People: Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (RODM.O)

RODM.O on Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Global Market

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9 Feb 2010
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Clark, Wesley 65 2007 Chairman of the Board
Rubin, Edward 41 2009 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Vasinkevich, Michael 41 2007 Vice Chairman of the Board
Horin, David 40 2008 Chief Financial Officer
Borer, John 51 2008 Senior Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking, Director
Dryden, Sam 59 2007 Director
Cohen, Richard 58 2007 Director
Friedman, Mark 61 2007 Director
Churchill, Winston 68 2007 Director
Drake, Peter 55 2007 Director
Haas, Marvin 66 2007 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Clark, Wesley General Clark was appointed Chairman of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. on July 10, 2007 and became a director on July 22, 2007. He was appointed chairman of Rodman & Renshaw Holding, LLC (“Holding”), the predecessor, in January 2006. He is chairman and chief executive officer of Wesley K. Clark & Associates, a strategic advisory firm he founded in March 2003. From June 2000 through March 2003, General Clark was a managing director at Stephens, Inc., an investment banking firm based in Arkansas. From June 1966 through June 2000, General Clark served in the U.S. Army where he held numerous staff and command positions and rose to the rank of 4-star general. He served as NATO Supreme Allied Commander and Commander in Chief of the U.S.-European Command from July 1997 through May 2000. In August 2000, General Clark was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian honor. General Clark graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1966. He received a Masters in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar from 1966 to 1968. General Clark serves on the board of directors of Argyle Security, Inc., global provider of services and solutions in the physical electronic security industry, Juhl Energy, Inc., a wind energy provider, Nutracea Inc., a company engaged in stabilized rice bran nutrient research and dietary supplement development, Prysmian S.r.L.a provider of high-technology cables and systems for energy and telecommunication, AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V., a global producer of specialty metals and metallurgical vacuum furnace systems and Bankers Petroleum Ltd., a Canadian-based oil and gas exploration and production company.
Rubin, Edward Mr. Edward Rubin is Chief Executive Officer and was appointed President of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. and became a director on July 10, 2007. He was appointed president of Holding in May 2007. He originally joined Holding in June 2002 as a senior managing director. He has served as President of the company's Broker-Dealer from September 2006, as a director of the company's Broker-Dealer since 2006 and as a director of Holding since 2004. From August 1999 through May 2002, Mr. Rubin was a director, corporate finance with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. From November 1998 through July 1999, he was the founder and executive vice president of Tandem Venture Partners, Ltd., a specialized financial advisory firm focusing on growth companies in the United States and Asia. From July 1998 to November 1998, he was a vice president in the structured finance group at Jesup & Lamont Securities Corp. From November 1995 through December 1997, Mr. Rubin was assistant general counsel for NCH Capital, an investment fund specializing in investments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. From September 1993 through November 1995, Mr. Rubin was an associate in two law firms in New York, Friedman & Kaplan and Coudert Brothers. Mr. Rubin received his B.A. in political science from Bernard M. Baruch College in 1989 and his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1993.
Vasinkevich, Michael Mr. Vasinkevich was appointed Vice Chairman of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. on July 10, 2007 and became a director on July 22, 2007. He was appointed vice chairman of Holding in May 2007. He joined in July 2002 as senior managing director and was appointed a director of Rodman & Renshaw, LLC (“Rodman”), broker-dealer affiliate, in 2006 and a director of Holding in 2004. From August 1999 through May 2002, Mr. Vasinkevich was a managing director at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., and for the last 11 months of his tenure there he was president of capital markets. From November 1998 through July 1999 he was the founder and managing director of Tandem Venture Partners, Ltd., a specialized financial advisory firm focusing on growth companies in the United States and Asia. From June 1997 to November 1998, he was the managing director of the structured finance group at Jesup & Lamont Securities Corp.
