EXECUTIVE TEAM

Gordon A. Baird, CFA
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer

Alvin Hageman
Co-Chief Investment Officer

Dean Kurdyla
President

Matthew Parsons
Chief Legal Officer


PORTFOLIO TEAMS

ABS & MBS
Jeb Ebbott
Managing Director













EXECUTIVE TEAM

Gordon A. Baird, CFA
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer
203.352.6773

Mr. Baird is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Group Investment Committee and has been involved in all phases of the firm's development since its founding in 2003.

Mr. Baird began his career working on principal transactions at John Hancock Real Estate Finance and continued as a private equity analyst in the investment management group at State Street Bank and Trust Company and the ABS securitization group at State Street Capital Corporation and the financial institutions capital markets and structured credit groups at Citigroup.

Mr. Baird is a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee for the Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund. He is a member of the Boston Securities Analyst Society and the Association for Investment Management and Research.

Mr. Baird holds a B.A from Emory University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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Alvin Hageman
Co-Chief Investment Officer
203.352.6772

Mr. Hageman is Co-Chairman of the Group Investment Committee and jointly responsible for overseeing the firm's investment activities.

Mr. Hageman spent twenty five years at Citigroup managing multiple Citigroup regional offices and ultimately Co-headed the Global Securitization, Asset-backed and Mortgage Group, managing 300 professional employees located in New York, London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Mr. Hageman has extensive experience with all asset-backed sectors including credit cards, auto loans, student loans, equipment loans and leases, and foreign and domestic trade receivables.

Mr. Hageman holds a B.A., from Williams College and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

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Dean Kurdyla
President
203.352.6771

Mr. Kurdyla is the President of the firm and is responsible for firm operations and has been involved with the development of the firm since inception.

Mr. Kurdyla began his career at Price Waterhouse auditing financial services companies. Mr Kurdyla was the Executive Director of CIBC World Markets secured finance capital markets business, responsible for the operations of over 120 transactions and over $20 billion of capital facilities.

Mr. Kurdyla holds a B.A. from Lehigh University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

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Matthew Parsons
Chief Legal Officer
203.352.6777

Mr. Parsons is the Chief Legal Officer of the firm and is responsible for overseeing the firms legal activities.

Prior to joining Paramax, Mr Parsons was a corporate lawyer at Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP, Freshfields and Clayton Utz in New York, Singapore, Sydney and London.

Mr Parsons holds a B.A in History and a Bachelor of Laws with Honors from the University of Tasmania, Australia.

Mr. Parsons is admitted to practice in the states of New York and New South Wales.

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PORTFOLIO TEAMS

ABS & MBS

Jeb Ebbott
Managing Director

Mr. Ebbott is responsible for leading the firm's auto, student loan and equipment lease ABS investment effort. Prior to joining Paramax, Mr. Ebbott spent 25 years on auto, student loan and equipment ABS transactions at Citigroup and Lehman Brothers as well as working mortgage transactions from the Resolution Trust Company.

Mr. Ebbott holds a B.A. from Boston University.

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