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Contributor profiles FTI Consulting 88 Pine Street, 32nd Floor New York, NY, 10005 United States Tel + 212 742 8964 www.fticonsulting.com convertible debt offerings and going-private transactions. Mr. Hughes’s recent initial public offerings include Infoblox, Green Dot and ShoreTel. He has also represented Cisco Systems and Symantec on numerous public and private offerings of debt securities. Mr. Hughes regularly advises companies on disclosure and reporting obligations under U.S. federal securities laws, corporate governance issues and stock exchange listing obligations. He also advises a variety of late-stage private companies. 122 NYSE IPO Guide Elizabeth Saunders Chairman, Americas—Strategic Communications elizabeth.saunders@fticonsulting.com Elizabeth Saunders is Americas Chairman of the Strategic Communications segment at FTI Consulting, and is based in Chicago and New York. The Strategic Communications segment at FTI Consulting is a global, financial and corporate communications firm with in-depth expertise in investor relations (IR), capital markets communications, and transaction and crisis communications. It is consistently ranked by Mergermarket as one of the top M&A firms globally, and was named the 2012 “Corporate Agency of the Year” by The Holmes Report. Ms. Saunders also leads the Americas Financial Communications practice, and specializes in building best-practice financial communications programs across a wide spectrum of clients. She serves as senior counsel for business transformation assignments, and has actively worked on post-merger communications, CEO transitions and restructurings for Fortune 500 companies, including the Coca-Cola acquisition of its largest North American bottler, CCE; the Dow Chemical acquisition of Rohm & Haas; the merger of Knight Capital Group and GETCO; and various activism contests, defending companies from Carl Icahn, Janna Partners and Relational Advisors. Renowned for her expertise in the area of corporate governance, Ms. Saunders has published numerous articles; lectured throughout the U.S. on shareholder activism strategies; and been quoted in Board & Directors Magazine, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. She was also named to the Crain’s Chicago Business “40 Under 40” list, and has spoken to the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD). Prior to this, Ms. Saunders was a cofounder of Ashton Partners, one of the top-15 independent IR firms in the U.S. FTI Consulting acquired Ashton partners in 2001. Ms. Saunders holds a law degree from DePaul University with a concentration in securities law, and a BBA in finance from the University of Notre Dame. She is a member of National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) Senior Roundtable, and is a former NIRI board member and Emerging Issues subcommittee chair. Ms. Saunders is also actively involved with Catholic Charities and The Cradle. Leigh Parrish Senior Managing Director—Strategic Communications leigh.parrish@fticonsulting.com Leigh Parrish is a Senior Managing Director and the Retail & Consumer Sector Leader in the Strategic Communications practice of FTI Consulting. She is based in the Company’s New York office. As a senior communications consultant with more than 15 years of experience, she has a proven track record in directing critical communications campaigns and devising multi-stakeholder strategic communications programs. Ms. Parrish’s client engagements have ranged from innovative capital markets and business media relations programs to advising clients on communications issues including corporate positioning, key message development, management transitions and terminations, financial results and related disclosures, and employee communications. She has extensive experience in event-driven, crisis and financial situations that includes initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy or restructuring, regulatory probes, litigation, product recalls and other reputational issues. Ms. Parrish’s client experience is varied having worked across industries spanning retail, consumer, education, real estate, media, and financial services. Her recent IPOs include Taylor Morrison, Restoration Hardware and Dollar General while crisis and issues management work has included clients such as Orchard Supply Hardware, American Suzuki Corporation, Fairfield Residential, Phillips Foods, Circuit City,
