Lars Kragh is the Chief Information Officer of Battea – Class Action Services, LLC. He is also a Managing Director of Evest Venture Partners, with over twenty years’ experience in financial technology. As a co-founder and executive at NYFIX, Inc., he held a variety of technical leadership roles throughout the company’s history, most recently as Chief Information Officer from 1999 to 2006. Between 1991, when the company was founded, and 1999, he was Executive Vice President of Research and Development and held other technology management positions. As lead technologist for NYFIX, he 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, Lars possesses in-depth equity industry knowledge spanning market structures, exchanges, broker/dealers, and asset management firms. He also possesses detailed design and architecture expertise across various subject matters, including transaction cost analysis (TCA), execution quality, networking, and display mechanisms. At NYFIX, he directed all production technology, including data centers and the overall network, and was responsible for mission-critical infrastructure vital to the financial industry. He has extensive experience with data system security, disaster recovery planning, and infrastructure development.

Prior to 1991, Lars developed network and transactional systems for the banking industry, involving numerous trading system integrations with global telecom and market data providers. Over the last 15 years, he has filed a number of patents involving innovative technical and business concepts. He holds a Master’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Technical University of Denmark.

Luke Doramus is a Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners, L.P.

Previously, Mr. Doramus was a Portfolio Manager at LibreMax Capital, where he was responsible for the management of all credit funds. Mr. Doramus was a member of the Management and Investment Committees as well as co-Chair of the ESG committee at LibreMax Capital, LLC.

Prior to joining LibreMax as a founding employee in 2010, Mr. Doramus traded structured credit at Deutsche Bank. Mr. Doramus earned his B.A. as well as a certificate in Finance from Princeton University.

Michael Carpenter is a member of the Senior Advisory Board of TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. In November 2021, TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. purchased a minority equity investment in Battea Class Action Services, LLC.

Michael Carpenter retired as CEO from Ally Financial Inc. in February 2015 after a long and distinguished career in the financial services industry. Ally, formerly GMAC, was a recipient of $13 billion of government funding under the TARP program in 2009 and was experiencing significant losses when Mr. Carpenter assumed the CEO position. During his tenure, Mr. Carpenter focused Ally on selected core businesses, reduced expenses, and built Ally Bank to $50 billion in deposits. Mr. Carpenter retired from Ally after returning the company to profitability, taking the company public in April 2014, and after repaying Treasury almost $16 billion by 2014.

From 1998 to 2006 Mr. Carpenter was a member of Citigroup’s senior management group, having been the architect of the Travelers-Citi merger. From 2002 to 2006 he was Chair and CEO of Citigroup Alternative Investments, overseeing $60 billion of proprietary capital and customer funds in various alternative investment vehicles. From 1998 to 2002 Mr. Carpenter was Chair and CEO of Citigroup’s Global Corporate and Investment Bank, with responsibility for Salomon Smith Barney and Citibank’s corporate banking activities.

Prior to Citigroup, beginning in 1994, he was CEO of Travelers Life and Annuity and Vice Chair of Travelers Group, Inc. Carpenter was a senior officer of GE from 1983 to 1994. Earlier in his career, Mr. Carpenter worked at the Boston Consulting Group and Imperial Chemical Industries of the United Kingdom.

With forty years’ experience in the financial services industry, Mr. Carpenter serves on the boards of First Citizens Bancorp (NYSE), SVF Investment Corp (NYSE), Battea Class Action Services LLC, Protego Trust Bank, Law Finance Group, Validity Finance, Rewards Network and has been a board member of the CIT Bank, Ally Financial, Autoweb, New York Stock Exchange, General Signal, Loews Cineplex, and various other private and public companies.

Michael J. McCreesh, CFA is President at Battea Class Action Services.

Prior to joining Battea, Mr. McCreesh was Managing Director and Global Head of the Client Commission Management business within the Securities Division of Goldman Sachs from 2008 until 2019. He concurrently served as equity co-head of the Multi Asset Platform business from 2014 until 2017. Mr. McCreesh began his 25 year Goldman career working in financial applications within the Controllers Division. He then joined the Securities Division in 1999 to start the soft dollar business and transferred to the Futures business in 2006 to work on the global coordination of that growing business.

