People: MVC Capital Inc (MVC)

MVC on New York Consolidated

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24 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Peter Seidenberg

43 Chief Financial Officer

Scott Schuenke

33 Chief Compliance Officer

Jaclyn Shapiro-Rothchild

34 Vice President, Secretary

Bruce Shewmaker

67 Managing Director

Warren Holtsberg

62 2007 Director

Michael Tokarz

63 Director

Emilio Dominianni

81 Independent Director

Phillip Goldstein

67 2012 Independent Director

Gerald Hellerman

76 Independent Director

Robert Knapp

47 Independent Director

William Taylor

70 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Peter Seidenberg

Mr. Peter F. Seidenberg is Chief Financial Officer of MVC Capital Inc. Mr. Seidenberg currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of the Adviser, in addition to his service as Chief Financial Officer of the Fund. Mr. Seidenberg joined the Fund in April 2005 after having previously served as a principal of Nebraska Heavy Industries, where he worked on engagements, including serving as the chief financial officer of Commerce One, Inc. Mr. Seidenberg, on behalf of the Fund, sits on the board of Ohio Medical Corp and serves as its corporate secretary. Mr. Seidenberg also serves on the Board of MVC Partners LLC. He was formerly a director of Vitality Foodservice, Inc. and a director of LHD Europe Holdings, Inc. (the European holdings of Vitality Foodservice, Inc.), both formerly portfolio companies of the Fund.

Scott Schuenke

Mr. Scott Schuenke is Chief Compliance Officer of MVC Capital Inc. Mr. Schuenke currently serves as the Controller and Chief Compliance Officer of the Adviser, in addition to his service as Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund. Prior to joining the Fund in June 2004, Mr. Schuenke served as a compliance officer with U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, from 2002 until he joined the Fund in 2004. Mr. Schuenke also served as the secretary of The Mexico Equity & Income Fund, Inc. and assistant secretary of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation during his tenure at U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC. He serves on the Board of Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. and NPWT Corporation, portfolio companies of the Fund. Mr. Schuenke is a Certified Public Accountant.

Jaclyn Shapiro-Rothchild

Ms. Jaclyn Shapiro-Rothchild is Vice President, Secretary of MVC Capital Inc. Ms. Rothchild currently serves as Vice President and Secretary of the Adviser, in addition to her service as Vice President and Secretary of the Fund. Prior to joining the Fund in June 2002, she was an Associate and Business Manager with Draper Fisher Jurvetson meVC Management Co. LLC, the former investment sub-adviser to the Fund, and an Associate at The Bank Companies (acquired by Newmark & Co. Real Estate), a commercial real estate company. Ms. Rothchild serves as Chief Operating Officer of Eleventh Street Partners, Inc. and is a member of the Advisory Board of Forward Health. Ms. Shapiro-Rothchild serves on the Board of MVC Partners LLC, a portfolio company of the Fund.

Bruce Shewmaker

Mr. Bruce Shewmaker is Managing Director of MVC Capital Inc. Mr. Shewmaker currently serves as Managing Director of the Adviser and the Fund. Mr. Shewmaker worked directly for the Fund from November 2003 through October 2006. Previously, Mr. Shewmaker served as an Independent Director of the Fund in 2003. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Shewmaker was a director of Infrared Imaging Systems, Inc., a medical devices company. From 1999 to 2001, he was a Managing Director of E*OFFERING Corp., an investment banking firm. Mr. Shewmaker served as a director for the following portfolio companies of the Fund: Baltic Motors Corporation, Phoenix Coal Corporation and Vendio Services, Inc. He currently serves on the Boards of Foliofn, Inc., MVC Partners LLC Velocitius B.V. and Vestal Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.

Warren Holtsberg

Mr. Warren Holtsberg is Director of MVC Capital Inc. Mr. Holtsberg currently serves as Co-Head of Portfolio Management of The Tokarz Group Advisers LLC (the “Adviser”), the investment adviser to the Fund. Mr. Holtsberg founded Motorola Ventures, the venture capital and equity investment arm for Motorola, Inc. where he led the worldwide fund for eight years. He was also Corporate Vice President and Director of Equity Investments at Motorola. Mr. Holtsberg currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Venture Capital Association, Sportvision, the Big Shoulders Fund and the Chicagoland Entrepreneurship Center and Illinois Ventures, the venture investment arm for the University of Illinois. Mr. Holtsberg serves on the advisory board of the Arcapita Fund. Mr. Holtsberg serves as a director for U.S. Gas & Electric, Inc. and MVC Partners LLC, portfolio companies of the Fund.

