Mark Shenkman

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Shenkman Capital Management, Inc.

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Mr. Mark R.
Shenkman is a Founder & Executive Chairman at Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Shenkman Capital Management Ltd. With over 50 years of investment experience, and more than 49 years of high yield investment experience, he is considered one of the pioneers of the high yield bond and loan markets.
Before founding Shenkman Capital, Mr. Shenkman was President and Chief Investment Officer of First Investors Asset Management in New York from 1983 to 1985.
He also was Co-Manager and Vice President of the High Yield Bond Department at Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb in New York from 1979 to 1983, where he established one of Wall Street’s earliest departments dedicated to the research, selling and trading of high yield securities.
Mr. Shenkman was a research analyst and an equity portfolio manager at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston.
From 1977 to 1979, he managed the first high yield bond mutual funds at Fidelity.
He served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S.
Army Computer Systems Command from 1967 to 1969 and is a former member at the College of William and Mary, Mason School of Business Board of Advisors.
Mr. Shenkman was a 20 year member of the Board of Directors of the University of Connecticut Foundation and served as Chairman of the Board from 2011 to 2013.
He received a BA in Political Science from the University of Connecticut (1965) and an MBA from The George Washington University (1967).
Mr. Shenkman also received a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from the University of Connecticut (2007).

Mark Shenkman active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Shenkman focuses on researching and investing across the entire capital structure of highly leveraged companies through in-depth, bottom-up, fundamental credit analysis. The firm seeks to invest primarily in higher quality debt of lower rated companies with strong and/or improving financial characteristics, while generally seeking to avoid those with a greater probability of default. They apply a risk-averse philosophy based on bottom-up fundamental credit analysis across all market environments. Their investment philosophy centers on the basic tenet that comprehensive, fundamental credit research is the key to realizing above-average returns over a full market cycle. Shenkman believes this core principle is essential to properly manage the inherently higher credit risk associated with below investment-grade assets.	Chief Executive Officer	1985-06-30
Shenkman Capital Management Ltd. Shenkman Capital Management Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides business support services	Director/Board Member	2009-04-30

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Foresters Investment Management Co., Inc. Foresters Investment Management Co., Inc. Investment ManagersFinance FIMC offers a wide array of investment products and services. The principal investment strategy for fixed income includes cash management and purchase of short duration US government securities and high quality corporate debt. Equity strategy invests in common stocks that offer the potential for capital growth, current income or both. When purchasing equities, the account generally seeks to invest in common stocks of large-, mid-, and small-size companies that have a history of paying dividends. When the account cannot identify dividend-paying stocks that it finds attractive, it may invest in non-dividend-paying stocks. When purchasing equities, the account generally uses a bottom-up approach to selecting investments.	President	1984-12-30
Shearson Lehman Bros., Inc. Shearson Lehman Bros., Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides Security Broker services	Corporate Officer/Principal	1982-12-30
Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb, Inc. Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Security Brokers	Corporate Officer/Principal	1982-12-30
Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance FMR invests in securities of companies engaged in a variety of economic sectors and industries that are domiciled in the US and outside the US (in developed, emerging and frontier markets); in stocks with growth or value characteristics; and in companies with market capitalizations of all sizes. The firm invests across different asset classes, market sectors, maturities, and regions.	Analyst-Equity	1978-12-30
New England Merchants Bank	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance FMR invests in securities of companies engaged in a variety of economic sectors and industries that are domiciled in the US and outside the US (in developed, emerging and frontier markets); in stocks with growth or value characteristics; and in companies with market capitalizations of all sizes. The firm invests across different asset classes, market sectors, maturities, and regions.	Finance
Shearson Lehman Bros., Inc. Shearson Lehman Bros., Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides Security Broker services	Finance
Foresters Investment Management Co., Inc. Foresters Investment Management Co., Inc. Investment ManagersFinance FIMC offers a wide array of investment products and services. The principal investment strategy for fixed income includes cash management and purchase of short duration US government securities and high quality corporate debt. Equity strategy invests in common stocks that offer the potential for capital growth, current income or both. When purchasing equities, the account generally seeks to invest in common stocks of large-, mid-, and small-size companies that have a history of paying dividends. When the account cannot identify dividend-paying stocks that it finds attractive, it may invest in non-dividend-paying stocks. When purchasing equities, the account generally uses a bottom-up approach to selecting investments.	Finance
George Washington University George Washington University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. Shenkman Capital Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Shenkman focuses on researching and investing across the entire capital structure of highly leveraged companies through in-depth, bottom-up, fundamental credit analysis. The firm seeks to invest primarily in higher quality debt of lower rated companies with strong and/or improving financial characteristics, while generally seeking to avoid those with a greater probability of default. They apply a risk-averse philosophy based on bottom-up fundamental credit analysis across all market environments. Their investment philosophy centers on the basic tenet that comprehensive, fundamental credit research is the key to realizing above-average returns over a full market cycle. Shenkman believes this core principle is essential to properly manage the inherently higher credit risk associated with below investment-grade assets.	Finance
University of Connecticut University of Connecticut Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
New England Merchants Bank
Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb, Inc. Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Security Brokers	Finance
Shenkman Capital Management Ltd. Shenkman Capital Management Ltd. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides business support services	Commercial Services