B. Klinsky Steve Klinsky, 55, is the founder and chief executive officer of New Mountain Capital LLC, a firm formed in January 2000 to achieve long-term capital appreciation through private equity and equity related investments. New Mountain currently manages over $9.0 billion of private equity, public equity and debt funds with a strategy that emphasizes intensive fundamental research, proactive pursuit of the most attractive "defensive growth" sectors, and a proven ability to add value and build businesses post-investment. Founder and CEO, New Mountain Capital  Prior to founding New Mountain, Mr. Klinsky was co-founder of Goldman Sachs & Co.'s Leveraged Buyout Group (1981-1984). He was a partner of Forstmann Little & Co. from 1984 until leaving to found New Mountain in June 1999. Steve Klinsky was raised in Michigan, earned his B.A. with high honors from the University of Michigan in 1976, earned his MBA from Harvard Business School (class of 1979), and his J.D., with honors, from Harvard Law School (class of 1981). He has served as chairman or director of a number of public and private companies, and is active in a range of charitable and educational causes. He is married with four children and lives in New York City. Return to top | |||
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David A. Levy David A. Levy is the world's foremost expert in applying the Profits Perspective to economic analysis, with over 30 years of professional forecasting experience. On multiple occasions, Levy's maverick analysis and interest rate forecasts have led to extraordinary gains in financial markets for clients. One of Levy's best-known triumphs was forecasting (and coining the term) "the contained depression" of the early 1990s; he anticipated both the nature of the unfolding malaise and the financially troubled, sporadic recovery that followed it -- before most analysts even recognized there was a danger of recession. He was also early to expose the 1990s stock market boom as a crucial part of a global financial bubble, forecasting that it would end when the Federal Reserve was forced to restrain the economy, causing a slowdown that would spiral into a severe recession and debt crisis. Town Hall Contributor  Levy has given briefings, consultations, and testimony to members of Congress, administration officials, and Federal Reserve governors. He was appointed by President Clinton to the Commission to Study Capital Budgeting in 1997 and was also selected for the federal government's Competitive Policy Council Infrastructure Subcouncil. Levy has been frequently quoted in the press and has appeared on numerous major broadcast and cable networks, including Bloomberg, CNBC, and BBC. He has appeared on such programs as the Lehrer NewsHour, Firing Line and the Today Show. Early in his career, Levy spent two years in market research before leaving the field to work closely with S Jay Levy as an associate and then partner at Levy Economic Forecasts. He became the director of the Levy Institute Forecasting Center when it was established in 1991. He also served on the Board of Governors of The Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College from 1986 until 2001, at which time Levy Forecasts separated from the Institute and returned to the for-profit sector as the Jerome Levy Forecasting Center, LLC. Levy is the author of many articles and the coauthor, with S. Jay Levy, of Profits and the Future of American Society, published by HarperCollins. He graduated from Williams College Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in mathematics and received an M.B.A. from the Columbia University School of Business. Return to top | |||
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Gary Loveman A former associate professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, Gary Loveman joined Caesars Entertainment Corporation as Chief Operating Officer in 1998. He drew on his background in marketing and service-management to develop the gaming industry's most successful loyalty and analytics program, Total Rewards, which boasts more than 40 million members. Chairman, CEO and President Caesars Entertainment Corporation  Since being named CEO in January 2003, Loveman has presided over a period of growth that included the 2004 purchase of Horseshoe Gaming and the World Series of Poker and the 2005 acquisition of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. In January 2008, Caesars went private in a $30.7 billion transaction led by private equity firms TPG Capital and Apollo. In the wake of the recent financial crisis, Loveman has led Caesars' successful debt reduction and liquidity improvement strategies, while also adding Planet Hollywood to the Company's portfolio. Loveman was recognized as the gaming and lodging industry's best CEO by Institutional Investor magazine for four consecutive years. Loveman is the past chairman of the American Gaming Association and serves as a director of Coach, Inc. and FedEx Corporation. He also sits on the Board of Trustees at Children's Hospital Boston and the Visiting Committee of the Department of Economics at M.I.T. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from M.I.T., where he was an Alfred Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, and a B.A. in economics from Wesleyan University. Return to top | |||
