Tom Finke has over three decades of experience in the financial services industry. In December 2008, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Babson Capital Management, and EVP and Chief Investment Officer for Babson’s parent, The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual). In May 2011, Tom stepped down as CIO of MassMutual to focus on leading Babson.

In 2016, he led the merger of Babson with three subsidiaries of MassMutual: Baring Asset Management, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, and Wood Creek Capital Management, forming Barings LLC. Tom became Chairman and CEO of this combined firm, and Barings’ assets under management surged from US$271 billion to over US$350 billion in four years. He retired from Barings in 2020.

Currently, Tom serves as a non-executive Director of Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) and Alliance Entertainment Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: AENT). In 2023, following the merger of Alliance Entertainment with Adara Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: ADRA), he joined Alliance’s board, having been Chairman and CEO of Adara.

Tom is active in the community serving on the boards of: Charlotte Center City Partners, Davidson College, the Fuqua School of Business (Duke University), and the National Math and Science Initiative.

Tom earned a BS from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce in 1986 and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in 1991.

Robert Feingold is an accomplished finance professional with more than 25 years of experience in investment management, investment banking and commercial banking.

Mr. Feingold had a notable tenure at Barings, LLC (formerly Babson Capital Management, LLC). As Managing Director and Head of Alternative High Yield/Event-Driven Investments, he played a pivotal role in building the firm’s alternative credit products business. During his influential leadership, Mr. Feingold managed diverse portfolios of equities, bonds and bank loans.

Mr. Feingold has extensive experience investing in companies navigating major corporate events such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and balance sheet refinancings.

Prior to joining Barings, Mr. Feingold held roles of increasing responsibility at Fleet Bank (now part of Bank of America), Houlihan Lokey, and Wellington Management Company.

In addition to his role at Barings, Mr. Feingold has also contributed significantly to academia, serving as a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the University of Massachusetts, Isenberg School of Management.

Mr. Feingold previously served on the board of DynamicLogic, Inc., guiding the company from its formation through its sale to Kantar Millward Brown (WPP plc). Mr. Feingold serves on the Boston Advisory Board of CareerSpring, a not-for-profit organization that helps first generation college students find gainful employment.

Mr. Feingold’s academic credentials include a BSBA from Georgetown University (Magna Cum Laude) and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Ms. Habgood is an emerging markets finance specialist with more than 35 years of experience arranging and closing complex debt and equity deals around the world. She is the former CEO and Co-Chair of Delphos, a prominent emerging markets financial advisory firm that she led and grew for two decades. At Delphos, she led a team of sixty finance professionals, securing more than $20 billion for 1,200+ clients building businesses around the globe.

Her specialty is in unlocking capital solutions from the world’s multilateral development banks, commercial banks and export credit agencies for projects with powerful development impact.

Prior to joining Delphos, Ms. Habgood was a Senior Investment Officer at OPIC (now, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation “DFC”) and since 2014, has served on the Board of Directors of GrainPro, an impact company specializing in post-harvest solutions for small and medium holder farmers around the globe. She also serves as an elected Town Council member and Chair of the Finance Committee in her AAA-rated hometown of Westfield, NJ.

Ms. Habgood started her accomplished career at The Chase Manhattan Bank where she managed client relationships in the aerospace and shipping sectors, underwriting corporate finance and leveraged leasing transactions for strategic clients. While at Chase, Linda also worked extensively overseas in the Credit Audit function, evaluating the Bank’s global risk portfolio in developed and emerging markets.

Ms. Habgood earned her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and her BA in International Political Economy from the College of William & Mary. Linda is a registered representative, holding FINRA Series 7 and 63 Securities Licenses.

Thomas Little, CPA, ICD.D, is an accomplished executive with more than 40 years of experience leading transformational change across organizations.

Mr. Little served as the Executive Vice President of Bell Canada and President of Bell Business Markets, where he successfully implemented strategies to enhance the client experience by integrating wireless and wireline business groups and transforming the client experience. Prior to that, he helped build and operate successful Canadian technology companies, including as the President and CEO of VisualSonics Inc. and as EVP and GM at Dicom DICOM Information Technologies, which both yielded successful liquidity events.

