Thomas P. Krasner

Thomas P. Krasner, CFA has spent over 20 years in fixed income, distressed debt and high yield bonds. He has extensive experience in corporate restructurings, credit analysis, and portfolio management, including substantial hands-on involvement in the workouts of troubled companies. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Krasner was Executive Vice President at Harch Capital Management and was responsible for working out and restructuring distressed securities, high yield bonds, and bank loans for a $600 million hedge fund. Between 1996 and 1999 Mr. Krasner was a Principal and Portfolio Manager at Riverside Capital Advisers, where he co-managed the short-term high yield portfolio with Mr. Koach. Between 1985 and 1996 he worked at John Alden Asset Management, a $4 billion life insurance company, where he was responsible for the $250 million private placement portfolio. In 2003 Mr. Krasner was appointed as Trustee by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to administer the liquidating trust of Premier Operations. Mr. Krasner holds a B.A. (1983) in Economics/English/Mathematical Sciences and M.A. in Economics (1984) from Rice University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (1990). Between 1996 and 1998 he was the President of the Miami Society of Financial Analysts. He currently is a Director of Institutional Deposits Corporation and has served on the boards of Birch Telecom, Doe Run Resources, FWT, Nutritek, Sterling Chemicals, and Trism.