Mesirow Financial Advanced Strategies, Inc. Appoints Macina to Executive Committee
CHICAGO, January 9, 2008 — Mesirow Financial Advanced Strategies, Inc. (MAS) has appointed Thomas Macina to its Executive Committee. The Committee is comprised of MAS' most senior level managers and is charged with guiding the strategic direction of the business.
Macina, who joined the firm in 2003 as senior vice president, quickly rose through the ranks to become senior managing director responsible for manager due diligence, strategy analysis and manager monitoring. He is also a member of MAS' investment and management committees. Most notably, over the past year, Macina lead a restructuring of the group's research process, further strengthening this core competency for MAS. He was also awarded Mesirow Financial's "Innovation Award," which recognizes individuals who show thought leadership by initiating new products, services or processes that enhance business and/or workflow.
"Tom has been an incredible asset to MAS, making significant contributions across all areas of our business," said Marty Kaplan, chief executive officer of MAS. "Tom has a unique way of being thoughtful and sensitive, yet acting with conviction and passion. He embraces every challenge with an incredible amount of integrity and creativity. His ability to think outside the box and come up with creative solutions to problems has made him an invaluable contributor to the success of MAS."
Prior to joining Mesirow Financial, Macina was with a multi-strategy hedge fund, where he was responsible for investments in a variety of sectors. He was also a consultant with Bain & Company and an investment banking associate with Houlihan, Lokey, Howard and Zukin, Inc. He received a B.S. in finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Macina is also a CFA Charterholder.
MAS is one of the largest hedge fund of funds managers in the world with more than $16 billion in assets under management. Its parent company, Mesirow Financial, is a major independent financial services firm offering Investment Management, Investment Services, Insurance Services, Investment Banking, Consulting and Real Estate. The firm has more than $31 billion in assets under management and 1,100 employees in locations across the country and in the United Kingdom. For more information about Mesirow Financial, visit its Web site at www.mesirowfinancial.com.
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