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Investors - Emerging Manager Showcase C
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Nathaniel August
Mangrove Partners
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| Nathaniel August is the founder and President of Mangrove Partners and the Portfolio Manager of The Mangrove Partners Fund, L.P. Prior to founding Mangrove, he was a Director at White Eagle Partners, a start-up hedge fund backed by Investcorp. Previously, he was a Senior Analyst at Brahman Capital, where he managed the firms European investment efforts and an Investment Analyst at K Capital. Mr. August began his career in private equity in the Principal Investment Area at Goldman Sachs. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University with a degree in Economics and International Relations in 2001. |
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Conrad Gann
Cerebellum Capital
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| Conrad Gann is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Cerebellum Capital, Inc. From 2005 to 2009 Mr. Gann was the President and Chief Operating Officer of TrimTabs Investment Research and Managing Partner of TrimTabs Asset Management, which provides institutional research on global equity market liquidity. In 2008, Mr. Gann managed the sale of an equity stake to Goldman Sachs and established distribution through Goldmans global equities business. In 2002, Mr. Gann served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development at Citadel Investment Group. Beginning in 1993, Mr. Gann worked at Bank of America for nine years, starting in Corporate Strategy and Development. In 1998, he was promoted to Senior Vice President of the Asset Management Group, where he advised senior management on various large-scale acquisitions and joint ventures. In 2001, Mr. Gann became a Managing Director and founded the BACAP Alternative Investments Group, the banks first internally managed multi strategy funds of hedge funds group. Mr. Gann began his career as a Research Coordinator at the Macroeconomic Research Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, where he built econometric models to forecast GNP, inflation, and interest rates. Mr. Gann has an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. |
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Mark Alexander Price
Alprion Capital Management
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| Mark Alexander Price is Head of Business Controls for New York-based Alprion Capital Management, an investment management firm focused on the U.S. municipal bond market that launched a municipal-focused hedge fund in the second quarter of 2011. Mr. Price has nearly a decade of public finance experience. Prior to Alprion, he was a Vice President at Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., responsible for day]to]day banking coverage and providing financial product expertise for municipal clients. Before that, he structured and marketed municipal derivative products, leading the execution of over $3 billion of notional amount for issuers of municipal bonds at UBS. Mr. Price also served as Debt Manager of the city of Atlanta, overseeing the issuance of transactions ranging from general obligation, water and sewer, airport, and development authority credits. He is an alumnus of both the SEO Career Program and Toigo Foundation. Mr. Price received his undergraduate degree and MBA from Harvard University. |
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Michael Rothenberg
Moab Capital Partners
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| Michael M. Rothenberg is co-portfolio manager of Moab Partners, a New York-based event-driven fund formed in 2006. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Rothenberg was the senior investment professional at Xerion Capital Partners, LLC, a $500 million hedge fund where he was responsible for investing and trading a portfolio of distressed debt, bank debt and event driven equities. From 2002 to 2003, he was the distressed debt portfolio manager at Troy Capital Management, LLC, an $80 million hedge fund where he was responsible for investing and trading a $25 million portfolio of distressed debt and event driven equities. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Rothenberg was an investment analyst at Gracie Capital Partners, LLC an event driven and distressed debt hedge fund. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Rothenberg was an investment analyst at Perry Capital, LLC, an $11.5 billion hedge fund, where he focused on distressed debt, event driven equity, and private equity investments. Mr. Rothenberg met David Sackler during his tenure at Perry Capital in 1999, and together they now head Moab. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Rothenberg was an investment banking analyst at Peter J. Solomon Company, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Rothenberg earned a B.S. in Economics in 1995 from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania majoring in finance. |
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