| 2010 Keynote Speakers |
David Bonderman, Founder, TPG Capital David Bonderman is a founding partner of TPG. TPG generally makes significant investments in operating companies through acquisitions and restructurings across a broad range of industries throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. TPG and its affiliates have more than $45 billion of capital under management. Portfolio companies controlled by TPG have combined revenues of over $85 billion, operate in more than 130 countries and employ approximately 400,000 people. Among the portfolio companies of TPG are: Burger King; PETCO; Debenhams; Shenzhen Development Bank; Avaya; Harrah’s Entertainment, Energy Future Holdings (TXU); Neiman Marcus; and Univision. Prior to forming TPG in 1992, Mr. Bonderman was Chief Operating Officer of the Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. (now doing business as Keystone Group, L.P.) in Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to joining RMBG in 1983, Mr. Bonderman was a partner in the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in corporate, securities, bankruptcy and antitrust litigation. From 1969 to 1970, Mr. Bonderman was a Fellow in Foreign and Comparative Law in conjunction with Harvard University and from 1968 to 1969, he was Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division. From 1967 to 1968, Mr. Bonderman was Assistant Professor at Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans. Mr. Bonderman graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School in 1966. He was a member of the Harvard Law Review and a Sheldon Fellow. He is a 1963 graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle. Mr. Bonderman serves on the Boards of the following public companies: Armstrong Worldwide Industries, Inc., CoStar Group, Inc. and Ryanair Holdings, plc, of which he is Chairman. He also serves on the Boards of The Wilderness Society, the Grand Canyon Trust, The University of Washington Foundation and the American Himalayan Foundation. Mark Yusko, Founder, Morgan Creek Capital Management  Mark W. Yusko is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser formed in July 2004 to provide investment management and advisory services based on the University Endowment Model of investing to wealthy families, individuals and institutional investors. Morgan Creek currently has $ 8.9 billion in assets under advisement in non-discretionary accounts, discretionary funds and joint ventures. Morgan Creek provides an “Outsourced CIO” solution to clients in need of a comprehensive investment solution, as well as a suite of manager-of-manager products to assist clients in building investment programs based on the University Endowment Model. MCCM provides best-in-class thinking about Asset Allocation, Manager Selection and Portfolio Construction through advisory relationships and discretionary investment vehicles. Currently, Morgan Creek offers five discretionary funds: Morgan Creek Fund, Morgan Creek Partners, Morgan Creek Opportunity Fund, Morgan Creek Absolute Return Fund and Morgan Creek BRIC Plus Fund. Additionally, Morgan Creek has formed joint venture partnerships with Salient Partners and Hatteras Partners to provide comprehensive investment solutions through a series of SEC registered investment vehicles. Prior to forming Morgan Creek, Mark served as the Chief Investment Officer for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) from 1998 to 2004. Mark, and his team, founded the UNC Management Company (UNCMC) in July of 2002 to provide comprehensive investment advisory services to the University including strategic and tactical asset allocation, investment manager selection, manager performance evaluation, spending policy management and performance reporting. The Management Company was also responsible for providing Cash Management and Planned Giving Management services as well as aiding in the commercialization of University technology and real estate development projects. UNCMC also provided outsourced investment management services to select schools within the UNC System. Total assets under management were $1.5 billion, $1.2 billion of Endowment and $300 million of University working capital. Prior to joining UNC, Mark was the Senior Investment Director for the University of Notre Dame Investment Office, where he joined as the Assistant Investment Officer, in October of 1993. He worked with the Chief Investment Officer in all aspects of Endowment Management including asset allocation, investment manager selection, manager performance evaluation, spending policy management and reporting to the Board of Trustees. Mark was primarily responsible for portfolio construction and was actively involved in establishing and building strong programs in real estate, private equity and marketable alternatives. Mark received his Bachelor of Science Degree, with honors, in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame in 1985 and a Masters of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from the University of Chicago in 1987. Mark Patterson, Founder, MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC  Mr. Patterson is Chairman and co-founder of MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC which manages over $9 billion in four distressed private equity funds and a hedge fund of over $275 million in AUM. Mr. Patterson has 35 years of financial markets experience at Credit Suisse First Boston (where he was a Vice Chairman), Scully Brothers & Foss L.P., Salomon Brothers Inc., and Bankers Trust Company. Mr. Patterson holds degrees in Law (BA, 1972) and Economics (BA Honors - Econ, 1974) from South Africa’s Stellenbosch University and an MBA (with distinction, 1986) from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Mr. Patterson serves on the Board of Directors of Allied World Assurance in Bermuda, Broadpoint Securities Group, Polymer Group Inc., Flagstar Bancorp and on the Dean’s Executive Board of the NYU Stern School of Business. Mr. Patterson is fluent in Afrikaans. |