Nathan Leight

Bio

Mr. Leight is the co-founder and the Senior Managing Member of Terrapin Partners LLC, and the Chief Investment Officer of Terrapin Asset Management LLC. Mr. Leight has over 25 years of experience in asset and hedge fund management, venture capital, and private equity investing. Previously, Mr. Leight was the Chief Investment Officer of Gabriel Capital LP, a $1 billion plus hedge fund which specialized in bankruptcies, under-valued securities, emerging markets, private equity and merger arbitrage. Prior to joining Gabriel Capital, Mr. Leight established and oversaw the Proprietary Trading department at Dillon Read & Co. Inc., which specialized in bankruptcy/distressed situations and risk arbitrage. Mr. Leight started his career as an Associate in the corporate finance department of Oppenheimer & Co. As the Senior Managing Member of Terrapin, Mr. Leight has served as the Chairman of the Board of Aldabra 2 Acquisition Corp., a blank check company which raised $414 million of gross proceeds in its June 2007 initial public offering. In February 2008, Mr. Leight became a director at Boise Inc. (NYSE: BZ) when Aldabra 2 acquired the paper and packaging assets of Boise Cascade, LLC in a transaction valued at more than $1.6 billion. Prior to that, Mr. Leight was the Chairman of the Board of Aldabra Acquisition Corporation a blank check company which raised $55.2 million of gross proceeds in its February 2004 initial public offering. In December 2006, Aldabra merged with Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in North America, in a transaction valued at more than $400 million. Mr. Leight became a director of Great Lakes at the time of the merger. Mr. Leight formerly served on the board of TradeStation Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRAD) from June 2009 until its acquisition by Monex Group in June 2011. Mr. Leight graduated cum laude from Harvard College.