People: Premier Exhibitions Inc (PRXI.W)

PRXI.W on CBOE When Trading NASDAQ Global Select Market

2.34USD
17 May 2013
Price Change (% chg)

$0.03 (+1.30%)
Prev Close
$2.31
Open
$2.34
Day's High
$2.34
Day's Low
$2.34
Volume
200
Avg. Vol
238
52-wk High
$2.94
52-wk Low
$2.12

Search Stocks

Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Mark Sellers

44 2009 Independent Chairman of the Board

Samuel Weiser

52 2012 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Michael Little

45 2011 Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer

John Norman

52 2012 President - Arts and Exhibitions International, LLC

William Adams

41 2009 Independent Director

Douglas Banker

60 2000 Independent Director

Ronald Bernard

69 2009 Independent Director

Stephen Palley

67 2009 Independent Director

Bruce Steinberg

55 2009 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Mark Sellers

Mr. Mark A.Sellers has served as Independent Chairman of the Board of Premier Exhibitions, Inc., since January 2009. He has served as one of directors since July 2008. Mr. Sellers has been the founder and managing member of Sellers Capital LLC, an investment management firm, since 2003. Sellers Capital LLC manages Sellers Capital Master Fund, Ltd., a hedge fund that is shareholder. Prior to founding Sellers Capital LLC, Mr. Sellers was the Lead Equity Strategist for Morningstar, Inc., a provider of investment research.

Samuel Weiser

Mr. Samuel S. Weiser is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Premier Exhibitions Inc. He served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer since November 2011. Mr. Weiser is also the owner of Foxdale Management, LLC, a consulting firm founded by Mr. Weiser that provides operational consulting to asset management firms and litigation support services in securities related disputes. Mr. Weiser served as Interim Chief Financial of the Company from May 2011 until June 27, 2011, and has served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer since November 28, 2011. From February through October 2009 and again since July 2010, Mr. Weiser provided consulting services through a consulting agreement. He was the Chief Operating Officer of Sellers Capital LLC, an investment management firm, where he was responsible for all non-investment activities, from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Weiser remains a member of Sellers Capital LLC. Mr. Weiser is also an indirect investor in Sellers Capital Master Fund, Ltd., an investment fund managed by Sellers Capital LLC and Premier’s shareholder. From April 2005 to 2007, he was a Managing Director responsible for the Hedge Fund Consulting Group within Citigroup Inc.’s Global Prime Brokerage division. Mr. Weiser also served as Chairman of the Managed Funds Association, a lobbying organization for the hedge fund industry, from 2001 to 2003. Mr. Weiser is also a former partner in Ernst & Young. Mr. Weiser also serves as a director of Paragon Technologies, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Colby College and a Master of Science in Accounting from George Washington University.

Michael Little

Mr. Michael J. Little is Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. Mr. Little became Chief Financial Officer on June 27, 2011. Mr. Little was formerly a consultant with The Edge Group, LLC, a consulting practice specializing in strategic and tactical planning, acquisition services, complex financial modeling, investor presentations, organizational structure analysis, and new system implementation. From 1997 through 2009, Mr. Little was employed by Feld Entertainment, a worldwide producer of live family entertainment, in various financial and strategic planning roles. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Feld Entertainment from 2004 to 2009. Mr. Little received a Bachelor of Science degree from Towson State University and a Master of Science in Business from Johns Hopkins University.

John Norman

Mr. John Norman has been appointed as President - Arts and Exhibitions International, LLC, subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc., effective June 25, 2012. He previously served as President of the Arts and Exhibitions International division of AEG Live, until its April 2012 acquisition by the Company and Arts and Exhibitions International, LLC. Mr. Norman previously served as Co-President and Chief Operating Officer of Clear Channel Exhibitions, and prior thereto as Senior Vice President of SFX entertainment.

William Adams

Mr. William M. Adams, II, has served as Independent Director of Premier Exhibitions, Inc., since January 2009. Mr. Adams has been a Partner with Alpine Investors, LP since September 2001. Alpine Investors, LP is a private equity investor in micro-cap companies, focused on firms with less than $100 million of revenue. The firm currently manages $250 million. Mr. Adams focuses primarily on managing the operational performance of portfolio companies and developing and implementing growth strategies. Leveraging early career roles that included marketing and sales positions at The Clorox Company and strategic work as a management consultant at The Mitchell Madison Group, a global strategic consulting practice, he works most closely with Alpine’s consumer, retail and direct marketing oriented businesses. Mr. Adams serves on the Boards of Directors of Direct Marketing Solutions, Inc., CarHop, McKissock and YLighting, all of which are private companies. He received a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University.

