Speakers

Matthew Halbower, Pentwater Capital Management
Founder

Mr. Matthew Charles Halbower, JD, is the Founder at Pentwater Capital Management LP since 2007 and its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. Prior to this, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Deephaven Capital Management LLC until December 2006. Mr. Halbower spent five years as the Event-Driven and Distressed Securities Manager at Deephaven since November 2001. He was a Portfolio Manager at Citadel LLC from January 2000 to July 2001, where he also served on the event-driven desk. Mr. Halbower worked as a Lawyer. He holds a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School and a Bachelors of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Daryll Schall, Ares Management
Partner and Portfolio Manager

Mr. Schall is a Partner and Portfolio Manager in the Ares Credit Group, where he is responsible for managing Ares’ special situations and credit opportunities strategies. Additionally, he serves as a member of select Ares Credit Group liquid strategy investment committees. Prior to joining Ares in 2009, Mr. Schall worked at Tudor Investment Corporation, where he focused on managing distressed and high yield investments. Previously, Mr. Schall was a Managing Director and Director of High Yield Research at Trust Company of the West, where he focused on managing portfolios of distressed and high yield debt. In addition, Mr. Schall was a Senior Research Analyst and Senior Vice President at Dabney/Resnick & Wagner, Inc., a boutique investment firm specializing in high yield and distressed debt. Previously, Mr. Schall was an Investment Banking Associate of the Corporate Finance Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. and was a Supervising Senior Accountant with KPMG Peat Marwick. Mr. Schall holds a B.A., cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles, in History and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. Additionally, Mr. Schall holds a CPA license.

Jack Butler, Hilco Global
Executive Vice President

Jack Butler works with healthy and distressed companies, their boards, management, owners, creditors and investors on a broad range of asset valuation, monetization and strategic solutions and transactions for which Hilco Global acts as advisor, agent, co-investor and/or as a principal. One of the most well-known and highly regarded dealmakers in the restructuring, corporate reorganization and M&A community, prior to joining Hilco Global, Jack was a founder and leader of a major international law firm’s corporate restructuring practice. Jack has advised on restructuring solutions for such companies as Delphi Corporation, Kmart Corporation and Xerox Corporation and on behalf of creditors including most recently in American Airlines’ reorganization and merger with US Airways Group, Inc. The American-US Airways transaction was cited for its innovation, collaboration and creativity by the Financial Times, which separately profiled Jack for developing “creative solutions” during the credit crisis.

Jack is a member of the M&A Advisors' Hall of Fame and the Turnaround, Restructuring and Distressed Investing Industry Hall of Fame. He is also a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, which is given to Americans who exemplify outstanding qualities in both their personal and professional lives. A founder and past chairman of the Turnaround Management Association, Jack has served in leadership positions for many other industry organizations, including the American Bankruptcy Institute, American Board of Certification, the Commercial Finance Association and its Education Foundation, INSOL International, and the New York Institute of Credit. He is also a fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and International Insolvency Institute. In addition to serving in leadership positions with numerous civic and charitable organizations, Jack officiated high school and college football for many years and is a lifetime member of the American Football Coaches Association.

Brendan Carroll, Victory Park Global
Senior Partner

Brendan Carroll is a senior partner at VPC, which he co-founded in 2007. He is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing private debt and equity investment opportunities, including assisting portfolio companies with strategic initiatives. Mr. Carroll also manages the co-investment process, fundraising and investor relations. Mr. Carroll is a member of the firm's management and investment committees. 

Mr. Carroll serves as member of the board of directors of Victory Park portfolio companies, EMS Holdings I, Inc., Enteris Biopharma, Inc., johnnie-O, Inc. and VPC Pizza Operating Corp. (Giordano's). 

Previously, as a member of the Solutions Group at Magnetar Capital, Mr. Carroll specialized in direct financings to lower middle market companies. He has held various investment banking positions at William Blair and Company and Robertson Stephens, specializing in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Carroll has also worked in various capacities for former U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I- CT). 

Mr. Carroll received a B.A. with honors in government from Georgetown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He speaks frequently on debt and private equity investing issues and has served as a guest lecturer and panelist at the University of Chicago's Booth Global School of Business, Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and Harvard Business School. Mr. Carroll is also a member of the Board of Regents at Georgetown University, the Finance Council of the Archdiocese of Chicago, the Board of Trustees at National Louis University, and Loyola Press.

Tom Marano, Intrawest
CEO

Thomas F. Marano, age 54, was appointed a director and Chief Executive Officer of the Intrawest Resort  Holdings, Inc. in November 2014.  Mr. Marano served as the chief executive officer and as the chairman of the board of Residential Capital LLC, a real estate finance company, from July 2008 until April 2013.  From April 2008 until April 2009, Mr. Marano was a managing director at Cerberus Capital Management, a private investment firm.  Prior to that, from May 1983 until April 2008, Mr. Marano was a senior managing director at Bear Stearns & Co.,  Inc., an investment banking firm.