AMINKHAN ALADIN, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Aladdin Capital Holdings LLC & Subsidiaries
Prior to Aladdin, Mr. Aladin served as a Managing Director of International Fixed Income at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Previously, he was General Manager, International Fixed Income, at Smith Barney. Mr. Aladin began his Wall Street career at Morgan Stanley in 1983, where he was a Vice President. He received his MBA from Harvard University in 1983. Prior to Harvard, Mr. Aladin was at the Osaka University Hospital conducting studies on hypertension in the Japanese population. NEAL NEILINGER, Vice Chairman, Chief Investment Officer of Aladdin Capital Holdings LLC & Subsidiaries
Most recently, Mr Neilinger served as Global Head of Credit Sales, Trading and Syndicate in the London office of Calyon. Previously, Mr. Neilinger was a Founding Partner at NSM Capital, a world-class advisory and asset management business based in Greenwich, CT. In 1998, as a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Neilinger was responsible for the global credit activities of the bank. In 2000, Mr. Neilinger joined Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein initially as Deputy Head of the Americas. In 2002, Mr. Neilinger was transferred to London, where he was a Managing Director in charge of the global debt syndication business for corporate clients. Earlier in his career, Mr. Neilinger spent seven years with Lehman Brothers in London as an Executive Director in charge of European credit trading and four years with Bear Stearns in New York as a Vice President. Mr. Neilinger received his Bachelor of Arts from Bates College in 1985. STEPHEN MANDELLA, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer of Aladdin Capital Holdings LLC & Subsidiaries
Most recently, Mr. Mandella served as a Senior Managing Director and Executive Committee member at New York Life-Investment Management (NYLIM). There, he was responsible for managing an autonomous multi-boutique investment business operating model. Mr. Mandella also served as Head of Finance at NYLIM where he was accountable for all of the financial aspects of NYLIM’s asset management business. He began his career at Merrill Lynch and Co, Inc., where he remained for twenty five years. During this time, Mr. Mandella held several senior level positions including; CFO for Investment Managers - Americas, and CFO Merrill Lynch Latin America. His capital market financial experience included a diverse set of product areas consisting of Mortgages, Corporates, Governments, Emerging Market Debt, Equities and Derivatives. Mr. Mandella received his Bachelor of Science from SUNY at Buffalo and his M.B.A. from St. John’s University. He holds his Series 7 & 27 licenses. WILLIAM FISH, Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Loans - Aladdin Capital Management LLC
Prior to joining Aladdin, Mr. Fish was a Managing Director, Head of Global Loans and Transaction Services and a member of Dresdner Kleinwort’s Executive Committee. Mr. Fish was in charge of all international lending, leverage finance, loan syndications, loan sales & trading, trade finance, correspondent banking and international cash management. Mr. Fish moved to Dresdner Kleinwort in 2001 as Head of Global Syndications from Citigroup, where he was Managing Director and Head of the Loan Sales and Trading group for Citigroup’s Global Loans business for EMEA based in London. He held a number of senior positions in Citibank’s loan syndications business for over fifteen years including assignments in Los Angeles and New York. Previous banking experience includes five years at Marine Midland Bank (HSBC) in the international division in New York and as a representative in Frankfurt, Germany for Central and Eastern Europe. Mr. Fish graduated from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon where he majored in International Relations and German Literature. Mr. Fish went on to attend The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, where he majored in European and Russian diplomatic history and arms control. CARLYLE PEAKE, COO & Global Head of Syndicate - Aladdin Capital LLC
Prior to joining Aladdin Capital, Mr. Peake was a Managing Director & responsible for the Emerging Markets Syndicate business for Merrill Lynch in New York. In this capacity, he oversaw the marketing & execution for emerging market issuers globally. Previously, Mr. Peake was at Dresdner Kleinwort from 2004-2007 as Managing Director & Global Head of Syndicate where he was responsible for the origination, structuring, marketing, pricing and execution of all investment grade, corporate, financial, high yield and emerging market issuance. Mr Peake started his career at Merrill Lynch in 1993 where he held a variety of senior capital markets roles & functions globally. Mr. Peake has a BA in Economics from Harvard University. KEITH INNES, Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Sales - Aladdin Capital Holdings LLC & Subsidiaries
Mr. Innes began his career in 1982 as an equity analyst at Phillips & Drew in London. Then, he joined Lehman Brothers in London as an Institutional salesperson and eventually headed Lehman’s fixed Income business in Asia as a Managing Director. Thereafter, he joined Banque Indosuez in Hong Kong (later bought by Credit Agricole) to start their Asian Fixed income activities. He was a Managing Director and Co-head of what became a thirty person team with a $2 billion portfolio of Asian credit risk. Most recently, Mr. Innes was responsible for marketing at Forum Partners. He has an M.A. from the University of Glasgow in Political Economy. KENNETH KLEIN, Senior Managing Director, Lead Portfolio Manager - Aladdin Capital Management
Mr. Klein, who has over 20 years of industry experience, will be the Lead Portfolio Manager for the Aladdin Citation Fund. Prior to joining Aladdin, Mr. Klein was a Managing Director at Dresdner Kleinwort LLC. As the head of credit asset management in the U.S. (2004-2008), he directed a group that managed a multibillion dollar portfolio of long/short proprietary assets. From 2001-2003, he was the head of credit flow trading in the U.S. for Dresdner. Mr. Klein has also worked at Paine Webber International Ltd., Oppenheimer & Company Inc., and Salomon Brothers Inc., where he held various credit trading and management roles. He holds a BA in Government from Cornell University.
MICHAEL GIBBONS, Senior Managing Director, Head of European Brokerage Division - Aladdin Capital Management (U.K.) LLC
Prior to joining Aladdin, Mr. Gibbons led a career in illiquid, emerging markets, high yield and distressed asset trading and investment. His most recent position was as the Head of Distressed Debt and Special Situations at BNP Paribas in London. Previously, Mr. Gibbons held positions at Commerzbank AG, Nomura Int’l HK Ltd, Sumitomo Finance Asia, Baring Securities HK Ltd., and Bankers Trust Int’l Plc. Mr. Gibbons holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University College Dublin and a diploma in Professional Accounting from Queens University Belfast. SHARAD SAMY, General Counsel - Aladdin Capital Management
Prior to joining Aladdin, Mr. Samy was a partner at Orrick’s Financial Markets Group in London. His main responsibilities included representing clients in connection with private and public placements of various asset-backed securities. He acted as counsel to banks, sponsors, issuers and monocline insurance companies with respect to a number of different funded and synthetic securities, including asset-backed notes and credit-linked notes. He also represented clients in connection with the securitization of a number of different asset classes, including credit card receivable, trade receivables, project finance debt, real estate loans, commercial loans and equipment leases. Mr. Samy has substantial experience representing clients on insolvencies, restructurings and/or receiverships of SIVs, SIV-Lites, CDOs and other structured products/vehicles. He has worked extensively in both London and New York and has covered cross-border transactions involving jurisdictions in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, for offerings in the United States and European Capital markets. From 1997 through 2008, Mr. Samy was a Judge Advocate for the U.S. Army Reserve, having served overseas in connection with Operation Enduring Freedom and leaving with the rank of Major. He received his J.D. from Columbia University Law School and his A.B. in Political Science from Columbia College. Mr. Samy is admitted to practice law in New York and in England and Wales. |
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