Douglas Banker

Mr. Douglas Banker has served as a Independent Director of Premier Exhibitions, Inc., since August 2000. Mr. Banker’s more than 35 years of experience in the entertainment industry includes market concert production and promotions; providing management services to musicians and recording artists; marketing, merchandising, licensing, and sales of music media products; as well as the development and management of international concert tours and similar events. Mr. Banker is currently Vice President of McGhee Entertainment, a artist management company with offices in Los Angeles and Nashville. Mr. Banker also served as President of the Board of the Motor City Music Foundation in Detroit, Michigan from 1996 to 2000.

Ronald Bernard

Mr. Ronald C. Bernard is the Independent Director of Premier Exhibitions, Inc., since September 2009. Mr. Bernard has been an Advisory Director in the media sector group of M.M. Dillon & Co., and investment and merchant banking firm, since May 2012. Mr. Bernard has also been President of LWB Media Consulting, a company that provides consulting to private equity firms investing in media-related companies, since 2004, and a Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Alvarez and Marsal, a professional services firm specializing in turnarounds, since September 2009. Prior to that time Mr. Bernard served as Chief Executive Officer of Sekani, Inc., a privately held media licensing and digital media asset management company from 2000 to 2003, and as President of NFL Enterprises from 1994 to 2000, where he focused on the National Football League’s media businesses and international operations. From 1987 to 1993 Mr. Bernard served as President of Viacom Network Enterprises. He also previously served as a director of Atari, Inc. Mr. Bernard received a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse University. Mr. Bernard is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Stephen Palley

Mr. Stephen W. Palley is the Independent Director of Premier Exhibitions, Inc., since September 2009. Mr. Palley is a consultant to Consensus Securities, LLC, a broker dealer, where he engages in investment banking services. From 2005 to March 2010, he served as an Executive Director of Pali Capital, an investment bank in New York. Prior to that time, Mr. Palley served as a consultant to LLJ Capital, L.L.C., providing financial advisory services, principally to distressed companies in the telecom and media industries. From 1999 to 2002 Mr. Palley served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Source Media, Inc., and from 1997 to 1999 as a consultant to media companies through PSW Enterprises. From 1986 through 1996 Mr. Palley served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of King World Productions, Inc., where he negotiated the syndication of entertainment properties, including the Oprah Winfrey Show. Mr. Palley also served as General Counsel of King World, and prior thereto practiced media and entertainment law with Berger & Steingut and Hardee Barovick Konecky & Braun. Mr. Palley received a Juris Doctor from Columbia University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from American University’s School of Government and Public Administration. Mr. Palley previously served as a director of The Roo Group.

Bruce Steinberg

Mr. Bruce D. Steinberg has served as Independent Director of Premier Exhibitions, Inc., since January 2009. Mr. Steinberg has over 25 years of media industry experience. Since 2011 Mr. Steinberg has been the founding Principal of Dendy Partners Limited, a company which invests in early stage digital media companies. Mr. Steinberg was previously Executive Chairman of the Wananchi Programming division of the Wananchi Group, a media company with emphasis on residential and corporate broadband, pay-tv and VoIP telephony in East Africa. Prior thereto, he was the Chief Executive Officer of HIT Entertainment Limited, which creates internationally children’s properties; Chief Executive Officer of Fox Kids Europe N.V.; General Manager of Broadcasting at BSkyB and Chief Executive Officer of UK Gold and UK Living TV. He began his career at MTV Networks, where he held various positions in New York and Europe. He is currently a director of Arts Alliance Media, Europe’s provider of digital cinema technology, and a Board member of JDRF UK, a charitable organization dedicated to Type 1 diabetes. Mr. Steinberg received a MBA from Harvard Business School, a BA (Cantab) from Cambridge University and a BA from Columbia University.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Mark Sellers

--

Samuel Weiser

408,461

Michael Little

571,484

John Norman

--

William Adams

--

Douglas Banker

--

Ronald Bernard

--

Stephen Palley

--

Bruce Steinberg

--
As Of 28 Feb 2012

Options Compensation

Search Stocks