People: Fidus Investment Corp (FDUS.OQ)
FDUS.OQ on NASDAQ Stock Exchange Global Select Market
19.29USD
1 Aug 2013
19.29USD
1 Aug 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Edward Ross |
46 | 2011 | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer |
Cary Schaefer |
36 | 2011 | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary |
Thomas Lauer |
44 | 2011 | Director |
Raymond Anstiss |
45 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Charles Hyman |
53 | 2011 | Independent Director |
John Mazzarino |
2012 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Edward Ross |
Mr. Edward H. Ross is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Fidus Investment Corp. He has served as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer and as chairman of the Investment Advisor’s investment committees since the initial public offering in June 2011. Additionally, Mr. Ross is the chief executive officer and a manager of the Investment Advisor. Mr. Ross is an interested director due to his positions with the Company and the Investment Advisor. Mr. Ross has more than 20 years of debt and equity capital investing experience with lower middle-market companies. Mr. Ross co-founded Fidus Capital, LLC, the predecessor firm to the Investment Advisor, in 2005. Mr. Ross was a managing director and the head of the Chicago office for Allied Capital Corporation, a publicly-traded business development company, where he focused on making debt and equity investments in middle-market companies from 2002 to 2005. Prior to joining Allied Capital Corporation, Mr. Ross co-founded Middle Market Capital, a merchant banking group of Wachovia Securities and its predecessor, First Union Securities, Inc., a retail brokerage and institutional capital markets investment banking firm. Mr. Ross earned a bachelor of arts from Southern Methodist University and a master of business administration from the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. |
Cary Schaefer |
Ms. Cary L. Schaefer serves as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer of Fidus Investment Corp. Additionally, Ms. Schaefer has served as chief financial officer, chief compliance officer, assistant secretary and manager of the Investment Advisor since June of 2011. Ms. Schaefer has more than twelve years of credit and finance experience. Ms. Schaefer served in a variety of roles, including vice president, of Fidus Capital, LLC, the predecessor firm to the Investment Advisor, from 2006 to 2011. Ms. Schaefer was an associate in investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston from 2004 to 2006, where she executed advisory, debt and equity transactions in the Global Industrial & Services Group. Prior to joining Credit Suisse First Boston, Ms. Schaefer worked at Wachovia Securities and its predecessor, First Union Securities, Inc. Ms. Schaefer earned a bachelor of science in analytical finance from Wake Forest University and a master of business administration with honors from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. |
Thomas Lauer |
Mr. Thomas C. Lauer is the Director Fidus Investment Corp. He is a member of the Investment Advisor’s investment committee since the initial public offering in June 2011. Mr. Lauer has served as the director and as a member of the Investment Advisor’s investment committee since the initial public offering in June 2011. Additionally, Mr. Lauer is a manager of the Investment Advisor. Mr. Lauer is an interested director due to his position with the Investment Advisor. Mr. Lauer has more than 15 years of experience investing debt and equity capital in lower middle-market companies. Mr. Lauer was a managing partner of Fidus Partners, LLC, an investment banking firm, from 2008 to June 2011. Mr. Lauer was a managing director of Allied Capital Corporation, a publicly-traded business development company, from 2004 to 2008, where he was a member of the firm’s Management Committee from 2006 to 2008, Private Finance Investment Committee from 2005 to 2008, and Senior Debt Fund Investment Committee from 2007 to 2008. Prior to joining Allied Capital Corporation, Mr. Lauer worked with the Global Sponsor Finance Group of GE Capital, the financial services unit of General Electric, the Leveraged Capital Group at Wachovia Securities and its predecessor, First Union Securities, Inc., a retail brokerage and institutional capital markets and investment banking firm (“First Union Securities, Inc.), and the Platform Components Division of Intel Corporation. Mr. Lauer earned a bachelor of business administration from the University of Norte Dame and master of business administration from the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. |
Raymond Anstiss |
Mr. Raymond L. Anstiss, Jr., is the Independent Director of Fidus Investment Corp., with effect from September 29, 2011. Mr. Anstiss is the chairman of the audit committee and a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee. Mr. Anstiss is the President of Anstiss & Co., an accounting, audit, tax and financial consulting firm headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts. Prior to joining Anstiss & Co. in 1993, Mr. Anstiss served on the audit staff of KPMG Peat Marwick from 1988 to 1992. Mr. Anstiss has served on the board of two not-for-profit companies in the past five years. |
Charles Hyman |
Mr. Charles D. Hyman serves as Independent Director of Fidus Investment Corp. He has served on the Board of Directors since the initial public offering in June 2011 and is the chairman of the nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of the audit committee. Mr. Hyman is the founder and chief executive officer of Charles D. Hyman & Co., a private, registered investment management firm located in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Prior to forming Charles D. Hyman & Co. in 1994, Mr. Hyman served as a senior vice president of St. Johns Investment Management Company. Mr. Hyman has served on the board of directors for several not-for-profit companies in the past five years. |
John Mazzarino |
Mr. John A. Mazzarino has been appointed as Independent Director of Fidus Investment Corp., effective November 13, 2012. Mr. Mazzarino is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Cherokee Investment Partners, a private equity real estate investment management firm focused on the acquisition, remediation, management and development of brownfields in North America and Europe. Prior to co-founding Cherokee's predecessor firm in 1988, Mr. Mazzarino was a manager at Bain & Company from 1982 to 1988, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions and corporate strategy. From 1977 to 1982 he worked at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., consulting on policy issues with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Energy and other federal agencies. Mr. Mazzarino currently serves as a member of the board of advisors of the MIT Sloan School Finance Group and as a director of Cherokee Gives Back, Cherokee's philanthropic arm. In addition, Mr. Mazzarino is currently a member of two other private and not-for-profit company boards. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Edward Ross |
-- |
Cary Schaefer |
-- |
Thomas Lauer |
-- |
Raymond Anstiss |
-- |
Charles Hyman |
-- |
John Mazzarino |
-- |
As Of
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Edward Ross |
0 | 0 |
Cary Schaefer |
0 | 0 |
Thomas Lauer |
0 | 0 |
Raymond Anstiss |
0 | 0 |
Charles Hyman |
0 | 0 |
John Mazzarino |
0 | 0 |