Mr. McCreesh has recently fulfilled his term as Chairman of the Board of the St. Baldrick's Foundation, the largest private pediatric cancer research grantor, since 2016. He became involved with the foundation in 2005, leading to joining the board as a director in 2013. St Baldrick’s has raised over $250m in research dollars.

Mr. McCreesh is also Co-Founder of TeamBrent, a group dedicated to fighting pediatric cancer, which has raised over $10m for research. He is a frequent public speaker on the topic of pediatric cancer research.

Mr. McCreesh earned a BA from Hofstra University in 1990, an MBA from Hofstra University in 1994 and an Advanced Professional Certificate in Public Accounting from Pace University in 1997. He is also a CFA Charterholder.

Mr. McCreesh is active fitness enthusiast, completing the Boston Marathon four times, in addition to the 2016 Florida Ironman and the 2018 Maryland Ironman.

Mr. McCreesh has been the award recipient for 2007 Best Life Magazine National Father of the Year, 2008 National Fatherhood Initiative, 2008 Hofstra University Alumni Achievement, 2009 Channel 12 Hometown Hero and the 2014 Moffly Magazine “Light A Fire.”

Mr. McCreesh is Series 3, 7, 9, 10, 55 and 63 registered.

Mr. McCreesh and his wife, Dana, have three children and live in Southport, Connecticut.

Tyler Longpre is the Senior Vice President, Director – Operations at Battea. Delivering more than 20 years of experience building, supporting and managing technology in electronic execution and trading systems as well as software development. Prior to joining Battea, he was the Executive Director for Software Development for Graham Capital Management, a top 100 hedge fund. He grew the development team from a handful of software developers to an organization of vertical teams responsible for developing solutions throughout the enterprise. Among his many advances, he built out the department’s development operations group to streamline processes, improve support for developers, manage system maintenance, improve system security, and to provide application support for users throughout the firm.

Mr. Longpre has also managed core order and executing routing systems at NYFIX, Inc., which built FX and Derivatives trading systems for many of the world's largest banks and brokerage firms.

Keith McComb is Senior Vice President, Operations; he works closely with Battea's research, claims filing and tracking, technology, and customer service teams to enhance Battea's operational efficiency. He has extensive experience in the securities class action space, joining Battea from Rust Consulting, a leader in class action notification and settlement administration. In his ten-plus years with Rust Consulting, Keith spearheaded a number of initiatives in electronic filing, project management, and quality assurance, touching every phase of the securities claims administration process. His unique insight into the claims processing and disbursement process is an asset to Battea. A magna cum laude graduate of the New York Institute of Technology, he is based in our Stamford, CT office.

Timothy M. Hofer is Senior Vice President, Legal Counsel for Battea - Class Action Services, LLC. He has extensive experience working with private and public venture capital-backed companies. From March 2005 through February 2011, he was employed by a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and a venture capital biotechnology incubator, where he was Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs. From July 2000 until March 2005, he was an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity practice group of the New York office of the law firm O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and its predecessor, O'Sullivan Graev & Karabell, LLP. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the College of the Holy Cross and his J.D. from Fordham Law School, where he was a member of the Fordham Law Review. He is admitted to the bar in New York.

Sam Hensley serves as Communications Manager in our Operations Department. Based in San Francisco, he focuses on securities class action claims analysis and filing, working closely with claims administration firms. Prior to joining Battea, he served as Director of Operations for a long/short hedge fund and as a trader (and previously portfolio analyst) with Thomas Weisel Asset Management. He has also held positions in the front, middle and back offices with asset management firms, a shareholder services company, and brokerage firms. He earned a master's degree in finance from Golden Gate University and received his BS in finance from Santa Clara University.

