Pine River Capital Management CEO and leadership

Brian is the Founding Partner, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. He serves on the firm's Compliance, Risk Management, Terms, and Counterparty Credit Committees. Prior to Pine River's inception, Brian began his career at EBF & Associates in 1988 as a trader, becoming head of the convertible arbitrage group in 1994, and was named a Partner in 1997. His responsibilities included portfolio management, marketing, product development, and trading information systems development. He received an MBA with a concentration in Finance and a specialization in Statistics from the University of Chicago in 1988 and a BS in Accounting with a minor in Mathematics summa cum laude from Millikin University in 1986. Brian proudly serves on the Board of Directors for Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ), an organization established to permanently close the achievement gap and end generational poverty in North Minneapolis.

Paul is a Partner and Chief Risk Officer, responsible for vetting every trade, investment strategy and counterparty relationship at Pine River to ensure they fit within our stringent guidelines. He serves as Chairman of Pine River’s Risk Committee and serves on the Counterparty Credit Committee. Prior to joining Pine River, Paul was the Director of Quantitative Research at Stark Investments from 2006 to 2010, where he was responsible for all modeling and analytics and was a member of the firm’s Risk Committee. From 1992 to 2005, Paul worked at the financial markets division of Cargill and its successor Black River Asset Management, where he was most recently a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager focused on capital structure arbitrage. From 1989 to 1992, Paul served as a Vice President of Fixed Income Research and as an MBS Trader for Lehman Brothers. Paul was an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Michigan from 1987 to 1989 and at the University of Minnesota from 1983 to 1987. He received a PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1983 and a BA in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1979, where he was a Regents Scholar. Paul has published several articles in academic journals.

Annette Krassner is a Partner & Chief Administrative Officer at Pine River Capital Management and is based in Partner & Chief Administrative Officer.

Experienced Head of Legal and Chief Compliance Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Regulatory Compliance, Corporate Finance, Hedge Funds, Asset Management, and Legal Research. Strong business development professional with a Juris Doctorate focused in Law from William Mitchell College of Law.

Brian is the Founding Partner, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. He serves on the firm's Compliance, Risk Management, Terms, and Counterparty Credit Committees. Prior to Pine River's inception, Brian began his career at EBF & Associates in 1988 as a trader, becoming head of the convertible arbitrage group in 1994, and was named a Partner in 1997. His responsibilities included portfolio management, marketing, product development, and trading information systems development. He received an MBA with a concentration in Finance and a specialization in Statistics from the University of Chicago in 1988 and a BS in Accounting with a minor in Mathematics summa cum laude from Millikin University in 1986. Brian proudly serves on the Board of Directors for Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ), an organization established to permanently close the achievement gap and end generational poverty in North Minneapolis.