Horin, David David Jay Horin became Chief Financial Officer of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. on March 17, 2008. From 2003 through March 2008, Mr. Horin was the Managing Director of Accounting Policy and Financial Reporting at Jefferies & Company, Inc., the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. Prior to his employment at Jefferies & Company, from 2000 to 2003, Mr. Horin was a Senior Manager in KPMG’s Department of Professional Practice in New York, where he advised firm members and clients on technical accounting and risk management matters for a variety of public, international and early growth stage entities. Mr. Horin has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Baruch College at the City University of New York. Mr. Horin is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Borer, John Mr. Borer became a Director of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc.. on July 22, 2007 and a Senior Managing Director and Co-Head of Investment Banking in September 2007. Since July 2008, he has been Head of Investment Banking. Mr. Borer was Chief Executive Officer from July 10, 2007 through September 4, 2007. Mr. Borer was appointed chief executive officer of Holding in May 2007. He also served as a director of Holding since April 2004 and a director of Rodman since 2002. From 1998 through 2006 he was a senior managing director and the president of Rodman. From 1991 through 1998, Mr. Borer was a managing director and head of investment banking at the broker-dealer affiliate of the original Rodman & Renshaw firm. From 1984 through 1991, Mr. Borer was senior vice president and investment manager in the new business development office of Security Pacific Business Credit Inc. From 1979 through 1984, he served as a vice president and business development officer with Barclays American Business Credit in its Los Angeles office. Mr. Borer received his B.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of California at Davis in 1978 and his J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 1984.
Dryden, Sam Mr. Dryden became a Director of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. on July 22, 2007. He had been appointed to the board of directors of Holding in March 2007. Since January 1, 2007, he has served as a managing director of Wolfensohn & Company, a corporate advisory and investment firm, where he focuses on private equity investments in biofuels and other alternative energies. He is currently the chief executive officer of Emergent Genetics, LLC, a life science investment holding company, a position he has held since April 2004. From January 1997 through June 2006, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of Emergent Genetics, Inc., an international biotechnology company. He founded and held executive positions with both Agrigenetics Corporation, now part of Dow AgroSciences, and Big Stone Inc., a private venture-investment and development company, which participated in the founding of over a dozen life science companies. Mr. Dryden is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations where he serves on its Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property and American Competitiveness. Mr. Dryden received his B.A. from Emory University in 1973.
Cohen, Richard Mr. Cohen became a Director of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. on August 13, 2007. Since 1996, he has been the President of Richard M. Cohen Consultants, a financial services consulting company that accepts engagements from public and private companies to assist with their corporate governance and corporate finance needs. Since 2003 Mr. Cohen has served as a director of Dune Energy, Inc., a publicly traded energy company (AMEX: DNE) for which he served as chief financial officer from November 2003 to April 2005. He is also currently serving as corporate secretary of Dune. Since February 2006, Mr. Cohen has served as a director of Helix Biomedix Inc. (OTCBB: HXBM.OB) and as the Chief Financial Officer of ABC Funding Inc. (OTCBB: AFDG.OB). Since July 2007, Mr. Cohen has served as a director of Universal Travel Group (OTCBB:UTVG.OB), which provides domestic and international air ticketing, hotel reservations, tourism services and freight forwarding services across China. From 1984 through 1992, Mr. Cohen was an investment banker at Henry Ansbacher, Furman Selz, where he specialized in mergers & acquisitions, public equity offerings, and restructurings. From 1980 through 1983, Mr. Cohen was a vice president of corporate development at Macmillan, Inc. Mr. Cohen is a certified public accountant (New York State). He received a B.S. from The University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) in 1973 and an M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1975.
