Investment Committee

Anthony D. Tutrone

Managing Director, Global Head of NB Alternatives (New York)

Anthony D. Tutrone is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman and Global Head of NB Private Equity. Neuberger Berman is a private global investment management company with $200 billion of assets under management serving institutional and high net worth clients. Neuberger Berman is a private company majority owned and controlled by its employees. Neuberger Berman's Private Equity group manages over $15 billion of client assets and includes the private equity fund of funds, secondary and direct investment businesses, the fund of hedge funds business, and Capital Analytics (a leading provider of private equity accounting, reporting and client services). Prior to Neuberger Berman, from 1994 to 2001, Mr. Tutrone was a Managing Director and founding member of The Cypress Group, a private equity firm with approximately $3.5 billion assets under management focused on middle market buyouts. Prior to The Cypress Group, Mr. Tutrone began his career at Lehman Brothers in 1986, starting in Investment Banking and in 1987 becoming one of the original members of the firm’s Merchant Banking Group. This group managed a $1.2 billion private equity fund focused on middle market buyouts. Mr. Tutrone is a member of Neuberger Berman's Executive, Partnership and Operating Committees and all of Neuberger Berman's Private Equity Investment Committees. He sits on several private equity fund advisory boards and has also been a member of the board of directors of several public and private companies. Mr. Tutrone earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics from Columbia University.

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John P. Buser

Managing Director, Global Head of Fund of Funds (Dallas)

John P. Buser is Global Head of Private Equity Fund of Funds for Neuberger Berman and a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman. He is also a member of the Investment Committee, Co-investment Investment Committee and Secondary Investment Committee. Before joining Neuberger Berman in 1999, Mr. Buser was a partner at the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., where he had extensive experience in the practice of domestic and international income taxation during his 17 year tenure. Mr. Buser was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1982 after receiving his J.D. from Harvard Law School. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Buser graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in accounting from Kansas State University.

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Brien P. Smith

Managing Director (Dallas)

Brien P. Smith is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman and a leader of the Firm’s Private Equity Fund of Funds practice. Mr. Smith is a member of the Neuberger Berman Private Equity Investment Committees. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman in 2001, Mr. Smith worked in the private equity sector serving in a number of roles for Mason Best Company, L.P., and its affiliates. Mr. Smith began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. where he focused on the financial services sector in the southwest. Mr. Smith sits on the Limited Partner Advisory Boards of a number of investment relationships on behalf of Neuberger Berman funds. Mr. Smith also sits on the Red McCombs School of Business Advisory Council at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a director of National Autotech Inc. and has also served on a number of other boards of directors. Mr. Smith received a Master’s in Professional Accounting and a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Peter J. Von Lehe

Managing Director (New York)

Peter J. Von Lehe is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman and a member of the Investment Committee. Previously, Mr. Von Lehe was a Managing Director and Deputy Head of the Private Equity Fund of Funds unit of Swiss Reinsurance Company. At Swiss Re, Mr. Von Lehe was responsible for investment analysis and product structuring and worked in both New York and Zurich. Before that, he was an attorney with the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York focusing on corporate finance and private equity transactions. He began his career as a financial analyst for a utility company, where he was responsible for econometric modeling. Mr. Von Lehe has served on the advisory committees of a number of private equity funds in the United States and Europe. Mr. Von Lehe received a B.S. with Honors in Economics from the University of Iowa and a J.D. with High Distinction, from the University of Iowa College of Law. He is a member of the New York Bar.

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David S. Stonberg

Managing Director (New York)

David S. Stonberg is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman and a member of the Investment Committee. He is Global Co-Head of Private Equity Co-Investments. Before joining Neuberger Berman in 2002, Mr. Stonberg held several positions within Lehman Brothers’ Investment Banking Division including providing traditional corporate and advisory services to clients as well as leading internal strategic and organizational initiatives for Lehman Brothers. Mr. Stonberg began his career in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Lazard Frères. Mr. Stonberg is also a member of the Neuberger Berman Risk Committee and all of the Neuberger Berman Private Equity Investment Committees. Mr. Stonberg holds an M.B.A. from the Stern School of New York University and a B.S.E. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Jonathan D. Shofet

Managing Director (New York)

Jonathan D. Shofet is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman and a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining Neuberger Berman in 2005, Mr. Shofet was a member of the Lehman Brothers Venture Capital Group for five years, focusing on mid-through late-stage equity investments primarily in the technology, communications and media sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Shofet was a member of the Lehman Brothers Investment Banking Division, where he focused on public and private financings, as well as strategic advisory in the real estate, technology and utility sectors. Mr. Shofet sits on the Limited Partner Advisory Boards of Chambers Energy Capital, ComVest Investment Partners, DFJ Gotham, DFW Capital, Edison Venture Fund, Garrison Distressed Fund, LLR Partners, NewSpring Capital, TPG Credit Strategies, TPG Airline Credit and Wayzata Opportunities Fund. Mr. Shofet holds a B.A. from Binghamton University, where he graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.

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John H. Massey

Senior Consultant and Chairman of the Investment Committee (Dallas)

John H. Massey is the Chairman of the NB Private Equity Fund of Funds Investment Committee. He is also a member of the NB Co-Investment Partners Fund II Investment Committee. In 1996, Mr. Massey was elected as one of the original members of the board of directors of the PineBridge Fund Group. In addition to his involvement with the PineBridge Fund Group, Mr. Massey is active as a private investor and corporate director. Previously, he was Chairman and CEO of Life Partners Group, Inc., a NYSE listed company. Over the last 35 years, Mr. Massey has also served in numerous executive leadership positions with other publicly held companies including Gulf Broadcast Corporation, Anderson Clayton & Co., and Gulf United Corporation. He began his career in 1966 with Republic National Bank of Dallas as an investment analyst. Mr. Massey currently serves on the boards of several financial institutions, including Central Texas Bankshare Holdings, Hill Bancshares Holdings, Inc., and First Southwest Company among others. He is also the principal shareholder of Columbus State Bank in Columbus, Texas and Hill Bank and Trust Company in Weimar, Texas. Mr. Massey received the Most Distinguished Alumnus award from SMU’s Cox School of Business in 1993. In 2009 he and Mrs. Massey were jointly named Most Distinguished Alumnus by The University of Texas from the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He currently serves as Chair-elect Trustee of the University of Texas School of Law and as an Advisory Board Member of the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas. He is also active in agricultural and wildlife conservation activities in Colorado County and Matagorda County, Texas. Mr. Massey received a B.B.A. from Southern Methodist University and an M.B.A. from Cornell University. He also earned an L.L.B. from The University of Texas at Austin. He received his Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has been a member of the State Bar of Texas since 1966.

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