Malcolm Appelbaum

President from 2000 until September 2008 of Appletree Advisors, Inc., a financial consulting and advisory firm he founded to serve the portfolio companies of private equity firms and senior and mezzanine lenders. Served as Interim-Chief Financial Officer for several underperforming companies and assisted others as an outside consultant while at Appletree Advisors. Principal between 1992 and 2000 at Wand Partners Inc., a private equity investor. Was the financial officer responsible for the firm and worked extensively with portfolio companies and developed an investment practice closing several platform and add-on acquisitions. Worked as an associate at M&T Bank, a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs and a senior consultant and senior accountant at Deloitte and Touche. B.S. in Accounting from Brooklyn College and an M.B.A. from Columbia University