Friedman, Mark Mr. Friedman became a Director of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. on October 16, 2007. Since 2001, he has served as a managing partner of Constellation Investment Partners LLC, a Florida based merchant-banking and special investment firm. In 2003, Mr. Friedman co-founded OnForce, Inc., an online marketplace for onsite technology services. Mr. Friedman was a partner of Shea & Gould, a national law firm, from 1982-1992 and also served as a member of its management committee. He previously served as a director of Allied Digital Technologies Corp. and of Disc Graphics, Inc., where he also served as director and chairman of the audit committee. Mr. Friedman received his B.A. in history, magna cum laude, in 1970 and his J.D., cum laude, in 1973 from the University of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society and was Articles Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Churchill, Winston Mr. Churchill became a Director of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. on October 16, 2007. He has served as the chairman of the board of Cyalume Technologies Holdings Inc., successor by change of name to Vector Intersect Security Acquisition Corp., since May 31, 2006. Since 1996, Mr. Churchill has been the managing general partner of SCP Partners, which manages several private equity and venture capital funds. From 1993 to the present he has been the chairman of CIP Capital Management, Inc., which manages a “small business investment company,” as defined by the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies. He is currently a director of Innovative Solutions and Support, a company engaged in the design, manufacture, and sale of flight information computers, flat panel displays, and monitoring systems; Amkor Technology, Inc., a subcontractor of semiconductor packaging and test services; Griffin Land & Nurseries, a real estate and landscape nursery business; and a number of private portfolio companies. Mr. Churchill received a B.S. in Physics, summa cum laude, from Fordham University in 1962, an M.A. in Economics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, in 1964, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1967. He is a trustee of Immaculata University.
Drake, Peter Dr. Drake became a Director of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. on October 16, 2007. Dr. Drake is currently the managing general partner of Mayflower Partners, a healthcare investment fund. From 1999 to 2002, he served as a managing director in the Equity Research Department of Prudential Securities, Inc., following Prudential’s acquisition of Vector Securities International, an investment banking firm co-founded by Dr. Drake in 1988. Vector specialized in raising capital for emerging healthcare companies and acted as an advisor in merger and alliance transactions in the healthcare area. Dr. Drake joined the investment banking firm of Kidder, Peabody & Co. as a biotechnology analyst in 1983, becoming a partner in 1986. He currently serves on the board of directors of Trustmark Insurance Co., a healthcare insurance provider, Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co., a publicly traded healthcare company providing drug delivery systems, Cortex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded neuroscience company, and the Alliance for Aging Research, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and quality of life for the elderly. Dr. Drake received a B.A. in Biology from Bowdoin College in 1976, a C.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1980 and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Neurobiology from Bryn Mawr College in 1983.
Haas, Marvin Marvin I. Haas became a Director of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. on October 16, 2007. From December 2006 through August 2008, Mr. Haas served as a member of the board of directors of Universal Power Group, Inc. and as chairman of its compensation committee and as a member of its corporate governance and nominating committee. From 1993 until its sale to the Sara Lee Corporation in 1999, Mr. Haas served as president and chief executive officer of Chock Full O’Nuts Corporation. Since his retirement from Chock Full O’Nuts, Mr. Haas has been a private investor. Mr. Haas received a B.A. from Northeastern University in 1965 and an M.B.A. from its Graduate School of Business in 1967.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Clark, Wesley --
Rubin, Edward 150,000
Vasinkevich, Michael 150,000
Horin, David 728,424
Borer, John 150,000
Dryden, Sam --
Cohen, Richard --
Friedman, Mark --
Churchill, Winston --
Drake, Peter --
Haas, Marvin --
As Of 30 Dec 2008

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
HORIN DAVID J 28,748 $0.00
FRIEDMAN MARK L 2,500 $3.54
FRIEDMAN MARK L 1,000 $3.62
FRIEDMAN MARK L 1,500 $3.63
COHEN RICHARD 30,000 $0.00
CHURCHILL WINSTON J 30,000 $0.00
DRYDEN SAM 30,000 $0.00
FRIEDMAN MARK L 30,000 $0.00
DRAKE PETER F 30,000 $0.00
HAAS MARVIN I 30,000 $0.00
FRIEDMAN MARK L 10,000 $1.60
FRIEDMAN MARK L 10,000 $1.51
HORIN DAVID J 74,243 $0.00
HORIN DAVID J 8,000 $0.92
LACOVARA MICHAEL 25,000 $1.05
FRIEDMAN MARK L 5,000 $1.18
LACOVARA MICHAEL 50,000 $1.12
HORIN DAVID J 11,695 $1.18
DRYDEN SAM 9,768 $0.00
FRIEDMAN MARK L 9,768 $0.00
DRAKE PETER F 9,768 $0.00
HAAS MARVIN I 9,768 $0.00
COHEN RICHARD 9,768 $0.00
CHURCHILL WINSTON J 9,768 $0.00
FRIEDMAN MARK L 5,000 $1.92
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