Board Of Directors

Peter HansenPeter Kilbinger Hansen – Chairman

Peter Kilbinger Hansen is the Chairman of Battea - Class Action Services, LLC and also the Chairman of the Evest Companies. Throughout his twenty-plus year career, Mr. Hansen founded several private and public companies (AMEX and Nasdaq), including broker/ dealers, a clearing corporation and a leading US equity institutional stock-crossing Alternative Trading System (ATS). Under Mr. Hansen’s leadership the businesses processed significant daily market share volume, with daily transaction volumes in the the billions. Mr. Hansen has been a featured speaker for many conferences for the brokerage and institutional investor industry over the past 15 years. Principal topics included modernization of the equity marketplace, equity transaction processing, transaction cost and effectively locating liquidity for transactions. Mr. Hansen has also been featured on CNN globally, speaking on the topic of risk management. Possessing significant global operations, compliance and financial transaction processing experience, Mr. Hansen has lead several equity financings, including public and private offerings, and successful financings including major investment banks such as Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, JP Morgan, UBS, Societe Generale, Deutsche Bank, Wachovia, and ING, among others. Mr. Hansen has also lead several acquisitions and divestitures. As a private investor and financial technology entrepreneur, Mr. Hansen continues to invest in several financial services and technology companies. A native of Denmark, Mr. Hansen holds economics degrees from Neil's Brock Business School of Copenhagen and the Copenhagen University of Language and Economics.

 

Mark DonaldsonMark E. Donaldson - Managing Director and Co-Founder, Director 

Mark Donaldson is a Managing Director of Battea - Class Action Services, LLC where he co-manages the Company’s operations. Prior to co-founding Battea - Class Action Services, LLC, Mark Donaldson was a founder and Chief Financial Officer at Redwood Management, LLC, a San Francisco firm providing back-office services to broker-dealers and proprietary trading groups. Previously, Donaldson was the Chief Financial Officer at Headwaters Capital, a broker-dealer based in San Francisco, with offices in Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia, managing $500 million on the long side. Since 1996 he has served on the board of several smaller proprietary trading groups and holding companies in the securities industry. Mr. Donaldson holds a bachelors degree from University of Colorado.

 

Andrew WilsonAndrew M. Wilson – Managing Director, Director

Andrew M. Wilson is a Managing Director of Battea - Class Action Services, LLC where he co-manages the Company’s operations. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Wilson was a Managing Partner of Evest Venture Partners. Mr. Wilson has an extensive track record of leadership, product innovation and revenue growth as a veteran of the financial technology industry. Mr. Wilson has served as President of a NASDAQ broker/dealer, a Director on the Board of a London-based FSA broker/dealer and held executive leadership positions with various trading technology companies. Mr. Wilson managed multiple business lines with complete P&L responsibility in the US, Europe and the Pacific Rim and possesses extensive process and management experience including corporate acquisitions and financings. Mr. Wilson previously served as Global Head, FIX Network Division at NYFIX Inc, where he directed the firm’s key relationships with buy-side institutions, broker/dealers, global exchanges and strategic vendor partners. He managed all aspects of sales, marketing, account management, product development and client on-boarding across asset classes including Equities, Fixed Income, FX, and Exchange Traded Derivatives. Previously, Mr. Wilson consulted for JP Morgan on electronic trading, served as Managing Director at UNX, Inc. and traded with Yamaichi International and Wertheim Schroeder and Co. Mr. Wilson holds a bachelors from the University of Delaware.

 

Jonathan WadeJonathan R. Wade - Co-Founder, Director

Jonathan Wade is one of the founders of Battea - Class Action Services, LLC. Mr. Wade developed the Company’s proprietary claims processing technology, “the Claims Engine” and acts as chief developer directing software engineering for the firm. Mr. Wade manages the fulfillment process and systems, as well as relationships with all claims administrators. He is educated and well versed in Oracle database technology as well as data management processes. He has software development experience in multiple front-end database platforms. Prior to founding the company, Mr. Wade worked for Headwaters Capital, LLC, a broker-dealer with membership on all major US equity exchanges. He graduated cum laude from San Francisco State University.

 

Mark ZinnMark Zinn- Director

Mark Zinn is a Director of Battea - Class Action Services, LLC. Prior to joining Battea - Class Action Services, LLC, Mr. Zinn was with Metro Link, where he raised angel and first round financing and developed the company’s sales organization. Previously, Mr. Zinn built and managed multiple professional trading operations for Pax Clearing in Chicago, New York and Florida. He established relationships with the top 100 businesses in Florida and executed for hedge funds while at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Zinn has also raised capital for managed accounts and private placements as well as managing multiple successful private offerings. Mr. Zinn began his career with LF Rothschild & Oppenheimer Co. He is an alumnus of New York University Stern School and a obtained his General Securities Principal, Series 24 as well as Registered Investment Adviser Series 65, 7, and 63.

 

Lars KraghLars Kragh – Chief Information Officer, Director

Lars Kragh is a Chief Information Officer of Battea - Class Action Services, LLC. Mr, Kragh is also a Managing Director of Evest Venture Partners. Mr. Kragh has over twenty years experience in financial technology. As a co-founder and executive at NYFIX Inc., Mr. Kragh held a variety of technical leadership roles throughout the company’s history, most recently as Chief Information Officer from July 1999 to 2006. Prior to 1999, Mr. Kragh was Executive Vice President of Research and Development and held other technology management positions since the company was founded in 1991. As lead technologist for NYFIX, Mr. Kragh managed a product portfolio ranging from equity Order Management Systems (OMS), market making workstations, trade routing engines and network services. With detailed knowledge of products’ interaction, including cross division values and overlap issues, Mr. Kragh possesses in depth equity industry knowledge spanning market structure, exchanges, broker/dealers and asset management firms in addition to detailed design and architecture expertise across various subject matters including Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA), execution quality, networking and display mechanisms. Mr. Kragh directed all production technology including data centers and network and was responsible for mission critical infrastructure vital to the financial industry. Mr. Kragh has extensive experience with data system security, disaster recovery planning and infrastructure development. Prior to 1991 Mr. Kragh developed network and transactional systems for the banking industry involving numerous trading system integrations with global telecom and market data providers. He has filed a number of patents around innovative technical and business concepts over the last 15 years. Mr. Kragh holds a Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Danish University of Technology.