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David M. Marchick David M. Marchick serves as Managing Director and Global Head of External Affairs and serves as a Member of the firm's operating committee. Mr. Marchick leads the firm's group that provides government affairs, public affairs, regulatory and strategic advice and support to Carlyle's buyout, growth, real estate and credit and debt funds on a global basis. He serves on the board of directors of two Carlyle portfolio companies: Sequa Corporation, a diversified aerospace and industrial company, and Multiplan, the largest independent preferred provider organization in the United States. He is based in Washington, DC. Managing Director The Carlyle Group  Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Marchick was a partner and Vice-Chair of the international practice group at Covington & Burling. He is an expert on foreign investment and national security issues. Mr. Marchick is the co-author of the book U.S. National Security and Foreign Direct Investment (Institute for International Economics, May 2006) and has authored numerous articles in major business and trade publications such as the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Far Eastern Economic Review. He has testified frequently before the Congress. Prior to joining Covington & Burling in 2002, Mr. Marchick worked on then-Governor Clinton's 1992 campaign and served in four departments -- the White House, USTR and Departments of State and Commerce -- over seven years in the Clinton Administration. Among other positions, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and while at the White House, helped coordinate the Administration's efforts to secure passage of NAFTA and the creation of the World Trade Organization. He is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Marchick earned his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, his M.A. from the University of Texas and his B.A. from the University of California, San Diego. He was admitted to the Washington, D.C. Bar Association in 1998 and the State Bar of California in 1996, but is currently inactive. Return to top | |||
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Tyler Mathisen Tyler Mathisen co-anchors CNBC's Power Lunch (M-F, 1 - 2 p.m. ET) and is Vice President for Strategic Editorial Initiatives working closely with CNBC's Business Development and Marketing teams on strategic initiatives and alliances. Power Lunch Co-Anchor, Vice President, Strategic Editorital Initiatives CNBC  Previously, Mathisen was Managing Editor of CNBC Business News responsible for directing the network's daily content and coverage. Mathisen also hosted CNBC's High Net Worth. Prior to this, Mathisen was co-anchor of CNBC's Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo and Tyler Mathisen. Before joining CNBC in 1997, Mathisen spent 15 years as a writer, senior editor and top editor at Money magazine. Among other duties, he supervised the magazine's mutual funds coverage; its annual investment forecast issue and its expansion into electronic journalism, for which it won the first-ever National Magazine Award for New Media in 1997. In 1993, Mathisen won the American University/ Investment Company Institute Award for Personal Finance Journalism for a televised series on "Caring for Aging Parents", which aired on ABC'S Good Morning America. Mathisen served as money editor of the program from 1991 to 1997. He also won an Emmy Award for a report on the 1987 stock market crash that aired on New York's WCBS-TV. A native of Arlington, VA, Mathisen graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia. Return to top | |||
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Stephen Murray Stephen Murray is President and Chief Executive Officer of CCMP Capital and a member of the firm's Investment Committee. Mr. Murray focuses on investments in consumer, retail and services, financial services and healthcare. President and CEO CCMP Capital  Prior to joining CCMP in 1989, Mr. Murray was a Vice President with the Middle-Market Lending Division of Manufacturers Hanover. Currently, he serves on the board of directors of AMC Entertainment, ARAMARK Corporation, CareMore Medical Enterprises, Crestcom, Generac Power Systems, Hanley Wood, Infogroup, Jetro Holdings, LHP Hospital Group, Medpace, Noble Environmental Power, Octagon Credit Investors, Quiznos Sub, Square Trade, Inc., Strongwood Insurance and Warner Chilcott. Mr. Murray holds a B.A. from Boston College and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. Return to top | |||