Michael Tokarz

Mr. Michael T. Tokarz is Director of MVC Capital Inc. Mr. Tokarz currently serves as Chairman and Portfolio Manager of the Fund and as Manager of the Adviser. Mr. Tokarz also is Managing Member of The Tokarz Group, a private merchant bank, since 2002. Prior to this, Mr. Tokarz was a senior General Partner and Administrative Partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a private equity firm specializing in management buyouts. He also currently serves on the corporate boards of CNO Financial Group, Inc., Walter Energy, Inc. (Chairman of the board), Walter Investment Management Corp., Mueller Water Products, Inc., and IDEX Corporation. He is Chairman Emeritus and is a member of the Board of the University of Illinois Foundation, and serves on its executive committee, investment policy committee and finance committee. He is also a member of the Board of Managers for Illinois Ventures, LLC, and its related, Illinois Emerging Technology Fund LLC. Mr. Tokarz serves as a director for the following portfolio companies of the Fund: Custom Alloy Corporation, Harmony Health and Beauty, Inc., MVC Automotive Group B.V., MVC Partners LLC, Ohio Medical Corporation, Summit Research Labs, Inc. and Turf Products, LLC. He also serves as a director of Gibdock Limited and Plymouth Rock Energy, LLC, both portfolio companies of MVC Private Equity Fund, L.P. He was previously on the board of Lomonosov, Althleta, Inc. and Apertio Ltd. In addition, he was on the boards of Timberland Machines & Irrigation, Inc., Dakota Growers Pasta Company, Harmony Pharmacy & Health Centers, Inc., and Huamei Capital Company, formerly portfolio companies of the Fund.

Emilio Dominianni

Mr. Emilio Dominianni is Independent Director of MVC Capital Inc. Mr. Dominianni is a retired Partner of, and was Special Counsel to Coudert Brothers LLP, a law firm. He is currently a director of Stamm International Corporation, Powrmatic Inc., and Powrmatic of Canada Ltd., manufacturers and distributors of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment. He was previously a director of American Air Liquide Inc., Air Liquide International Corporation, and a Consultant to Air Liquide America Corp., all manufacturers and distributors of industrial gases.

Phillip Goldstein

Mr. Phillip F. Goldstein is Independent Director of MVC Capital, Inc. Mr. Goldstein is principal of Bulldog Holdings, LLC, the owner of several entities serving as the general partner of several investment partnerships in the Bulldog Investors group of private funds, and the owner of Kimball & Winthrop, LLC, the managing general partner of Bulldog Investors General Partnership, since 2012; he is also a principal of the general partner of several investment partnerships in the Bulldog Investors group of private funds from 1992-2012; additionally, Mr. Goldstein is a principal of Brooklyn Capital Management, LLC, the investment adviser for the Special Opportunities Fund and several private investment funds, since 2009.

Gerald Hellerman

Mr. Gerald Hellerman is Independent Director of MVC Capital Inc. Mr. Hellerman owns and has served as Managing Director of Hellerman Associates, a financial and corporate consulting firm, since the firm’s inception in 1993. Mr. Hellerman currently serves as a director, chief financial officer and chief compliance officer for The Mexico Equity and Income Fund, Inc., as director, chief financial officer and chief compliance officer for Special Opportunities Fund, Inc., and as a director of Brantley Capital Corporation. Mr. Hellerman was previously a director of AirNet Systems, Inc., a director of the Old Mutual registered hedge fund complex, a director of Innovative Clinical Solutions, Ltd. and a director of TM Entertainment and Media, Inc.

Robert Knapp

Mr. Robert Christopher Knapp is Independent Director of MVC Capital Inc. Mr. Knapp is the Founder and Managing Director of Ironsides Partners, LLC and Ironsides Partners Opportunity Fund (fund complex) and specializes in closed end funds, emerging markets, distressed debt, and corporate restructurings. He is also a director of the Africa Opportunity Fund (fund complex), Africa Opportunity Cayman Limited, Africa Opportunity Partners, Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund (fund complex) and Veracity Worldwide LLC. Mr. Knapp serves as an independent, non-executive director of Pacific Alliance Group Asset Management Ltd. and is a member of the Board of Managers of Waterloo Oil & Gas LLC. In addition to his directorships named above, Mr. Knapp is a Trustee of Princeton-in-Asia Sea Education Association. Mr. Knapp was previously a director of Pacific Alliance Investment Management Ltd. and the Vietnam Opportunity Fund. Mr. Knapp was previously a managing director with Millennium Partners.

William Taylor

Mr. William Taylor is Independent Director of MVC Capital Inc. Mr. Taylor is a Certified Public Accountant and is currently a director of Northern Illinois University Foundation and President and a director of The William & Dian Taylor Foundation. Mr. Taylor was previously a trustee of Writers Theatre. From 1976 through May 2005, Mr. Taylor was a Partner at Deloitte & Touche. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Taylor was a director of Deloitte & Touche USA and from 1999 to 2003 Mr. Taylor was a director of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
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