MATTHEW KABAKER

• Matthew Kabaker currently co-heads the global private equity investing activities at Centerbridge. He also serves as a member of the company’s Management Committee, focusing on investments in the United States and Europe.
• Before joining Centerbrigde, he worked as a senior advisor to Timothy Geithner, the former U.S. Treasury Secretary and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Capital Markets at the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C.
• He also worked as a managing director at Blackstone Group L.P. and was at the company for 10-years.
• Matthew Kabaker serves as the Chairman on the Board of Directors of Versant Health, Inc and also serves on the board of directors of Bluestem Group Inc.
• Kabaker also serves on the Board of Directors of Visionworks of America and boards affiliated with Canopius AG.
• Kabaker serves on the Boards of Directors of Aktua Soluciones Financieras, S.L, Focus Financial Partners, LLC, and Bluestem Group Inc.

• Matthew Kabaker graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

• He was mentioned among the top business people in retail on the Business People article by TwinCities Pioneer Press.
• He was also mentioned in a press release by MarketWatch as one of the members of Bluestem Group in their board of directors announcement.

• He is one of the speakers scheduled to speak at The Clearing House Association, Bank Policy Institute 2019 annual conference.
• Between 2007 and 2008 he donated $7,300 to Obama’s political campaign.

JOHN KANSAS

• John Kansas currently serves as a non-executive Chairman of BankUnited.
• John Kansas is a Senior Advisor to Carlyle Group and Vice Chairman of Carlyle Global Financial Services Partners.
• He was the President and CEO of BankUnited from 2009 to 2016.
• John Kansas started working at North Folk Bank in 1971 and became its President in 1977 to 2006. He previously held the position of a branch manager at the bank.
• He was the President of the New York State Bankers Association.
• Kanas is a member of the board of trustees of Weill Cornell Medical College.
• He spent four years teaching at a middle school in the Medford school district.

• John Kansas has a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences from Long Island University’ s (LIU) Southampton campus.

• John Kanas announced his intentions to retire as Chairman of the board of directors for BankUnited.

• INTERESTING FACTS
• He once partook in a student demonstration protesting tuition hikes when he was the President of his class at LIU.
• According to Wallmine, he has an estimated net worth of $53.1 million as of 15 March 2018.
• He was recognized as the best regional bank CEO in America by Institutional Investor in 2005.
• In 2007, he received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship.

FELIX SCHERZER

• Felix Scherzer currently works as a managing director at Credit Suisse. A position he has been holding since 2015.
• Before joining Credit Suisse, he was a managing director at Morgan Stanley from 2010 to 2015, and managing director at Citigroup from 2006 to 2010.
• He was also the Vice President, New York and Europe at Lazard from 1999 to 2006.
• He had previously worked at BMW Group from 1997 to 1999.

• He has a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Economics from Universita Bocconi. He studied at the institution from 1994 to 1999.
• Felix Scherzer got his Abitur (university preparatory exam) from Maximiliansgymnasium, Muenchen in 1994.

• There’s no recent news coverage on Felix Scherzer. His last mention in the press was in 2015.

LANCE WEST

• Lance West is a retired Chairman and CEO at Centerbridge Partners. He also worked as a senior managing director and partner at Centerbridge Partners.
• Before joining Centerbridge, he served as a partner and managing director at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
• West worked as the Director of Triad Financial Corporation until 2006.
• In 2001, he was the head of the Principal Finance Group within Goldman’s Special Situations Group, Fixed Income Division.
• Lance West was the founder and the CEO of Greenthal Realty Partners from 1992 to 1999 and Resolution Trust Corporation. He also served as executive vice president and principal of The Charles H. Greenthal Group, Inc. from 1984 to 1992.
• West was a member of Technical Staff of AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1982 to 1984.
• West served as Chairman of Green Tree Investment Holdings LLC and is a member of the board at Bank United.
• He is also a member of the Board of Overseers of Tufts University, and Chair’s Council for the HSS division at Caltech.

