Presenter

Max Holmes

Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Plainfield Asset Management

Prior to founding Plainfield Asset Management LLC in February 2005, Max Holmes was the Head of the Distressed Securities Group and a Managing Director of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. As Head of the Distressed Securities Group, Mr. Holmes was a Co-Portfolio Manager for D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C. from 2002 through 2004. He was formerly a member of the Board of Directors of FAO Schwarz Inc., eToys Direct, Inc. and Sure Fit, Inc. From 1999 through January 2002, Mr. Holmes was the founder and Co-Head of the High Yield Group at RBC Capital Markets, a subsidiary of The Royal Bank of Canada, where he was Head of High Yield Origination and Capital Markets. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Holmes was Head of High Yield Capital Markets and Head of High Yield Research at Gleacher NatWest Inc., a subsidiary of National Westminster Bank Plc. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Holmes worked at Salomon Brothers Inc, where at various times he was Head of Bankruptcy Research, acted as Salomon’s High Yield Strategist, served as its lead representative on various creditors committees, and managed a proprietary distressed bond portfolio. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Holmes worked at Drexel Burnham Lambert in Beverly Hills, California, first in the Corporate Finance Department and then in the High Yield and Convertible Securities Department. Mr. Holmes became one of the youngest Senior Vice Presidents in Drexel’s history. From 1984 to 1986, Mr. Holmes was a practicing attorney at Vinson & Elkins in Houston, Texas, where he represented commercial banks in a variety of bankruptcies, restructurings, high yield bond and M&A transactions. Mr. Holmes remains a member of the bar in New York and Texas. Mr. Holmes received a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1984, an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School in 1984 and received a B.A. from Harvard College in Philosophy in 1981. Since 1993, he has taught “Bankruptcy and Reorganization” at New York University Stern Graduate School of Business, where he remains an Adjunct Professor of Finance.

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