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David Mussafer David Mussafer is co-Chairman of the firm's executive committee and is responsible for Advent International's North American deal group. He joined Advent in 1990 and has 25 years of buyout and private equity experience. David serves on Advent's Western European, Latin American and North American Investment Advisory Committees. Managing Partner and Co-Chair of Exec. Committee Advent International  Previously, he worked at Chemical Bank and Adler & Shaykin in New York. David has led or co-led approximately 20 buyout deals and been involved in more than 35 LBO transactions at Advent across a range of industries. His specific investment experience has focused on financial services, healthcare services and specialty retail transactions. Specific transactions include: American Radiology Services, Amscan/Party City, Charlotte Russe, Contact East, Datek Online Holdings, Five Below The Island ECN, Dollar Express, Dufry AG, Vantiv Holdings (formerly Fifth Third Processing Solutions), Forster Holdings, Hudson News, Kirkland's, lululemon athletica, Managed Healthcare Associates, Making Memories, Shoes For Crews, SkillSoft, Stone Products and T-Chem Holdings. David holds a BSM, cum laude, from Tulane University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Return to top | |||
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Duncan L. Niederauer Duncan L. Niederauer is Chief Executive Officer and a Director of NYSE Euronext. Prior to his current position, Mr. Niederauer was President and co-Chief Operating Officer of NYSE Euronext with responsibility for U.S. cash equities. Chief Executive Officer NYSE Euronext  Before joining NYSE Euronext in April 2007, Mr. Niederauer was Managing Director and co-Head of the Equities Division Execution Services franchise at Goldman, Sachs & Co. His career at GS spanned 22 years. Mr. Niederauer has served on the board of Archipelago Holdings, LLC and Colgate University, and now serves on the board of Operation Hope, and the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation. His current memberships include the G100, the British-American Business Council International Advisory Committee, the Partnership for New York City, the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, the Shanghai International Financial Advisory Committee, the Museum of American Finance, and Fundacao Dom Cabral in Brazil. He earned an MBA from Emory University and a BA from Colgate University. He and his wife, Alison, are the co-chairs of the Newmark School's "Destination of Promise" campaign, which is building a state of the art school for children with autism and related disabilities. They have three children and reside in New Jersey. Return to top | |||
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Stephen Pagliuca Steve Pagliuca is a Managing Director at Bain Capital, a leading global private investment firm based in Boston. As a Managing Director of Bain Capital, he has worked with his partners to help build one of the world's leading investment companies with over $65 billion in assets under management. Managing Director Bain Capital  He is a Managing Partner and Co-Owner of the 17-Time World Champion Boston Celtics. He serves as President of the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation which helps children gain access to housing, healthcare and other services in partnership with local charities. Mr. Pagliuca also serves as the Chairman of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a nonprofit society with a legacy of strengthening families and preventing child abuse. He is also a Trustee of Bain Capital Children's Charity, the firm's initiative to support children's causes, which has donated over $33 million for worthy organizations since its inception in 1997. Mr. Pagliuca has been active in the area of public policy and is a frequent contributor on television, radio and print media to provide commentary focusing on global economic issues. Mr. Pagliuca received a B.A. from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. Return to top | |||
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Ravilochan Pola As President & CEO of Kotak Mahindra Inc. (KMInc), New York, Mr. Pola manages the Americas for the Kotak Mahindra group. He and his team -- located in NYC, White Plains and Santa Clara -- deal with diverse types of investors --Institutional, Family Offices and Ultra High Net Worth Individuals -- providing them with solutions, products, and platforms for investing into India. President & CEO Kotak Mahindra Inc.  Before moving to the US in 2001 -- at Kotak,India -- he was the Head of Syndications and Corporate Lending for the company and later managed senior corporate relationships for the investment banking business of the group -- a former joint venture with Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Kotak in 1994, Mr. Pola worked at various prominent corporations in India in the corporate finance divisions. Mr. Pola is a Chartered Accountant (1987) and a law graduate from Madras University (1988). Return to top | |||