Contributor profiles The Children’s Place and Kid Brands. She has led ongoing programs for a variety of retailers such as OfficeMax, Aeropostale, Guitar Center, Talbots, Dollar General, Lumber Liquidators and consumer companies such as International Flavors & Fragrances, Hanesbrands, Movado Group, and Jarden. Ms. Parrish began her career at Robertson, Stephens and managed investor relations at Ivanhoe Mines Inc. prior to joining Morgen-Walke Associates, which later merged with Financial Dynamics./FTI. Ms. Parrish graduated with a BA in History from San Diego State University. Sharrifah T. Al-Salem, CFA Director—Strategic Communications sharrifah.al-salem@fticonsulting.com Sharrifah Al-Salem is a director in the FTI Consulting Strategic Communications practice and is based in San Francisco. Ms. Al-Salem joined the firm as an analyst in November 2006. She has experience with financial communications across various sectors, including Energy, Technology and Retail; current and past clients include Transocean, Cloud Peak Energy, PetroLogistics, Polycom, Juniper Networks and Restoration Hardware. Ms. Al-Salem maintains a dynamic relationship with sell-side analysts and buy-side institutions and specializes in advising on strategic messaging, driven by market awareness and perceptions work. Additionally, she has done extensive shareholder base analyses, including benchmarking movements among top buyers/sellers as well as assessing risk and capacity of top holders. More recently, she played a significant role in building out communications platforms for Restoration Hardware, PetroLogistics and Gogo around their initial public offerings. Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Al-Salem was with Equilar, Inc., an executive and board compensation research firm. She received a BS in management science at University of California, San Diego. Ms. Al-Salem is a CFA charterholder. Ipreo 1359 Broadway, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10018 United States Tel + 1 212 849 5000 www.ipreo.com Chris Taylor EVP & Managing Director, Global Investor Relations, New York chris.taylor@ipreo.com Chris Taylor heads up the Global Investor Relations division for Ipreo, a leading provider of market intelligence and IR technology to publicly traded companies around the world. Ipreo’s extensive suite of IR services includes cross-asset class surveillance, investor targeting, perception studies and custom analytics, as well as the BD Corporate platform, which offers the most comprehensive database covering global institutional contacts, investor profiles and ownership data. Mr. Taylor came to Ipreo through the acquisition of CapitalBridge in February 2008, where he served as managing director, responsible for the global operations of the firm. During his 15-year tenure there, he was a key orchestrator of the firm’s growth and transformation into one of the preeminent brands in market intelligence. Mr. Taylor has been an active speaker on relevant investor relations topics at the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) Annual Conference, local NIRI chapters and other industry events. J.P. Morgan & Co. Global Equity Capital Markets 383 Madison Avenue, Floor 28 New York, NY 10179 Tel + 1 212 622 5628 www.jpmorgan.com Elizabeth Myers Managing Director, Head of Global Equity Capital Markets, New York Elizabeth Myers is a Managing Director and Head of the Global Equity Capital Markets (ECM) group at J.P. Morgan. Ms. Myers joined J.P. Morgan 21 years ago. Over the past 16 years in ECM she has executed numerous IPOs, follow-ons and convertible transactions for clients across the globe, spanning a range of industries including financials, technology, real estate, industrials, health care, natural resources and consumer products. Prior to joining ECM, she worked for several years in J.P. Morgan’s Mergers & Acquisitions group and focused on transactions across a range of industries. Ms. Myers has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Princeton University. Bill Contente Managing Director, Vice Chairman of Equity Capital Markets, New York Bill Contente is a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Equity Capital Markets at J.P. Morgan’s Investment Bank, based in New York. Prior to that Mr. Contente was Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets for the Americas. Mr. Contente has worked on numerous high profile IPOs and major capital raisings since joining J.P. Morgan in 1991. Amongst notable deals, Mr. Contente lead the $23.1bn IPO for General Motors, the largest equity capital raise ever, and the $19.7bn IPO for Visa. Mr. Contente has extensive experience working with clients in Diversified Industrials, Technology Services, Transportation, Aerospace and Defense industries, and with Financial Sponsors clients. Previously, Mr. Contente worked extensively in Europe and Latin America, particularly in Brazil. Mr. Contente holds a B.A. in Economics from Yale University. NYSE IPO Guide 123
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The Children’s Place and Kid Brands. She<br />
has led ongoing programs for a variety of<br />
retailers such as OfficeMax, Aeropostale,<br />
Guitar Center, Talbots, Dollar General,<br />
Lumber Liquidators and consumer companies<br />
such as International Flavors & Fragrances,<br />
Hanesbrands, Movado Group, and Jarden.<br />
Ms. Parrish began her career at<br />
Robertson, Stephens and managed investor<br />
relations at Ivanhoe Mines Inc. prior to<br />
joining Morgen-Walke Associates, which<br />
later merged with Financial Dynamics./FTI.<br />
Ms. Parrish graduated with a BA in<br />
History from San Diego State University.<br />
Sharrifah T. Al-Salem, CFA<br />
