SCG Financial Acquisition Corporation
MANAGEMENT & BOARD
Executive Officers
Gregory H. Sachs, 45
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President
Since 2008, he has been Chairman and Chief Executive officer of Sachs Capital Group LP. From 1993 to 2008 he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deerfield Capital Management which he founded and oversaw its growth from a fixed income hedge fund with $15 million in assets under management to a global diversified fixed income investment manager with approximately $15 billion in assets under management. While at Deerfield, Mr. Sachs oversaw the management of Deerfield Capital Corp, a publicly traded (NYSE: DFR) specialty finance company that invests in various credit related asset classes. Deerfield Capital Corp. had gross assets in excess of $8 billion at the time Mr. Sachs sold his interest in Deerfield. Prior to founding Deerfield, Mr. Sachs was Vice President and Trading Manager for Harris Trust and Savings Bank’s Global Fixed Income Trading Division. Mr. Sachs graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1988 with both an M.S. degree in Quantitative Analysis and Finance and a B.B.A. degree in Actuarial Science and Quantitative Analysis. He is a former board member of the Triarc Companies (NYSE: TRY) from 2004 to 2007, Deerfield Capital Corp. (NYSE: DFR) from 2005 to 2007 and the Futures Industry Association. Mr. Sachs also has extensive experience investing in real estate properties for his own account.
Michelle Sibley, 40
Chief Financial Officer, Treasury, and Secretary
Ms. Sibley is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Sachs Capital Group LP and at Redleaf Management Company, LLC an entity beneficially owned and controlled by Mr. Sachs, where her responsibilities include oversight of all financial aspects of the businesses. Prior to joining Redleaf Management Company, LLC in 2004 and Sachs Capital Group at its founding in 2008, Ms. Sibley was a senior tax manager in Deloitte & Touche’s tax practice. She has over 10 years of experience in public accounting, working in Arthur Andersen and Deloitte & Touche’s Financial Services practices. Ms. Sibley received a B.S. in accounting from Northern Illinois University in 1993 and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Board of Directors
Kenneth B. Leonard, 47
Director
With nearly 25 years of experience in the Private Equity lending space, Mr. Leonard has relationships with dozens of private equity firms, investments banks, business brokers and lenders. Until April 2011, Mr. Leonard was Managing Director and Co-head of Dymas Capital Management Company, LLC, a Cerberus Capital affiliate. Prior to starting Dymas in 2002, Mr. Leonard was head of GE Capital’s Merchant Banking Syndications Group and, prior to being acquired by GE in 2001, Heller Financial’s Corporate Finance Syndications Team. Mr. Leonard began his career at Heller Financial in 1986 where he assisted in the founding of Heller’s Syndication Team and spent time in portfolio management, underwriting and originations within the Corporate Finance and Business Credit Groups of Heller. In 1994 Mr. Leonard moved into Heller Investments, Inc., Heller’s Turnaround Private Equity Group as an investment professional. Mr. Leonard was formerly director of Home Meridian International, a client of Dymas Capital Management Company, LLC. Mr. Leonard received a B.A. degree from the University of Iowa in 1986 and received an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in 1993.
Donna Parlapiano, 46
Director
Ms. Parlapiano is Senior Vice President for Regional Operations and Industry Relations at AutoNation (NYSE: AN), America’s largest automotive retailer employing approximately 19,000 people at 206 dealership locations representing 244 franchises, where she joined in 1998. A nearly 25-year veteran of the automobile industry, Ms. Parlapiano’s responsibilities include dealership operations and managing relationships with automobile manufacturers. Prior to joining AutoNation, Ms. Parlapiano held finance, marketing and strategic management positions with Ford Motor Company from 1986 to 1998. In September 2010, Ms. Parlapiano was named one of the 100 most influential women in US auto industry by Automotive News. Ms. Parlapiano received a B.S. in Business Administration from Southern Colorado University in 1986 and an M.B.A. from the University of Denver in 1991.
Marvin Shrear, 67
Director
Mr. Shrear was a Senior Managing Director at Deerfield Capital Management (a financial services company) from 1993 until his retirement in 2008 where he also served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Deerfield, Mr. Shrear was a partner in the Chicago office of Arthur Andersen & Co., Chief Financial Officer at GNP Commodities, Inc., and Vice President Finance for FCT Group, Inc. GNP and FCT were registered futures commission merchants. Mr. Shrear received a B.S.C. in Accountancy from DePaul University in 1965 and a J.D. from Stanford University in 1968. He is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant and attorney.
Frederick L. White, 66
Director
Mr. White is Managing Director, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Deerfield Capital Management. From 2002 to 2008, Mr. White served as Managing Director, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Deerfield. From 2004 to 2008, concurrent with his time at Deerfield, Mr. White was also General Counsel, Senior Vice President and Secretary of Deerfield Capital Corp., a publicly-traded real estate investment trust (NYSE: DFR) organized and managed by Deerfield. Before joining Deerfield, Mr. White practiced securities law for more than 30 years and was a partner at the firms of Drinker, Biddle, Gardner & Carton (1989 – 2002); Much, Shelist & Freed (1987 – 1989); and Kirkland & Ellis (1979 – 1987). Before private practice, Mr. White was an attorney with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (1975 – 1979) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (1970 – 1975). Mr. White received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1966 and his J.D. degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1969.