J. Timothy Garland, CPA is Senior Vice President, Finance and Operations at Battea – Class Action Services. He has over 20 years’ experience in financial and operational leadership roles in the financial services industry and with technology providers to the financial community. Prior to joining Battea, he was the Chief Financial Officer of FXDirectDealer LLC, a retail foreign exchange dealer and member of the National Futures Association.

Earlier in his career, he held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at M.W. Marshall, Inc., one of the preeminent global inter-dealer brokers specializing in currencies, repos, and other financial instruments traded among banks and financial institutions, where he was responsible for all regulatory, financial and administrative functions. An expert in strategic planning and operations, Timothy served as a member of the London-based parent company's international Board of Directors.

Following this, he participated in the successful launch of a software provider to the financial services industry. As Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, he was instrumental in the development of the business plan that facilitated the completion of two rounds of venture capital financing. He also served as the Chief Operating Officer of Hays & Company LLP, a New York City-based firm of certified public accountants, where he was responsible for managing all financial and administrative matters of the firm’s practice. He began his career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP. A member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, he also holds the Series 3, Series 7, Series 24, Series 27 and Series 34 securities licenses. He graduated with honors from Lehigh University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

David Ganz is Senior Vice President, Operations at Battea, where he provides leadership for Battea’s operations, with particular emphasis on class action filing activities. He joined Battea from the leading class action administration firm the Garden City Group, Inc. (“GCG”), where he spent over ten years in a variety of operational leadership roles. While at GCG, he played an integral role in the development and implementation of the firm’s first US patented technology in the claims administration space. He also created and managed the firm’s electronic claim filing process, in addition to the project lifecycles for multimillion-dollar securities class action settlements.

At GCG, David earned a strong reputation for his customer service and ability to establish and maintain working relationships with financial institutions across the country. He developed standard operating procedures and protocols to ensure compliance and maximize the quality, productivity, and efficiency of internal project teams and business units across multiple offices. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Management with a concentration in Management Information Systems from Binghamton University in New York.

Vincent Curran is Chief Financial Officer at Battea - Class Action Services. He has over 20 years’ executive and management experience at leading public and private institutions in the securities brokerage, capital markets, financial services, and real estate investment industries. His professional skills include strategic planning, finance, taxation, treasury management, accounting, debt compliance, financial reporting, operations, internal control, and auditing.

Prior to joining Battea, he served as a Chief Financial Officer at a private equity group. He held executive positions at Piper Jaffray (NYSE: PJC) and Morgan Joseph, two leading middle-market investment banks. At Morgan Joseph, he was Vice President, Finance and Operations. At Piper Jaffray, he was Vice President, Finance for the Algorithmic and Program Trading Group. He also served as Controller at Vie Financial Group Inc. (VIFI) and Vie Securities LLC, an independent broker-dealer until it was sold to Piper Jaffray.

He also served in various leadership roles, including Manager of Financial Analysis and Project Controller at Swerdlow Real Estate Group (a $2.5 billion REIT) and Internal Audit Manager at a NYSE-listed conglomerate. He began his career in public accounting at PriceWaterhouse. A Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Management Accountant and Certified in Financial Management, he earned an MBA, Phi Kappa Phi, from Northeastern University and a BS in Accounting from Rutgers University. He previously held Financial Operations Principal (Series 27), General Securities Principal (Series 24), General Securities Representative (Series 7), and Equity Trader (Series 55) securities registrations.

Christie Cellini is Senior Vice President of Operations for Battea - Class Action Services, LLC. She heads up the firm’s efforts in analyzing case data, scouring the universe of securities litigation settlements for updates and new information. She also handles all administrator communications regarding client claims. Before joining Battea, she performed mutual fund accounting and financial reporting duties for Franklin Templeton. She holds a bachelor’s degree from California State University Sacramento and earned her MBA from the University of San Francisco.