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Robert A. Profusek Bob Profusek is an advisor to substantial businesses, focusing on M&A, including takeovers and buyouts; restructurings; and corporate governance matters, including executive compensation. He chairs the Firm's global M&A Practice. Partner/Practice Leader Jones Day  Representative M&A transactions in the past year include Potash's successful defense against BHP's unsolicited tender offer ($43.1 billion), the Continental-United Airlines merger of equals ($8.5 billion), Total's tender offer for SunPower ($1.4 billion), Cliffs National Resources' acquisition of Thompson Mining ($4.9 billion), and Procter & Gamble's reverse Morris Trust split-off of its Pringles business ($2.3 billion) and joint venture with Teva Pharmaceuticals for its global OTC medicine business. Prior transactions include Nextel's merger of equals with Sprint ($46.5 billion); Ernst & Young's divestiture of its consulting business through merger with Cap Gemini ($11.7 billion); and numerous transactions for WL Ross & Co., including the acquisition, IPO, and sale of International Coal Group ($3.4 billion); the merger of International Steel Group and Mittal Steel ($4.1 billion); and its build-ups in automotive components, textiles, and mortgage servicing. Other companies with which Bob has worked on substantial matters include Abbott Laboratories, Blackstone, Disney, Goldman Sachs, Lazard, Macy's, RadioShack, and Wasserstein & Co. Bob is a member of the boards of directors of two NYSE-listed companies. He also is a frequent speaker regarding corporate takeovers and corporate governance, has authored numerous articles, has testified before Congress and the SEC about takeover and compensation-related matters, and is a regular guest commentator on CNBC, CNN, Fox, and Bloomberg TV. Return to top | |||
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Greg Psihas Greg Psihas joined Applied Materials in December, 2005 and is currently vice president, Mergers & Acquisitions. Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions Applied Materials  Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) is the global leader in providing innovative equipment, services and software to enable the manufacture of advanced semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic products Mr. Psihas is responsible for the company's transaction execution and integration activities. At Applied, he has served as primary deal leader and lead negotiator on approximately $7 billion in acquisitions, including all five of the company's largest cash transactions. Prior to joining Applied, Mr. Psihas was director of Corporate Development at Eaton Corporation, a $15B diversified industrial. From 1999 to 2003 Mr. Psihas worked as director of M&A for an investment of Apollo Management LLP, Clark Retail Group. Following graduate school, he was hired as a corporate M&A associate by CNA Financial, an $18B insurance company. Mr. Psihas spent the first nine years of his career at Shell Oil Company in various roles of increasing responsibility within the downstream refining and marketing finance organization. Mr. Psihas received a B.S. in Economics and Political Science from Michigan State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame. Return to top | |||
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James D. Rosener James D. Rosener is a partner in the Commercial Department of Pepper Hamilton LLP. Mr. Rosener heads the firm's International Practice Group, is managing partner of the New York office and has served as a member of the firm's Executive Committee. His practice is devoted primarily to international transactions, private equity, mergers and acquisitions and corporate financing. Partner in charge of New York and International Practice Group Pepper Hamilton LLP  Mr. Rosener has represented domestic and foreign private equity funds in transactions in over 70 countries throughout the world, including platform and follow-on acquisitions, distressed buyouts, including in bankruptcy, corporate carve-outs and restructurings. He also has represented U.S.-based companies in transactions throughout Europe, Latin America and Asia (particularly, India and China), as well as several European, Indian, South American and Japanese companies in merger and acquisitions, financing and licensing transactions involving the United States. In addition, he also has represented management-led groups in the acquisition of businesses from divesting corporations. Within the corporate financing practice area, Mr. Rosener has represented domestic and foreign issuers, in public offerings (both U.S. and foreign listings), venture and mezzanine capital raising, and traditional bank financing transactions. In addition, he has represented a number of issuers and bondholder groups in debt restructuring, recapitalization and work-out plans. Mr. Rosener regularly acts as international legal counsel to issuers and underwriters on off-shore public offerings in India, the U.K. and Europe. Return to top | |||
