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Stephen Barrett

Member of Wainwright Board, Investment Advisor Joined Wainwright in 2005 Prior to joining Wainwright, Mr. Barrett was the chairman & CEO of Wainwright’s predecessor firm, H.C. Wainwright & Co., Inc.  Previously, Mr. Barrett was employed by Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated  for approximately fourteen years and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. for approximately ten years.  Mr. Barrett held senior business development and management roles at both firms.  Mr. Barrett formerly served as a board member of both the Boston Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ.  Mr. Barrett holds a B.A. in fine arts from the College of William & Mary and holds...

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Salim Khanachet

Salim Khanachet

Vice President, Investment Advisor Joined Wainwright in 2013 Mr. Khanachet advises institutions and family offices globally, with a focus on clients in the Middle East.  His responsibilities include working with clients on portfolio construction, manager selection and asset allocation, as well as business development. Prior to joining Wainwright, Mr. Khanachet worked for a financial services technology startup that focused on providing managed account services to hedge fund investors.  He began his career at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co, where he held a variety of investment-related roles serving global institutional investors and private clients. Mr. Khanachet holds a B.A. in economics and philosophy from Boston College and the FINRA Series 7, 63 and 65 licenses....

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Mike Dwyer

Mike Dwyer

Senior Vice President, Investment Advisor Joined Wainwright in 1999 Mr. Dwyer has over 40 years of industry experience and has been with Wainwright and its predecessor firm, H.C. Wainwright, since 1990.  Prior to that, Mr. Dwyer held various sales and client service positions at a number of financial services and advisory firms. Mr. Dwyer holds a B.S. from Providence College. He holds the FINRA Series 7, 63 and 65 licenses....

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Don Ross

Donald (Don) Ross

Managing Director, Investment Advisor Joined Wainwright in 1999  Mr. Ross has been with Wainwright and its predecessor firm since 1996 and has over 50 years of experience in the investment management and investment banking industries.  He works with institutional and private clients both on a consulting basis and on a discretionary basis.  Prior to Wainwright, Mr. Ross was a senior vice president and regional manager for the Investment Management and Trust Division with Fleet Financial Group.  For almost 20 years before that, he was a member of the Corporate Finance Departments of First Boston Corporation and Smith Barney, where he was a Managing...

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Jeff Fabrizio

Jeff Fabrizio

Director of Research, Investment Advisor Joined Wainwright in 1999 Mr. Fabrizio oversees the research efforts at Wainwright and also works with institutional and private clients. He joined Wainwright as an analyst and advisor to institutional and private clients, and has been the firm’s Director of Research since 2013. Mr. Fabrizio was an analyst at H.C. Wainwright from 1998 to 1999 and before that, a quantitative analyst at Putnam Investments from 1996 to 1997. He has a M.S. in finance from Bentley College, an M.S. in engineering from Tufts University and a B.S.E.T. (Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology) from Wentworth Institute of Technology. Mr....

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Matt Seney

Matt Seney, CFA

Chief Operating Officer, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Investment Advisor Joined Wainwright in 1999 In addition to his senior executive functions, Mr. Seney works with institutional and private clients both on an advisory (i.e., non‐discretionary) and discretionary basis.  Mr. Seney was an analyst with H.C. Wainwright from 1998 to 1999.  He earned a B.S. in investments from Babson College and an M.B.A. from the F.W. Olin School of Business at Babson College, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.  He is also a member of the CFA Institute and the Boston Security Analysts Society.  He holds the FINRA Series 7 and 66 licenses. Mr. Seney...

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Gustavo Aristizabal

Gustavo (Gus) Aristizabal

Member of Wainwright Board, President and Corporate Secretary, Investment Advisor Chief Executive Officer WFS, LLC (Wainwright broker‐dealer subsidiary) * Joined Wainwright in 1999 Prior to joining Wainwright’s predecessor firm, H.C. Wainwright, in 1996, Mr. Aristizabal was the chief financial officer at IMPSA in Conconcreto, Costa Rica from 1991 to 1996.  He was an economics instructor at Northeastern University from 1989 to 1991.  Mr. Aristizabal has a B.S. in business from Universidad EAFIT (Colombia) and has successfully completed all Ph.D. coursework and related examinations in the field of economics at Northeastern University and as a result has achieved the status of ABD, “all but...

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Eric Bertonazzi

Eric Bertonazzi

Chairman of Wainwright Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Investment Advisor Founded Wainwright in 1999 In addition to his senior executive functions, Mr. Bertonazzi oversees all aspects of the company, including setting the investment policy for the firm.  Previously, Mr. Bertonazzi was a managing director at H.C. Wainwright from 1997 to 1999 and also a vice president of investment strategy from 1995 to 1997.  Prior to joining H.C. Wainwright, Mr. Bertonazzi was an economics instructor at Clemson University from 1991 to 1994.  Mr. Bertonazzi has a B.S. in economics from Clemson University and has successfully completed all Ph.D. coursework and related...

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