MR. YEMI OSHODI (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER)

Mr. Yemi Oshodi is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the firm. He graduated with a BBA in Accounting from Hofstra University in1986. He received his Certificate in Financial Risk Management from New York University in 1996 and holds FINRA Series 7, 24, 55 and 63 licenses.
He was the Managing Director of M&A / Special Situations at Vertical Group LLC. He was also the Managing Director of M&A / Special Situations at WallachBeth Capital, LLC since joining in October 2010. He served as Managing Director of Equity Division at Tullett Prebon plc.

Mr. Oshodi's expertise in the areas of risk arbitrage and risk management extends back to 1994, when he was selected to serve as Officer-In-Training at BT Alex Brown. Within less than five years, he rose to the rank of Vice President, overseeing a $250 million risk arbitrage portfolio utilizing options and derivative instruments. In 1999, he was recruited by ING Furman-Selz Asset Management (and predecessor subsidiary Bencourt Advisors LLP) to serve as Vice President /Senior Trader overseeing a $1 Billion Risk Arbitrage hedge fund.

In 2003, Mr. Oshodi joined Commerzbank Capital Markets as Co-Head Merger Arbitrage and Event Driven Trading where he oversaw a $300 million portfolio focused on opportunistic events. He served as Director/Head of Event Driven Investing, at investment manager Putnam Lovell NBF, where he managed a proprietary trading desk focusing on special situations and merger arbitrage until 2008. He served as Director/Head Trader at Ramius Capital and was responsible for overseeing a group of portfolios with total asset value nearing $1 billion since 2008. In 2010, he served as Managing Director, Risk Arbitrage/Special Situations, at Tullett Prebon, where he managed the entire research effort for this firm’s sales/ trading group specializing in event-driven and special situation strategies.