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Hal S. Scott Hal S. Scott is the Nomura Professor and Director of the Program on International Financial Systems at Harvard Law School, where he has taught since 1975. He teaches courses on Capital Markets Regulation, International Finance, and Securities Regulation. He has a B.A. from Princeton University (Woodrow Wilson School, 1965), an M.A. from Stanford University in Political Science (1967), and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School (1972). In 1974-1975, before joining Harvard, he clerked for Justice Byron White. Nomura Professor, Dir. Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, Harvard Law School  The Program on International Financial Systems, founded in 1986, engages in a variety of research projects. Its book, Capital Adequacy Beyond Basel (Oxford University Press 2004), examines capital adequacy rules for banks, insurance companies and securities firms. The Program also organizes the annual invitation-only U.S.-Japan, U.S.-Europe, and U.S.-China Symposia on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century, attended by financial system leaders in the concerned countries. In addition, the Program directs a concentration in International Finance for LLM students at Harvard Law School. Return to top | |||
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Stefan M. Selig Stefan Selig is Executive Vice Chairman of Global Corporate & Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In this role, he focuses on building and maintaining strategic relationships at the CEO and board-level with important clients of the Bank. Executive Vice Chairman, Global Corporate & Investment Banking Bank of America/Merrill Lynch  Previously he was Vice Chairman of Global Investment Banking and Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at Banc of America Securities (BAS). Under his leadership, BAS advised its corporate and private equity clients on over $1 trillion of strategic transactions. Selig also had overall responsibility for BAS' Global Financial Sponsors Group and the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Groups and was a member of the Bank of America New York Market Leadership Committee, the GCIB Risk and Reputation Committee, and Chairman of the Fairness Opinion Committee. Prior to joining BAS in May 1999, Selig held various senior investment banking positions including Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions for UBS Securities. He began his investment banking career in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at The First Boston Corporation in 1984 and subsequently was an original member of Wasserstein Perella & Co. His experience includes: providing senior managements and Boards of major corporations general financial and strategic advice; mergers, acquisitions and divestitures; Special Committee assignments; recapitalizations; leveraged buyouts; and takeover defense. Selig holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University, a General Course Certificate from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where he serves on their Finance Committee. Return to top | |||
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Mark Shafir Mark Shafir is the Head of Global Mergers & Acquisitions and Co-Head of Global Technology, Media and Telecom Banking at Citi. He also serves on the Global Banking Executive Committee and the Operating Committee of Citi's Institutional Clients Group. He has over 25 years of experience advising clients and leading top M&A teams. Head of Global M&A Citigroup  Prior to joining Citi in 2008, Mr. Shafir was Head of Global M&A at Lehman Brothers. Prior to Lehman he ran Investment Banking at Thomas Weisel Partners, a Silicon Valley based boutique. Throughout his career, Mr. Shafir has advised numerous CEOs and Boards of Directors across industries and geographies. Recent assignments include advising Avis on its acquisition of Avis Europe, Deutsche Boerse's pending acquisition of NYSE Euronext, Express Scripts' pending acquisition of Medco Health Solutions, and United Technologies pending acquisition of Goodrich Corporation. Mr. Shafir holds a bachelor's degree from Yale University, a MBA from the University of Pennsylvania and was a Marshall Scholar at Cambridge University's Kings College. Return to top | |||
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Barry Silbert Barry Silbert is the Founder and CEO of SecondMarket, the world's largest marketplace for buying and selling alternative financial assets, including private company stock. Founded in 2004, SecondMarket has conducted billions of dollars in transactions across all of its asset classes. Since 2009, more than $700 million in private company stock traded over SecondMarket in numerous venture-backed companies, including Facebook, Twitter and Groupon. SecondMarket's customized liquidity programs provide private companies with an effective way to organize and control secondary activity in their shares. Founder and CEO, SecondMarket  SecondMarket was recently honored by the World Economic Forum as a 2011 Technology Pioneer. In 2009, Barry was a category winner of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a winner of Crain's Entrepreneur of the Year Award and was included on Treasury & Risk's list of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance. SecondMarket has been featured in the world's leading financial publications. Barry is also an active angel investor with investments in a number of exciting start-ups, including Behind the Burner, ProFounder, RealDirect, Send-the-Trend, Slated, TapAd and Vator.tv Return to top | |||
