Notable Facts
→Founder & Managing Partner of GDA Luma Capital Management (NOT Carlyle Group CEO)
→19-year veteran Managing Director at Catalyst Capital Group ($4.5B raised across seven funds)
→Chairman/Co-Chairman of multiple companies: Cirque du Soleil, Gateway Casinos, Frontera Energy
→Co-founder of Catalyst Capital Group (second largest PE firm in Canada as of 2014)
→Over 25 years experience in distressed and special situations investing
→Fluent in five languages with degrees from NYU Stern and Columbia MBA
→Member of World Economic Forum Regional Action Group