David B. Newman
Senior Managing Director, Brock Securities Capital Markets Group Investment banker. Over 20 years experience in real estate investment, capital markets, management and development. Former chief investment officer, Empire American Holdings LLC, one of the largest national multi-family property owners in the United States. Formerly part of the retail development group at The Related Companies; general counsel of Strategic

Steven C. Baum
Senior Managing Director Managing Partner, CPA firm; LLM; expert in business and tax consulting, personal financial management, charitable foundations and not-for-profit sector. Managing Partner Emeritus, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP; Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; member, NY State Bar Association; Secretary/Treasurer and Trustee, Dorot Foundation; Secretary/Treasurer and Trustee, Union Square Fund;

Jay Rodin
Chairman and Senior Managing Director, Brock Capital Markets Group Over 27 years experience in capital markets and investment banking. Former managing director at S. Goldman Capital; president, Idea Group Holdings, a boutique investment bank specializing in raising capital in the maritime, natural resource and energy sectors through alternative structures; senior managing director, Sunrise Securities Corp; head of Nomura Securities

James F. Munsell
Senior Managing Director Senior counsel, experienced in corporate finance Senior counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP; member, American, New York State, New York City Bar Associations; overseas member, Commercial Bar Association of London; United States Marine Corps. Cornell University B.E.; Harvard Law School LL.B.; Columbia University Master of International Affairs.

Charles L. Brock
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Director, designated “financial expert” and audit chair of public companies; investment banker; corporate lawyer with operating experience. Director, B+H Ocean Carriers. Managed numerous businesses including the twelve subsidiaries of Compton Communications (now Saatchi & Saatchi); Former Publisher and President, Scholastic International, also CFO and COO. Carter, Ledyard & Milburn; Sullivan

Rosalie J. Wolf
Senior Managing Director Financial and investment executive; professional director. Founder and Managing Member of Botanica Capital Partners, investment advisory firm Former Managing Director, Bankers Trust Company; Treasurer, International Paper Company; VP, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now Credit Suisse); Assistant Treasurer, Mobil Oil Corporation; Director, TIAA-CREF; North European Oil; Former Chairman & current Director,

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;

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.

Richard L. Hecht
Senior Managing Director Senior consultant in accounting and business and tax strategies. Founding partner of Marks Paneth & Shron LLP and the senior partner of Charles Hecht & Co., vice president and the chairman of various committees of the New York Society of Certified Public Accountants. Cornell University B.S.; New York University M.B.A.

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.