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is Senior Associate Dean for Executive Programs at Yale University's School of Management and The Lester Crown Professor of Management Practice as well as the Founder, President and CEO of The Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute -- the world's first 'CEO College.' Senior Associate Dean for Executive Programs Yale School of Management  Prior to this, Sonnenfeld spent ten years as a professor at the Harvard Business School. Recently, Sonnenfeld was named by BusinessWeek as one of the world's "ten most influential business school professors" and one of the "100 most influential figures in governance" by Directorship. Awarded many scholarly honors for the impact of his numerous research articles on leadership and governance matters, Sonnenfeld is the first scholar to ring the 'Opening Bell' of both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. Return to top | |||
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Scott M. Sperling Mr. Sperling is Co-President of Thomas H. Lee Partners ("THL") and Trustee and General Partner of various Thomas H. Lee Partners Equity Funds. THL is one of the nation's leading Buyout Fund organizations with over $22 billion under management in its various funds. It's most recent fund is Thomas H. Lee Partners Equity Fund VI, a $10 billion LBO Fund. Co-President Thomas H. Lee Partners  Mr. Sperling has been a director of numerous companies over the past thirty years including Fisher Scientific, Experian, PriCellular, Houghton Mifflin, The Learning Company and ProSeiben Sat1. Mr. Sperling is currently a Director of Clear Channel Communications, Thermo Fisher Corp., Warner Music Group and several private companies. Prior to joining THL, Mr. Sperling was for over ten years, Managing Partner of the private capital affiliate of Harvard Management Company where he started and led the private investment areas of the Harvard Endowment including buyouts, venture capital, real estate and commodities. Before that he was a senior consultant and case leader with the Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Sperling is also a member of the Board of the Brigham & Women's / Faulkner Hospital Group, Chairman of the Board for the Citi Performing Arts Center, member of Harvard Business School's Rock Center Board and the Harvard Business School Dean's Advisory Board. He holds an MBA degree from Harvard University and a BS from Purdue University. He is married with four children. Return to top | |||
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Leo E. Strine, Jr. On June 22, 2011, Leo E. Strine, Jr., became Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery. Chancellor Delaware Court of Chancery  Before becoming Chancellor, Chancellor Strine had served since November 9, 1998 as a Vice Chancellor of the Court. Since he joined the Court, Chancellor Strine has written numerous opinions, particularly in the area of corporation law. Chancellor Strine speaks frequently on the subject of corporation law, at diverse forums such as the New York University Center for Law and Business; the University of Pennsylvania's Corporate Law Conference; the Tulane Corporate Law Institute; Director's Colleges at Stanford Law School, Duke University, and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business; and the San Diego Securities Law Institute sponsored by Northwestern University School of Law. He has also authored many articles on business law topics in publications including The Business Lawyer, University of Chicago Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Delaware Journal of Corporation Law, Duke Law Journal, Harvard Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, University of Southern California Law Review, Stanford Law Review and University of Toronto Law Journal. On several occasions, Chancellor Strine's articles have been selected as among the Best Corporate and Securities Articles of the year, based on the choices of academic teachers. Return to top | |||
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Brian Sullivan Brian Sullivan joined CNBC's on-air team in May 2011. News Anchor CNBC  Sullivan has more than 15 years of financial broadcasting experience, having served as an anchor at Fox Business Network (FBN) and prior to that as producer, reporter and anchor at Bloomberg Television. He is recognized as one of the first financial journalists to highlight the risks of the housing bubble and his 2007 special Subprime Shockwaves won the NY CPA Society Excellence in Financial Journalism award and was nominated for the prestigious Loeb Award. Prior to joining Bloomberg in 1997, Sullivan traded chemical commodities for Mitsubishi International. Sullivan has a B.A. in political science from Virginia Tech, a law degree from Brooklyn Law School and is an avid auto racer. Return to top | |||