Mr. Little is a Chartered Professional Accountant and holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the IVEY School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. Additionally, he has obtained an ICD.D designation from the Rotman Directors Education Program. He is currently a director at Rise Asset Development and Soundbite Medical Solutions.

James (Jamie) Scarlett, JD, ICD.D., is the former Executive Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer at Hydro One Inc., an electricity transmission and distribution provider. Jamie was a Senior Partner at Torys LLP, one of Canada’s leading law firms, where he held a number of leadership roles, including head of Torys’ Capital Markets Group, Mining Group and International Business Development strategy. He was also a member of the firm’s Executive Committee from 2009-2015.

Prior to joining Torys, Jamie was a senior partner at McMillan Binch LLP, another major Canadian law firm. While at that firm, he held leadership roles as head of its Corporate Group, Securities Group and as a member of its Board. Jamie was also seconded to the Ontario Securities Commission in 1987 and was appointed as the first Director of Capital Markets in 1988, a position he held until his return to private law practice in 1990.

Jamie earned his law degree (J.D.) from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from McGill University. He holds the ICD.D designation and sits as a Director on the Boards of Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc., which is listed on the NYSE and the TSXV, and Chartwell Retirement Residences, which is listed on the TSX.

Mr. Seemab has more than 19 years of experience in the financial services industry, including four years in the assurance group of Ernst & Young.

He is currently a Managing Director of Mithaq Holding Company, a leading opportunistic, shariah-compliant investor based in Saudi Arabia with diverse investments in public equities, real estate, private equity and income-producing assets in local and international markets.

From January 2012 until joining Mithaq Holding Company in January 2019 as Portfolio Manager, Mr. Seemab was an Associate in the Asset Management Group of Mohammed Ibrahim AlSubdeaei & Sons Investment Company (MASIC), a family office based in Saudi Arabia that manages public equities, private equity funds, real estate funds and income-producing assets.

Mr. Seemab is the Vice-Chairman of the Board and Chair of the Corporate Responsibility, Sustainability & Governance Committee and Human Capital and Compensation Committee of The Children’s Place (NASDAQ: PLCE).

Mr. Seemab also serves on the boards of several Mithaq group entities.

Mr. Seemab is a Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Hailey College of Commerce at the University of the Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan.

Yannis Skoufalos was Global Product Supply Officer at Procter & Gamble between 2011 and 2019, a US-headquartered consumer goods company with approximately US$80 billion in net sales for the fiscal year 2022.

He held other supply chain roles of increasing responsibility over his 35 years’ successful international career with Procter & Gamble and served under three different CEOs. Most recently, he was Supply Chain Officer for Blue Triton, a privately held company between 2021 and 2022.

Mr. Skoufalos currently sits on the Board of Directors for Hostess Brands, a leading sweet snacks public company in the U.S., and for Sustana, a recycled paper fiber company privately held by Blackstone. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Sandoz, a global leader in generic pharmaceuticals and biosimilars.

Mr. Skoufalos also served as a board member of Pinnacle Company until it was sold to Conagra in October 2018. He is a member of the board of advisors to Blume Global Supply Chain Software, Blue Yonder Supply Chain Software (until 2021), and Symbotic Warehouse AI Company (until 2021).

Mr. Skoufalos earned a Master of Science in Food Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Leeds, U.K.

Jordan G. Teramo has more than 25 years of experience in leveraged capital structure investing and portfolio management. He is currently a Managing Partner at Stratos, an asset management firm specializing in investing across the capital structure in venture, early stage, and growth companies in the technology and technology enabled space. He is responsible for managing the Credit Business as well as helping with overall strategy and growth.

Previously, he was the lead portfolio manager for the long/short credit funds of CIFC Asset Management LLC (CIFC) and a member of the firm’s Investment Committee.

He possesses a broad range of investment management skills and experience in private and public markets, having invested in the spectrum of securities that make up a corporate capital structure: high yield to investment grade, distressed and stressed credit, fixed and floating rate instruments, bonds, loans, CDS, convertible bonds, equities, and index products.

Mr. Teramo also has extensive personal experience investing in real estate debt and equity, litigation finance, early-stage equity, venture capital, and consumer loans.

He holds a B.S. in Economics from Cornell University.