Trevor Kidd Executive Advisor Trevor has over 35 years of experience as a business owner, entrepreneur, investor and senior executive specializing in niche manufacturing, telecommunications, enabling technologies, mergers and acquisitions, and specialty financial services product structuring and financing.

Carl H. Pforzheimer III Senior Managing Director Investment banker, philanthropist, and private investor. Manager, Carl H. Pforzheimer & Co.; Board member and chair of numerous charities and educational institutions including the New York Public Library, Lincoln Center, Pace University, Visiting Nurse Service of New York and Horace Mann School; Director of boards including U.S. Trust and Ampco-Pittsburg

Michael A. Boyd Senior Managing Director Former general counsel, specializing in securities and corporate law. Former General Counsel, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; Davis, Polk & Wardwell; Major General (Retired), US Army Reserve; Trustee, Oxford University Society; President, Oxford Alumni Association of N.Y. and Harvard Law School Association of N.Y. Harvard University A.B.; Oxford University Rhodes Scholar;

Charles O. Svenson Senior Managing Director Investment banker, expertise in energy, alternative energy, project finance and transportation. Co-Chairman, Investment Committee of Hamilton College; Trustee, Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks; Chairman, the Adirondack Nature Conservancy and Adirondack Land Trust; President, Harvard Law School Association of New York City Former Managing Director, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now

Christoph T. Bene Managing Director Experienced corporate finance, merger integration and change management consultant; CFO and global transformation executive;  Commercial banking executive and private equity investments; Six Sigma Black Belt.  MBA, NYU Stern School of Business and BA, Skidmore College.

Karen N. Horn Senior Managing Director Former CEO, diversified financial services; professional director; economist; Former Federal Reserve Bank president. Director and/or lead director, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Eli Lilly, Simon Property Group, Fannie Mae, T. Rowe Price Funds, U.S. Russia Investment Fund.  Former Managing Director, Marsh & McLennan Companies; Managing Director, Bankers Trust; Chairman & CEO, Bank

Donald C. Walkovik Senior Managing Director Retired Partner of the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, specializing in securities law and corporate finance. International experience in Asia, Africa and North America Founder and Managing Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell’s Hong Kong office; Managing Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell’s General Practice Group; Practice Coordinator, Sullivan & Cromwell’s Corporate

Susan Hinkson-Carling Managing Director Senior level executive with more than 30 years expertise in real estate development, including land use, zoning, due diligence, government regulation, incentives and entitlements. Managing Director, Capalino Ventures, a full service strategic advisory firm in all aspects of real estate development.  Former member, Commissioner, and Vice Chair, New York City

James P. Schadt Senior Managing Director CEO with experience in publishing, software and global beverages; Trustee, Northwestern University; founding member, Northwestern College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Board Former Chairman, CEO, President, and COO, Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.; President and CEO, Cadbury Beverages, Inc.; CEO, Mercator Software, Inc; President (Wines and Spirits), PepsiCo, Inc.; Beacon Group

Jean D. Hamilton Senior Managing Director CEO, diversified financial services companies. Operating and investment expertise. Director of public and private companies in insurance, financial services, money management. Director and committee member of non-profit entities. Currently, RenaissanceRe Holdings Director, First Eagle Funds and First Eagle Variable Funds Trustee, Chair of the Thomas Cole National Historic Site Investment