Fred W. Hill

CIT Group, Inc. is a financial holding company, which engages in the financing, leasing and advisory services. It operates through the following business segments: Commercial Banking, Consumer Banking, and Corporate. The Commercial Banking segment consists of four divisions, commercial finance, rail, and real estate finance and business capital. The Consumer Banking segment includes retail Banking, consumer lending, and SBA lending, which are grouped together for purposes of discussion as other consumer banking and legacy consumer mortgages. The Corporate segment refers to the businesses and portfolios that they no longer consider strategic. These portfolios include equipment financing, secured lending and leasing and advisory services to small and middle-market businesses. The company was founded by Henry Ittelson in 1908 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Allied Capital Corp, a business development company, invests in private middle market companies located in the US. The fund target companies across a broad range of sectors with an EBITDA of $5 - $150 million. It provides debt and equity financing for buyout transactions and also makes minority equity co-investments. It also invests in private equity and debt funds.

Bentley Associates LP a boutique investment bank that offers financial advisory services to middle market and growth companies. The firm is also a placement agent specializing in placing private equity funds, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, strategic alliances, and corporate finance advisory and valuation services. It serves banks, financial institutions, healthcare, media, entertainment, real estate, technology, and telecommunications industries. The company was founded by Oliver D. Cromwell in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.