Wilbur Ross is probably the best known turnaround financier in the U.S. Because he has restructured over $200 billion of defaulted companies around the world, Fortune Magazine has nicknamed him the "King of Bankruptcy." After 26 years as Executive Managing Director of Rothschild Inc., the U.S. affiliate of the Rothschild family's merchant banking group, he bought the firm's distressed investment activities on April 1, 2000, and immediately opened offices in New York City, Tokyo and Seoul. Since then, the firm has created private investment partnerships and hedge funds totaling in excess of $1.6 billion. Its major investments have been buying a failed bank from the Japanese government, a failed life insurance company from the Korean government, a bankrupt Japanese auto parts company, and LTV’s steel assets. The firm also became the largest creditor of Burlington Industries subsequent to its bankruptcy filing and was a major beneficiary of the acquisition of Fruit of the Loom by Berkshire Hathaway. In April 2002, Ross organized and became board chairman of International Steel Group which acquired the assets of LTV, the third largest U.S. integrated steel producer. ISG subsequently acquired Acme Steel and has agreed to acquire Bethlehem Steel.

Mr. Ross holds an A.B. from Yale and an M.B.A. with Distinction from Harvard. In 1999, President Kim Dae Jung awarded him a medal for his help during Korea's recent financial crisis. Earlier, President Clinton had appointed him to the Board of the U.S.-Russia Investment Fund. He is a board member of the Turnaround Management Association, and of Kansai Sawayaka Bank and Nikko Electric Co. in Japan, Tong Yang Life Insurance Co. in Korea, and of Syms Corp., 360Networks Corp., Casella Waste Systems and Clarent Hospital Corp. in the U.S. Mr. Ross also serves as the Chairman of ISG. He is also a former Chairman of the Smithsonian Institution National Board, and was Privatization Advisor to former New York City Mayor Giuliani. He is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts Committee on Alternative Investments.

Mr. Hayes joined Wynnchurch Capital Ltd. in November 2001. He has over 15 years of private equity investing and corporate finance experience. Previously Mr. Hayes was a Managing Director at Catalyst Equity Partners, LLC, a $100 million private equity fund. Prior to joining Catalyst, he was a Managing Director for GKH Partners, L.P., a $550 million dollar LBO fund led by the Pritzker family. His responsibilities at Catalyst and GKH included both investment origination and portfolio management.

Prior to GKH, Mr. Hayes was a transactor for Citicorp, responsible for portfolio management and the origination of leveraged loans. Frank began his career at Price Waterhouse as a CPA. His industry transaction experience includes business services, healthcare, retailing, manufacturing, and consumer products. Mr. Hayes serves on the Board of Directors of Unigistix, Inc. and Alternative Resources Corporation.

He graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelors of Business Administration.

Mr. Lobo joined CHS as an Analyst in 1993, was named Associate in 1995, became a Vice President in 1997 and was promoted to Managing Director in 1999. Prior to joining CHS, he served as a Financial Analyst with Nagelvoort & Company, a private investment banking firm headquartered in New York. Mr. Lobo holds a B.S. degree from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University.

Prior to forming Prospect Partners, Mr. Tuttle was Executive Vice President of Corporate Development for Heath Care & Retirement Corp. (now Manor Care, Inc.), a major New York Stock Exchange healthcare services company. In five years at HCR, Mr. Tuttle established and directed a corporate development program that resulted in over forty acquisitions and created complementary lines of business that contributed to HCR's significant success. From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Tuttle was a Principal with Golder, Thoma and Cressey, where he was involved with investing in and building companies through acquisition, including Cable Design Technologies, now a highly successful NYSE manufacturer of electronic wire and cable. From 1983 to 1987, Mr. Tuttle worked as a Manager at McKinsey and Co., consulting to major multi-national clients on business strategy and organization. Prior to receiving his MBA, Mr. Tuttle was Manager of Operations for a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum. Mr. Tuttle serves as Chairman of five Prospect Partners portfolio companies, including: Office Resources, Inc., Excello Products, LLC, Optronics Products Inc., Remuda Ranch Company, and Marina Medical Billing Service, Inc. Mr. Tuttle also serves as a Director of Cable Design Technologies (NYSE CDT). Mr. Tuttle received his BA in Economics from Stanford University in 1978, and earned an MBA in 1983 from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Peck, a partner and member of the firm's Executive Committee, concentrates his practice in the areas of leveraged buyouts, other merger and acquisition transactions, and general corporate, investment and financing matters. He is a member of the firm's Private Equity and Venture Capital practice group. Peck earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1972 (cum laude) and is admitted to practice in Illinois. He earned his undergraduate degree in 1969 from the University of Chicago in Humanities - Ideas and Methods.