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Gerald H. Houghton
ghoughton@brookshoughton.com
Managing Partner and President of Brooks, Houghton & Company, Inc.
Mr. Houghton is the President of Brooks, Houghton & Company, Inc., which is a leading provider of financial services to companies throughout the United States. Prior to founding Brooks, Houghton in 1989, Mr. Houghton was an Executive Director of Merrill Lynch & Company. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, he was employed at Barclays Bank International where, during his twenty year career, he served as Senior Vice President and Executive-In-Charge of the bank's New York-based Corporate Banking Division and directed its Financial Institutions Group. He also served as the bank's Chief Credit Officer for North America. Mr. Houghton has structured and arranged the financing of many finance industry businesses including, among others: Enhance Financial Services; Enhance Reinsurance Company; Capital Guaranty; Capital Re Corporation; R.V.I. Guaranty Ltd. and Financial Structures Ltd. Mr. Houghton was educated in South Africa and in the United Kingdom. He is also a graduate of the Executive Program at the Harvard Business School.
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David J. DiPaolo
ddipaolo@brookshoughton.com
Managing Director
Since joining the Fund in 2001, Mr. DiPaolo has been responsible for sourcing, evaluating, structuring, negotiating and closing investments, as well as monitoring and assisting portfolio companies. His industry experience includes manufacturing, distribution, business services, financial services, retail and apparel, telecommunications, and oil and gas services.
Previously, Mr. DiPaolo was an Assistant Vice President of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, an investment banking firm specializing in middle-market transactions. Mr. DiPaolo's transaction experience includes M&A, sales and divestitures, leveraged buyouts and public and private securities offerings.
Mr. DiPaolo received a BS in Business Management from the University of Maryland and his MBA with honors in Finance from Columbia Business School.
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Deane M. Driscoll
ddriscoll@brookshoughton.com
Managing Director
Since joining the Fund in 2004, Mr. Driscoll has led the marketing and business origination effort and acts as the Fund's primary contact with the banking community. In addition, Mr. Driscoll supports the underwriting and portfolio management aspects of the Fund.
Prior to joining the Fund, Mr. Driscoll was a Senior Vice-President with Hilco Capital LP, a private investment fund, where he was responsible for marketing and originating subordinated debt investments. In his career, Mr. Driscoll has focused on originating and structuring sub-debt and mezzanine transactions as well as senior secured, recapitalizations, turnarounds, debtor-in-possession and Tranche B financings in a broad range of industries for both public and private companies. Mr. Driscoll has held various positions including account management, underwriting, syndications and marketing with GE Capital, BankBoston Business Credit, The CIT Group/Business Credit, and Fleet Bank.
Mr. Driscoll earned a BA degree in economics from Villanova University.
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V. Nicholas Leopard
nleopard@brookshoughton.com
Associate
Mr. Leopard's responsibilities include transaction analysis, structuring and execution of investments on behalf of BHC Interim Funding, L.P. Additional functions include portfolio company related activities
Previously, Mr. Leopard was a member of the Strategic Finance Group within the Investment Banking Department of Bear, Stearns & Co. LLC. His experience includes all aspects of structuring and executing capital markets transactions on behalf of public and private companies. Prior to Bear Stearns, Mr. Leopard was a business development officer at CapitalSource Inc., where he focused on securing and analyzing senior and subordinated debt opportunities.
Mr. Leopard earned a BS in Finance from the Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph's University.
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Robert A. Mulderrig
rmulderrig@brookshoughton.com
Executive Director
Robert Mulderrig has been in commercial banking and corporate finance for more than 30 years. He was a founding member of Westfair Partners, LLC, a financial consulting and restructuring advisory firm. Previously, he was with National Australia Bank Limited for 13 years where he held Delegated Credit Authority as Senior Vice President, Head of Credit Restructuring for the Americas. His cumulative experience encompasses investment-grade and non-investment grade companies, as well as project finance and structured finance transactions.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Mulderrig held marketing roles at Chrysler Capital Corporation and The Bank of New York Commercial Corporation focusing on both senior asset-based loans and subordinated debt. He received his credit training at Citibank, N.A. where he held a series of positions over more than 12 years including: manager of the closely held corporations unit, vice president of lending to high net worth entrepreneurs within private banking and, subsequently, vice president of leveraged finance.
Mr. Mulderrig earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the University of Hartford and his MBA in Finance at Pace University. He is past president of the New York Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth.
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Andrew D. Shiftan
ashiftan@brookshoughton.com
Managing Director
Mr. Shiftan is a Managing Director of BHC Interim Funding, L.P. and Brooks, Houghton & Company. Mr. Shiftan is charged with the evaluation, structure and execution of investments undertaken by BHC Interim Funding, L.P, while also involved in the oversight of portfolio companies in which this Fund has made investments.
Previously, Mr. Shiftan served as a Managing Director within the Corporate Finance Department of Morgan Joseph & Co., where he led transactions for companies within the healthcare, industrial, and consumer products sector. Prior to Morgan Joseph, Mr. Shiftan performed in various roles at CapitalKey Advisors LLC, KPMG Corporate Finance LLC, and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC.
Mr. Shiftan received an MBA from Fordham University and earned a BA degree from the University of Virginia.
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Φ BHC Interim Funding, L.P. – Φ Brooks, Houghton & Company, Inc.
444 Madison Avenue • 25th Floor • New York, NY 10022• Phone: (212) 753-1991 • Fax: (212) 753-7730
263 Tresser Boulevard • Stamford, CT 06901 • Phone: (203)-564-1979 • Fax: (203)-564-1402
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