Director—Strategic Communications<br />
sharrifah.al-salem@fticonsulting.com<br />
Sharrifah Al-Salem is a director in the FTI<br />
Consulting Strategic Communications<br />
practice and is based in San Francisco.<br />
Ms. Al-Salem joined the firm as an<br />
analyst in November 2006. She has<br />
experience with financial communications<br />
across various sectors, including Energy,<br />
Technology and Retail; current and past<br />
clients include Transocean, Cloud Peak<br />
Energy, PetroLogistics, Polycom, Juniper<br />
Networks and Restoration Hardware.<br />
Ms. Al-Salem maintains a dynamic<br />
relationship with sell-side analysts and<br />
buy-side institutions and specializes in<br />
advising on strategic messaging, driven<br />
by market awareness and perceptions<br />
work. Additionally, she has done extensive<br />
shareholder base analyses, including<br />
benchmarking movements among top<br />
buyers/sellers as well as assessing risk<br />
and capacity of top holders. More recently,<br />
she played a significant role in building out<br />
communications platforms for Restoration<br />
Hardware, PetroLogistics and Gogo around<br />
their initial public offerings.<br />
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Al-Salem<br />
was with Equilar, Inc., an executive and board<br />
compensation research firm. She received a<br />
BS in management science at University of<br />
California, San Diego. Ms. Al-Salem is a CFA<br />
charterholder.<br />
Ipreo<br />
1359 Broadway,<br />
2nd Floor<br />
New York, NY 10018<br />
United States<br />
Tel + 1 212 849 5000<br />
www.ipreo.com<br />
Chris Taylor<br />
EVP & Managing Director, Global Investor<br />
Relations, New York<br />
chris.taylor@ipreo.com<br />
Chris Taylor heads up the Global Investor<br />
Relations division for Ipreo, a leading<br />
provider of market intelligence and IR<br />
technology to publicly traded companies<br />
around the world. Ipreo’s extensive suite<br />
of IR services includes cross-asset class<br />
surveillance, investor targeting, perception<br />
studies and custom analytics, as well as<br />
the BD Corporate platform, which offers the<br />
most comprehensive database covering<br />
global institutional contacts, investor profiles<br />
and ownership data.<br />
Mr. Taylor came to Ipreo through the<br />
acquisition of CapitalBridge in February<br />
2008, where he served as managing<br />
director, responsible for the global<br />
operations of the firm. During his 15-year<br />
tenure there, he was a key orchestrator of<br />
the firm’s growth and transformation into<br />
one of the preeminent brands in market<br />
intelligence. Mr. Taylor has been an active<br />
speaker on relevant investor relations topics<br />
at the National Investor Relations Institute<br />
(NIRI) Annual Conference, local NIRI<br />
chapters and other industry events.<br />
J.P. Morgan & Co.<br />
Global Equity Capital Markets<br />
383 Madison Avenue, Floor 28<br />
New York, NY 10179<br />
Tel + 1 212 622 5628<br />
www.jpmorgan.com<br />
Elizabeth Myers<br />
Managing Director, Head of Global Equity<br />
Capital Markets, New York<br />
Elizabeth Myers is a Managing Director<br />
and Head of the Global Equity Capital<br />
Markets (ECM) group at J.P. Morgan.<br />
Ms. Myers joined J.P. Morgan 21 years<br />
ago. Over the past 16 years in ECM she<br />
has executed numerous IPOs, follow-ons<br />
and convertible transactions for clients<br />
across the globe, spanning a range of<br />
industries including financials, technology,<br />
real estate, industrials, health care, natural<br />
resources and consumer products. Prior to<br />
joining ECM, she worked for several years<br />
in J.P. Morgan’s Mergers & Acquisitions<br />
group and focused on transactions across a<br />
range of industries. Ms. Myers has an MBA<br />
from Harvard Business School and a BA in<br />
Economics from Princeton University.<br />
Bill Contente<br />
Managing Director, Vice Chairman of<br />
Equity Capital Markets, New York<br />
Bill Contente is a Managing Director and<br />
Vice Chairman of Equity Capital Markets<br />
at J.P. Morgan’s Investment Bank, based<br />
in New York. Prior to that Mr. Contente<br />
was Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets for<br />
the Americas. Mr. Contente has worked<br />
on numerous high profile IPOs and major<br />
capital raisings since joining J.P. Morgan in<br />
1991. Amongst notable deals, Mr. Contente<br />
lead the $23.1bn IPO for General Motors,<br />
the largest equity capital raise ever, and<br />
the $19.7bn IPO for Visa. Mr. Contente<br />
has extensive experience working with<br />
clients in Diversified Industrials, Technology<br />
Services, Transportation, Aerospace and<br />
Defense industries, and with Financial<br />
Sponsors clients. Previously, Mr. Contente<br />
worked extensively in Europe and Latin<br />
America, particularly in Brazil. Mr. Contente<br />
holds a B.A. in Economics from Yale<br />
University.<br />
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