Geoffrey Adam Gold

Mr. Gold is a founder and portfolio manager at Normandy Hill Capital. Normandy Hill is a hedge fund manager specializing in distressed and eventdriven investing. Previously Geoffrey was an Original Member and Partner of Strategic Value Partners ("SVP"), a $5.0 billion hedge fund and private equity platform, which originated with $100 million in total capital. He joined SVP in March 2001 and left as of January 2007. His primary responsibility was trading distressed products, and he also focused on portfolio management and global deal origination for distressed and private equity transactions. As a Partner at SVP, Geoffrey was a significant factor in building the core global distressed platform at SVP. Prior to SVP, Geoffrey spent 14 years at ING Barings in global distressed and special situations investing. Mr. Gold graduated Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Colgate University with a B.A. in International Relations and German in 1986. He received an M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business in 1991