Crestline Investors CEO and leadership

Douglas K. Bratton is Founder, Chief Investment Officer and majority owner of Crestline Investors, Inc., the general partner of Crestline Management, L.P., the manager of a diversified family of investment products. He is the Chair of the Investment and Management Committees. Mr. Bratton has been an investment professional with organizations utilizing alternative asset strategies since 1983. He has extensive experience in hedge fund management, credit strategies, private equity and venture capital. Since 1989, Mr. Bratton has managed portfolios using these strategies on behalf of organizations associated with the Bass family. During this period, he also negotiated alternative asset related purchases and joint ventures for Bass and Crestline entities. These include: lift-outs of proprietary trading groups, seeding of asset managers and the acquisition of investment management organizations. Mr. Bratton has been President of Crestline Investors, Inc. since 1997. Prior to founding Crestline Investors, he spent six years with Taylor & Company, an investment organization associated with members of the Bass family. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Bratton was a partner of the Airlie Group, L.P. where he managed the merger arbitrage and special situation portfolio. From 1988 to 1989, Mr. Bratton was employed by Investment, L.P. as a partner in the Merger Arbitrage group. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Bratton served as Vice President in the Merger Arbitrage group for Smith Barney Harris Upham and Company. Mr. Bratton received a BS from North Carolina State University in 1981 and a Masters of Business Administration with Honors from Duke University in 1984.

John Cochran is a VP & CFO at Crestline and is based in Dallas/Fort Worth Area. He has worked as Sr. Manager at KPMG US. John attended Texas Christian University between 1983 and 1987.

Caroline Cooley is Managing Partner and CIO of Crestline Summit Equity Alpha, a multi-PM equity market neutral hedge fund. She also serves on the firm’s Management Committee. Ms. Cooley has over 34 years of experience in the alternative investment industry as a portfolio manager, risk manager and trader Ms. Cooley previously was the CIO of Crestline’s Hedge Funds of Fund business, which grew to $4bn AUM at its peak, overseeing manager selection and portfolio management, since joining the firm in 1998. Before joining Crestline, Ms. Cooley was a Managing Director at the Culmen Group. From 1986 through 1997, Ms. Cooley was a derivatives trader and risk manager with Taylor and Company, an investment firm associated with the Bass Family of Fort Worth, TX. Ms. Cooley began her career in the investment industry at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company (later merged into JP Morgan) in New York and Chicago after receiving her BA in Economics from The College of William and Mary in 1983. Ms. Cooley serves on the Advisory Board of Texas Wall Street Women and the Investment Advisory Committee of Texas Employee Retirement System. Ms. Cooley serves on the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities of Fort Worth.

Mark Walker is a Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Summit Equity Alpha at Crestline and is based in Dallas/Fort Worth Area. He has worked as Senior Advisor at Crestline; Managing Director, COO, Global Relationship Management, Co-Founder at BNP PARIBAS; and Managing Director, Fund Linked Derivatives at Zurich Capital Markets. Mark studied at Neeley School of Business.

Douglas K. Bratton is Founder, Chief Investment Officer and majority owner of Crestline Investors, Inc., the general partner of Crestline Management, L.P., the manager of a diversified family of investment products. He is the Chair of the Investment and Management Committees. Mr. Bratton has been an investment professional with organizations utilizing alternative asset strategies since 1983. He has extensive experience in hedge fund management, credit strategies, private equity and venture capital. Since 1989, Mr. Bratton has managed portfolios using these strategies on behalf of organizations associated with the Bass family. During this period, he also negotiated alternative asset related purchases and joint ventures for Bass and Crestline entities. These include: lift-outs of proprietary trading groups, seeding of asset managers and the acquisition of investment management organizations. Mr. Bratton has been President of Crestline Investors, Inc. since 1997. Prior to founding Crestline Investors, he spent six years with Taylor & Company, an investment organization associated with members of the Bass family. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Bratton was a partner of the Airlie Group, L.P. where he managed the merger arbitrage and special situation portfolio. From 1988 to 1989, Mr. Bratton was employed by Investment, L.P. as a partner in the Merger Arbitrage group. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Bratton served as Vice President in the Merger Arbitrage group for Smith Barney Harris Upham and Company. Mr. Bratton received a BS from North Carolina State University in 1981 and a Masters of Business Administration with Honors from Duke University in 1984.

John Cochran is a VP & CFO at Crestline and is based in Dallas/Fort Worth Area. He has worked as Sr. Manager at KPMG US. John attended Texas Christian University between 1983 and 1987.

Mark Walker is a Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Summit Equity Alpha at Crestline and is based in Dallas/Fort Worth Area. He has worked as Senior Advisor at Crestline; Managing Director, COO, Global Relationship Management, Co-Founder at BNP PARIBAS; and Managing Director, Fund Linked Derivatives at Zurich Capital Markets. Mark studied at Neeley School of Business.

Jesus Humberto Payan is a CCO/General Counsel at Crestline, Trustee at CITY OF FORT WORTH TX PENS, and Trustee at Fort Worth Employees Retirement Fund. He has worked as Chief Compliance Officer at Crestline Management LP and Attorney at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Jesus studied at University of Texas System.