Les B. Levi

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Dr. Les B. Levi is Partner at Plainfield Asset Management LLC.
Prior to joining Plainfield, Mr. Levi was a founding partner and Director of Credit Research at Spectrum Investment Group, a startup fixed income hedge fund in New York.
From February 2003 through February 2005, Mr. Levi was a portfolio manager at Advent Capital Management, where he co-managed its Credit Opportunity Hedge Fund and its Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Mutual Fund.
Prior to joining Advent, Mr. Levi was an investment banker and Managing Director in Leveraged Finance at J.P.
Morgan Chase in its telecom, media and technology group.
Before the merger of J.P.
Morgan and Chase Manhattan in 2001, Mr. Levi was a Managing Director in High Yield Research at Chase, covering the media and telecom industries.
Prior to joining Chase, Mr. Levi was from 1990 to 1997 a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch, where he was Associate Manager of Global High Yield Research, and for seven years, a high yield research analyst covering the media, telecom, energy, and steel sectors.
Mr. Levi began his business career at Drexel Burnham Lambert from 1986 to 1990, where he was a research analyst and Senior Vice President in its High Yield and Convertible Securities Department in Beverly Hills, California.
Mr. Levi received a B.A. in English in 1975 from New York University, an M.B.A. in 1988 from Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University, and a Ph.D.
in English and comparative literature in 1982 from Columbia University.
He is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at Stern Graduate School of Business, teaching "Managerial Ethics."

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Plainfield Asset Management LLC Plainfield Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Plainfield Asset Management invests primarily in the stocks and convertible equities of small-cap companies.	Analyst-Equity	31/05/2009
Advent Capital Management LLC Advent Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Advent is a bottom-up, fundamental credit firm focused on cash flow, interest coverage, and balance sheet analysis. The firm seeks to achieve consistent and frequent returns while generating alpha across all of their strategies through a demonstrated investment discipline.	Analyst-Equity	30/12/2005
Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. Agricultural Commodities/MillingProcess Industries Manufactures chocolates and sugar candies.	Analyst-Equity	-
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Inc. Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance MLAM's worldwide approach to equity investing uses a philosophy of identifying relative value among individual stocks and stock markets by focusing primarily on two variables: reinvestment rate and the price-to-book value ratio. There are seven additional screens employed to further refine the process. The factors used to identify value include price-to-cash flow, price-to-earnings ratios, past and future earnings growth and dividend payouts. For asset allocation, a country whose market valuation measurements seem consistently above or below world averages or its own historical averages are over or under-weighted accordingly. The degrees of over or under-weighting are determined by relative economic prospects as measured by the outlook for GNP, inflation and interest rates of each country and their impact on currency movements. By combining a value approach to individual stock selection with asset allocation by country, the firm seeks to achieve consistent performance relative to international equity indexes. MLAM combines top-down and bottom-up analysis and uses proprietary models as part of their research process. Their funds are team-managed.	Analyst-Equity	-
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance JPMorgan-IM helps clients protect and grow their wealth across generations, creating the potential for them to achieve the vision they seek for themselves, their families, their businesses and their legacies. Clients benefit from a range of expertise that spans investments, wealth structuring, trust and estate planning, credit, banking and risk management.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Advent Capital Management LLC Advent Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Advent is a bottom-up, fundamental credit firm focused on cash flow, interest coverage, and balance sheet analysis. The firm seeks to achieve consistent and frequent returns while generating alpha across all of their strategies through a demonstrated investment discipline.	Finance
Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Inc. Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance MLAM's worldwide approach to equity investing uses a philosophy of identifying relative value among individual stocks and stock markets by focusing primarily on two variables: reinvestment rate and the price-to-book value ratio. There are seven additional screens employed to further refine the process. The factors used to identify value include price-to-cash flow, price-to-earnings ratios, past and future earnings growth and dividend payouts. For asset allocation, a country whose market valuation measurements seem consistently above or below world averages or its own historical averages are over or under-weighted accordingly. The degrees of over or under-weighting are determined by relative economic prospects as measured by the outlook for GNP, inflation and interest rates of each country and their impact on currency movements. By combining a value approach to individual stock selection with asset allocation by country, the firm seeks to achieve consistent performance relative to international equity indexes. MLAM combines top-down and bottom-up analysis and uses proprietary models as part of their research process. Their funds are team-managed.	Finance
Plainfield Asset Management LLC Plainfield Asset Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Plainfield Asset Management invests primarily in the stocks and convertible equities of small-cap companies.	Finance
The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. Agricultural Commodities/MillingProcess Industries Manufactures chocolates and sugar candies.	Process Industries
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA (Investment Management) Investment ManagersFinance JPMorgan-IM helps clients protect and grow their wealth across generations, creating the potential for them to achieve the vision they seek for themselves, their families, their businesses and their legacies. Clients benefit from a range of expertise that spans investments, wealth structuring, trust and estate planning, credit, banking and risk management.	Finance
New York University New York University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services

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