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Kayla Tausche Kayla Tausche joined CNBC in January 2011 as a general assignment reporter covering corporate finance and deals for CNBC's Business Day programming. General Assignment Reporter CNBC  Previously, Tausche was based in London as the assistant editor of DealReporter, a Financial Times-owned publication geared toward merger arbitrage investors. Before moving to London, she was a New York-based journalist at DealReporter, where her M&A coverage consistently broke stories on high-profile deals like the takeover of Cadbury, the unraveling of Hunstman-Hexion and the leveraged buyout of Interactive Data Corp. Prior to DealReporter, Tausche worked on the companies desk at Bloomberg News, covering earnings in the consumer and retail industry under a fellowship from the Steamboat Foundation. She began her career in journalism at the Brussels bureau of the Associated Press, where her bilingual interview experience included Jacques Chirac and Peter Mandelson. An Atlanta native, Tausche graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in business journalism and international politics. She was an Ameel J. Fisher scholar in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication, where she earned honors for research analyzing newspaper coverage of the British handover of Hong Kong. Return to top | |||
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Vyvyan Tenorio A veteran journalist who joined The Deal LLC in 2000 just after its launch, Vyvyan Tenorio oversees private equity coverage, including debt financing. She also has responsibility over The Deal's private equity-related special reports, among others. Assistant Managing Editor, private equity, debt financing, special reports The Deal LLC  Prior to coming to The Deal, Vyvyan was a foreign correspondent in Hong Kong, India and the Philippines. She has covered political and business news for U.S., European and regional publications including The Christian Science Monitor, The Times of London, Businessweek, Institutional Investor and The Globe and Mail. Return to top | |||
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Robert Uhlaner Robert Uhlaner is a Director in McKinsey's San Francisco Office and core member of the global Corporate Finance practice, including leading the Transactions Service Line for the Americas. Robert has led numerous corporate strategy, M&A, alliance, and post-merger management engagements with a focus in the high-tech, EPNG, and industrial sectors. Director/Senior Partner McKinsey & Company  Robert has a Doctorate in Economics with fields in Finance and Econometrics, a Masters in Finance from the Haas Business School, and a Bachelors in Mathematics and Economics, all from the University of California at Berkeley. Return to top | |||
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Jacqueline Valouch Jacqueline Valouch is vice president and charitable planning consultant for Fidelity CharitableSM, an independent public charity with a national donor-advised fund program, that has been helping advisors and their clients achieve their philanthropic goals for the past 20 years. The mission of Fidelity Charitable, one of the nation's largest public charities, is to further the American tradition of philanthropy by providing programs that make charitable giving simple and effective. Vice President and Charitable Planning Consultant Fidelity Charitable  As a premier resource for charitable planning in the New York Metro region, Jacqui educates advisors about donor-advised funds, the Giving Account® at Fidelity Charitable and ways to incorporate charitable giving in clients' overall financial and wealth management plans. Prior to joining Fidelity Charitable in 2003, Jacqui was practicing law in New York City with Phillips Nizer, LLP, where she also began her career as an attorney with Frankenthaler, Kohn, Schneider & Katz. Prior to joining Phillips Nizer, LLP, she practiced at Sills, Cummis, Radin, Tischman, Epstein & Gross in Newark, New Jersey. Ms. Valouch currently serves as a member of the Planning Committee for the Lewis H. Latimer House, in Flushing, New York, a member of the Historic House Trust and is an active member of the Manhattan Chapter of Special Olympics. Jacqui received a Bachelor of Arts degree from State University of New York at Albany and received a Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School, where she currently serves as an adjunct professor of law. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the New York City Bar Association. Return to top | |||
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Ted Virtue Ted Virtue is CEO of MidOcean Partners, a midmarket private equity firm with offices in New York and London. The firm has more than $2.5 billion under management and has managed investments in more than 75 companies in the United States and Europe. Chief Executive Officer MidOcean Partners  Prior to founding MidOcean Partners, Virtue was CEO of DB Capital Partners, with oversight for Deutsche Bank's $35 billion direct investment portfolio. He was also on the management board of Deutsche Bank AG. Prior to Deutsche Bank's acquisition of Bankers Trust, Virtue was president of Bankers Trust Alex. Brown and head of Global Finance for Bankers Trust. Previously, he was a senior vice president at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Virtue is a graduate of Middlebury College. Return to top | |||