• In 1983, he got his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.
• Lance West graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University in 1982.

• There is no recent press coverage on Lance West.

• West is an avid donor to various political figures and nonprofit organizations like The Global Fund for Children, Lift, Inc., and Right to Rise USA. He donated a total of $11,500 to Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Mark Steven Kirk, and Joe Lieberman political campaigns.
• Lance West is married to Lisa West, a Trustee at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School.

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MATHEW KABAKER

•  Richard Steck filed the lawsuit in 2014 and he was represented by 7 attorneys.

• The lawsuit was filed for violations of the federal securities' law.

• The federal securities class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of parties who acquired Santader's securities connected to its Registration Statement and Initial Public Offering (IPO). The plaintiff sought recovery of damages inflicted by the defendants' violation of the federal security law.

•  After the IPO, the company was requested to present its documents related to underwriting of subprime loans. The news triggered a decline in the company's share price. It is alleged that the Registration Statement and Prospectus contained falsified information and omitted critical information.

•  Mathew Kabaker was the director at this time and he signed the Registration Statement. The lawsuit claims that he had the power to control the information presented in the Registration Statement. It is further alleged that he was aware of the important facts being concealed from the public as well as false positive representations of the company.

• The case was transferred from "District Court, S.D. New York" to "District Court, Northern District of Texas".

• The case was voluntarily dismissed in 2015.

JOHN A. KANAS

•  The lawsuit was filed by Capital One Financial Corporation in 2011.

• John A. Kanas was accused of violation of a non-compete agreement.

• In 2006, Capital One acquired Northfork Bank headed and partially owned by John Kanas but he continued to work for Capital One until 2007. When leaving, John signed a non-compete covenant that restricted him from operating a banking business in New York area until 2012.

• In 2011, John was the chairman of Bank United when it purchased Herald National Bank based in New York. While John claimed that he was not directly involved in Herald National Bank, Capital One argued that he not only headed the parent company, but he was also an active shareholder in the company.

• The judge denied the request to void the agreement between Capital One and John.

• The lawsuit was settled out of court in an agreement between John and Capital One. John paid Capital One $20 million to settle the case and he was restricted from taking a managerial role in Herald National Bank. In addition, he was restricted from opening any Bank United's branch in New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey until 2013.

E-TRADE

• The lawsuit was filed by Lindsay Lohan.

•  Lindsay Lohan accused E-Trade of violating her right to privacy when they aired a commercial Ad showing a "milkaholic" girl modeled after her personality and character without seeking Lindsay's consent.

•  In 2010, E-Trade aired a commercial during the SuperBowl depicting a baby girl named Lindsay. Lindsay Lohan filed a lawsuit against E-Trade in a New York State Court. She claimed that E-Trade violated her privacy without requesting proper permission.

• Lindsay Lohan sought $50 million in exemplary damages and another $50 million in compensatory damages. In addition, she demanded that E-Trade surrender all copies of the Ad to her and desist from airing the Ad.

• Lindsay reached a settlement agreement with E-Trade and withdrew the lawsuit in confidential agreement terms.

CENTREBRIDGE

• The lawsuit was filed by PF Chang's shareholders.

• Centrebridge was accused of breach of fiduciary duty in the shareholder class action suit.

•  In 2012, both P. F Chang and Centrebridge made a public announcement that Centrebridge would acquire P. F Chang. The shareholders filed a lawsuit against Centrebridge, P. F Chang, and its directors in the "Superior Court for Maricopa County, Arizona" and the "Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware". The shareholders claimed that P. F Chang was using an inadequate sale process, failed their fiduciary duty, and concealed information about the tender from the shareholders.

•  Centrebridge was accused of helping P. F Chang to achieve the unfair sales process at the expense of the shareholders.

• The shareholders raised a motion to enjoin in the acquisition but the judge denied their request. In 2013, P. F Chang's shareholders sought post-closure damages inflicted by Centrebridge and P. F Chang's directors.

• After the hearings, the court dismissed the suit in 2014.

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