Andrew Bess, Corporate Finance and M&A During his career as an investment banker, Mr. Bess has participated in buy- and sell- side M&A transactions, private equity financings, restructurings and joint-venture negotiations. Most recently, Mr. Bess was with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, where he was a founding member of the Private Equity Advisory Group. His primary responsibilities in this position included advising growth-stage companies on private equity financing, completing sell-side M&A assignments and developing and maintaining relationships with the Financial Sponsor community. Mr. Bess holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in international finance from Columbia Business School, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colby College. Mr. Bess has lived and worked in England, Belgium and Italy, and is fluent in Italian.

Peter Rothschild President and CEO Peter Rothschild has been involved in both investment and merchant banking for over 25 years. During this time, he has been engaged in over 100 transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, restructuring, corporate advisory work and principal investing, aggregating several billions of dollars. On the agency side, Mr. Rothschild’s clients include publicly traded companies, private companies, financial buyers and mezzanine lenders. He has very close relationships with senior partners at many of the private equity sponsors, leading mezzanine lenders, hedge funds and other providers of capital. He has focused on industrial companies in the aerospace, apparel, automotive, building products, chemicals, distribution, energy, general manufacturing, paper and packaging and textile industries, and service companies including consumer, restaurants and financial services. Prior to founding Daroth Capital, Mr. Rothschild was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Leveraged Finance and Industrial Finance groups at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and its predecessor Wasserstein Perella. At Wasserstein, he served as a member of the policy committee and the capital commitment committee. Mr. Rothschild was a Senior Managing Director and Head of the Natural Resources Group at Bear Stearns prior to Wasserstein, and was one of the founders of the firm’s Leveraged Finance and Financial Buyer Coverage groups. Mr. Rothschild was also a Managing Director and Head of the Industrial Group at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Mr. Rothschild has served on the board of directors of several companies and currently serves as a director of Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc. (NYSE: WEN). Mr. Rothschild graduated from Tufts University, summa cum laude, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration.

Andrew Bess Corporate Finance and M&A During his career as an investment banker, Mr. Bess has participated in buy- and sell- side M&A transactions, private equity financings, restructurings and joint-venture negotiations. Most recently, Mr. Bess was with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, where he was a founding member of the Private Equity Advisory Group. His primary responsibilities in this position included advising growth-stage companies on private equity financing, completing sell-side M&A assignments and developing and maintaining relationships with the Financial Sponsor community. Mr. Bess holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in international finance from Columbia Business School, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colby College. Mr. Bess has lived and worked in England, Belgium and Italy, and is fluent in Italian.

Stanley Stein Corporate Finance and M&A Stanley Stein has been an investment banker and financial advisor for over 30 years. Mr. Stein’s tenure has included working on some of the most complex advisory and financing assignments in the market and consequently, he has worked on transactions, worth in the aggregate, in excess of $100 billion. He has advised many major corporations in unsolicited control contests as well as with their acquisition and financing strategies. In addition, he has successfully spearheaded the execution of sophisticated financings for his clients. Mr. Stein has developed several financial products to suit the particular needs of his clients. Over the years, he has originated, advised, structured, negotiated, and financed a whole variety of domestic, cross-border, and European based transactions in a wide variety of market sectors. His European focus has been Germany, although he has represented Belgian, Swiss, French, and Danish companies as well. Mr. Stein was trained as an investment banking generalist and has developed a reputation as a recognized specialist in healthcare services, devices, products, as well as life sciences, and pharma. He has advised some of the largest companies in the healthcare industry as well as start-ups and major investment funds. Additionally, he has raised and arranged financing for these businesses. Mr. Stein has built a successful financial advisory firm as well as held top positions at Dresdner Bank, Drexel Burnham Lambert, Paine Webber, and Oppenheimer & Co. Mr. Stein holds a BA and JD from Columbia University.

Jeff Hopkins Corporate Finance and M&A Jeff Hopkins joined Daroth Capital in June of 2010. While at Daroth, Mr. Hopkins has worked on merger & acquisition and high yield acquisition financing transactions. Prior to business school, he served as Director of Research at Student Lending Analytics LLC, an independent research and advisory firm located in Palo Alto, CA dedicated to helping universities recommend the best lenders for students seeking financial aid. Previously he worked as a consultant at Deloitte Consulting. Prior to Deloitte, he served as Research Manager at Equilar Inc., an information services firm located in San Mateo, CA that helps clients analyze compensation and financial data garnered from SEC filings via online products and customized research capabilities. Mr. Hopkins received a Master’s degree in Business Administration with specializations in Finance, Management and Accounting from the NYU Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Letters and Science degree in Statistics and Economics from University of California, Berkeley.