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Scott Wapner Scott Wapner is an award-winning reporter and the host of Fast Money Halftime Report (M-F, 12PM-1PM ET). Host, "Fast Money Halftime Report" CNBC  Before hosting Fast Money Halftime Report, Wapner was a reporter based at CNBC's Global Headquarters in New Jersey. He also reported live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Marketsite, covering the real-time action of the global financial markets. Wapner was reporting live from the New York Stock Exchange during the May 2010 "flash crash." Wapner has reported one-hour documentaries for the network including, Ultimate Fighting: From Blood Sport To Big Time, which earned him an Emmy nomination, as well as Planet of the Apps: A Handheld Revolution!, Touchdown: The Patriots And The Business Of Winning, Ultimate Fighting: Fistful of Dollars, and One Nation, Overweight which documents the impact of the nation's obesity epidemic. In 2011, Wapner received an award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) as well as a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for One Nation, Overweight. Wapner was also a frequent contributor to CNBC's award-winning newsmagazine Business Nation. Prior, Wapner served as a reporter for the CNBC syndicated and produced program, Wall Street Journal Report. Before joining CNBC, Wapner served as the franchise Business Reporter for KDFW-TV in Dallas, TX and was a reporter for Associated Press Television News, based in New York City. Wapner earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of South Florida. Return to top | |||
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Dana White Dana White, 41, President of Zuffa, LLC, d/b/a Ultimate Fighting Championship® and co-owner of its assets, oversees a company of over 200 employees on three continents.President UFC  Through hard work, dedication and a lifelong passion for mixed martial arts, White has helped transform the UFC into a multi-billion dollar global brand and one of the fastest growing sports organizations in history. Throughout his career, Dana has always displayed consistent and keen business sense. In the early 90's he launched successful business enterprises and managed fighters Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, who soon became superstars under his direction. In 2001, he recognized the potential in the then beleaguered UFC. Contacting childhood friends Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta, Dana convinced them to buy the struggling MMA promotion for $2 million, which they did and together they created Zuffa, LLC as the parent company to UFC with White serving as President. Dana worked tirelessly to create a fresh image for the UFC and bring proper safety rules, regulations and guidelines to the sport. These efforts paved way for a new found understanding and respect in the sporting and cable communities. The UFC's popularity exploded when the first season of the hit reality series The Ultimate Fighter®, which White co-created, delivered record ratings on SPIKE TV. Now thanks to White's vision, the UFC organization produces over 12 live Pay-Per-View events annually and mounts over 30 live events per year across the world. In addition, the UFC produces over a dozen different TV shows and accounts for thousands of hours of broadcast and cable programming in over 132 countries and territories, reaching 597 million homes worldwide, in 21 different languages. With the exponential rise of the UFC, Dana continues to prove his devotion to bringing the organization into the mainstream landscape. In May 2011, Dana accomplished a milestone by obtaining accident insurance for over 350 fighters under contract with Zuffa, LLC, a feat that took three years to complete. Several months later, the UFC and Fox Sports announced a multi-year/multi-media rights agreement -- putting UFC on par with professional sporting groups like the NFL and NBA. What's more, Dana has led the charge in making the UFC one of the most powerful social media organizations in all of professional sports. To date, Dana is one of the most accessible and most followed executives in sports with over 1.6 million followers on Twitter. Ancillary businesses include best-selling DVDs, a bimonthly magazine, the best-selling UFC Undisputed videogame franchise distributed by THQ, UFC GYM®, UFC Fight Club affinity program, UFC Fan Expo® festivals, branded apparel, trading cards, and articulated action figures. In 2008, both Business Week and Sports Business Journal named White as one of the most influential people in sports. In 2009, the United States Armed Forces Foundation presented White with the Patriot Award for his contribution to injured military servicemen and women. That same year, White was named "Nevada's Sportsman of the Year" by the Caring Place, a nonprofit organization dedicated to relieving financial concerns of cancer patients. White was named as one of the most influential people of 2010 by both TIME and Esquire magazines. This year, for the third time, White was listed among AskMen.com's list of 49 most influential men of the year. Originally a New England native, White spent formative years in Las Vegas, where he currently resides with his wife, Anne and their three children. Return to top | |||
