Executive Officers

Joseph R. Shaposhnik, 37
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Shaposhnik established TCW’s New America business unit in 2015 and serves as Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of TCW New America Premier Equities, Global Premier ESG Equities, and Global Space Technology Equities portfolios. He previously served as a Senior Equity Analyst in the Equity Research group with coverage responsibility for the industrials and basic materials sectors. Prior to joining TCW in 2011, he was an Equity Research Associate at Fidelity Management and Research Company, with coverage responsibility for the semiconductor and entertainment software sectors for the firm’s U.S. domestic equity funds. Mr. Shaposhnik holds a BS in Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Richard Villa, 58
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

Mr. Villa is the Chief Financial Officer responsible for managing the financial operations of the TCW Group. Prior to joining TCW as Controller in 2002, Mr. Villa was a Senior Vice President and Director of Finance for Fidelity Federal Bank where he was responsible for the treasury and accounting functions of the bank. Previously, he was an Audit Manager with Deloitte & Touche where he specialized in serving financial services companies, including banks and investment companies. Before that, he was in the management training program of Union Bank of California. Mr. Villa received his BS in Finance from Arizona State University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Leo L. Chan, 38
Executive Vice President

Mr. Chan is concurrently Senior Vice President within TCW’s New America division, which houses TCW’s New America Premier Equities strategy and specializes in both publicly traded equity and private investments. Mr. Chan has a wide range of experience across private equity, investment banking, and public equities investing covering the financial services, business services, and software sectors. Most recently, Mr. Chan founded and managed Longtail Capital, a public equity hedge fund that specialized in the financial and business services industries. Previously, Mr. Chan served as a Managing Director at Stillwater Investment Management, a long-short equities hedge fund, and as a Vice President at Corsair Capital, a leading global private equity firm focused on the financial and business services sectors. Mr. Chan began his career within the investment banking division of Citigroup Global Markets. Mr. Chan graduated with a BA in Economics and a BS in Business Administration (High Distinction) from the University of California, Berkeley and received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Board of Directors

Meredith Jackson, 61
Management Director

Ms. Jackson joined TCW as Executive Vice President and General Counsel in 2013. Ms. Jackson serves as Vice-Chair of the Steering Committee of SIFMA’s Asset Management Group. Ms. Jackson is a member of the Los Angeles Women’s Leadership Council and has been named as one of the Best Lawyers in America, Best Attorneys in Los Angeles, and Preeminent Women Attorneys. Ms. Jackson is a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers and a member of the Board of Governors of the Financial Lawyers Conference. She has served in numerous leadership roles in the Business Law Sections of both the American Bar Association and the California Bar Association, and has guest-lectured at Stanford University Law School and Hastings College of the Law on topics related to debt finance. Prior to joining TCW, she was a partner and head of the debt finance practice at Irell & Manella, and co-chair of the transactional practice group, and was a member of the executive, recruiting and legal opinion committees. Prior to joining Irell, Ms. Jackson was a member and co-chair of the practice committee of Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati. Ms. Jackson earned her AB at Princeton University and her JD at UC Hastings College of the Law.

Carol P. Lowe, 55
Director

Ms. Lowe joined FLIR Systems, Inc., in November 2017 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. FLIR is a world-leading designer, marketer and manufacturer of innovative sensor systems. From June 2012 through October 2017, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sealed Air Corporation, Inc., a global manufacturing company operating in over 62 countries with a wide portfolio of brands. Prior to joining Sealed Air, Ms. Lowe served Carlisle Companies Incorporated (“Carlisle”) from January 2002 through June 2012 in a variety of executive roles including President of Carlisle FoodService Products, President of Trail King Industries, Inc. and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Carlisle. Ms. Lowe serves on the board of EMCOR Group, Inc. where she is also a member of the Audit Committee. From October of 2007 to December of 2015, Ms. Lowe also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Cytec Industries, Inc. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of North Carolina Charlotte and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

Brian Lee, — [Appointed 3/16/21]
Director

Mr. Lee has over 20 years of experience founding and leading consumer businesses. He is Co-Founder and served as CEO of The Honest Company and ShoeDazzle.com and Co-Founder and served as President of LegalZoom.com. Mr. Lee is Co-Founder and Managing Director of BAM Ventures, an early-stage consumer focused venture capital firm. He also currently serves as a board member at the Lowell Milken Institute of Business Law and Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Lee holds a B.A. in Economics and Business and a J.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles

Nanxi Liu, — [Appointed 10/24/22]
Director

Since April 2021, Ms. Liu has served on the TCW Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation’s Advisory Board. She is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Blaze Technology, a no-code platform that enables teams to build web applications and internal tools. Ms. Liu co-founded and served as CEO of Enplug, a leading digital signage software company used by Fortune 500 companies, until it was acquired in 2021. She previously co-founded Nanoly Bioscience, a venture-backed biotech company that develops polymers that eliminate the need of refrigeration for vaccines and therapeutics. Ms. Liu serves on the Board of Directors of CarParts.com (NASDAQ: PRTS), a leading online provider of automotive parts and accessories, and served on the Board of Directors of Kindred Biosciences (NASDAQ: KIN), a leading biopharmaceutical company for pets, until it was acquired by Elanco Animal Health (NYSE: ELAN). She serves on the Board of Advisors for Covington Capital Management and is a Partner at XFactor Ventures, a leading investor in women-founded startups. Ms. Liu was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 (in 2016) and Fortune’s 10 Most Promising Women Entrepreneurs (in 2015).