Ms. Schmidt is responsible for delivering strategic data driven and operational initiatives with a focus on technological solutions that improve scalability, automation, client experience and workplace efficiencies. Ms. Schmidt brings more than 20 years of product management experience building global and business critical solutions for cash equities and equity finance products. Prior to joining Battea, Ms. Schmidt spent 10 years as the Executive Director for Cash Equities and Equity Finance Divisions at UBS also held Lead Product positions at JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Liquidnet.  Ms. Schmidt’s peerless expertise and skills span many business segments including, but not limited to, financial trading technologies, securities lending, program and product management. Ms. Schmidt graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology and lives with her family in New York City.

Jack Mullen is responsible for Client Service Account Management at Battea Class Action Services, LLC. In this role, Mr. Mullen guides new clients through the onboarding process, represents clients' interests internally, and coordinates with Battea resources and external providers to effectively address all ongoing client service needs. 

Prior to joining Battea, Mr. Mullen was the Vice President of Business Development at Marsh where he focused his efforts on sales, growing new business, and expanding the Company’s footprint. Previously, he was the Institutional Sales Trader, Director at Clking and Associates and RBC Capital Markets. He holds a bachelor's degree in Business/Managerial Economics from Belmont Abbey College and is based in the Stamford, CT headquarters.

Patrick Gilchrist focuses on international business development and client services initiatives for Battea. He has over a decade of experience in financial services IT and systems in both sales and account management capacities. At NYFIX, Inc., a technology and transaction services company serving financial clients, including banks, brokerage firms, and institutional investors, he managed a team responsible for relationships within the brokerage community. Key achievements included developing and executing the buildout and rapid growth of a network infrastructure between financial counterparties and establishing key partnerships to create additional sales channels for the firm. Patrick began his career in sales and marketing, specializing in major accounts and project management. He holds a bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Oneonta.

Daniel Verrastro is the Senior Vice President - Global Head of Client Operations at Battea Class Action Services.

Mr. Verrastro is responsible for managing the Client Service Account Team at Battea.

Mr. Verrastro directs Battea’s client related operations, management coordination, and participating in initiatives aimed at improving the Firm’s practices, while upgrading its tools and technology capabilities in support of the business.

Prior to joining Battea, Mr. Verrastro was a Director and Global Head of the Client Commission Management Business within the Securities Division of Bank of America from 2015 until 2021. Mr. Verrastro also spent 13 years as an Executive Director for Cash Equities as the Global Head of the Client Commission Management business at UBS. Mr. Verrastro brings more than 20 years of experience in Sales, Client Service, Operations and Technical product management. In his time at Bank of America and UBS, Mr. Verrastro represented both banks in several financial industry forums including SIFMA and AFME.

Mr. Verrastro earned a BA from McDaniel College in 1998 and an MBA from Sacred Heart University in 2003.

Mr. Verrastro is Series 3, 7, 24, and 63 registered.

Mr. Verrastro lives in Monroe, CT with his wife Heather and three children.

Christopher Marcon is responsible for Client Service Account Management at Battea Class Action Services, LLC. In this role, Mr. Marcon guides new clients through the onboarding process, represents clients' interests internally, and coordinates with Battea resources and external providers to effectively address all ongoing client service needs.

Prior to joining Battea, Mr. Marcon was the Senior Account Manager of DbCom Consulting, Inc. and Director, Account Management of NYSE Technologies where he focused his efforts on sales, growing new business, and expanding the Company’s footprint. Previously, he was a Senior Account Manager at NYFIX, Inc. He holds a bachelor's degree in English & Economics from Fairfield University and is based in the Stamford, CT headquarters.

Kevin Doyle, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Marketing at Battea, is responsible for front line communication, marketing operations and building results-driven marketing campaigns that increase brand awareness and the organization's global footprint—working to expanding market share within the industry.

Prior to Battea, Mr. Doyle was the Global Marketing Manager for Dow Jones, where he managed a company-wide re-branding, championed two annual global customer surveys, as well as all marketing activities involved with new product launches. Prior to that he held other Digital Marketing & Management roles with SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., Santander Bank, State Street Bank, and Investors Bank & Trust where he was responsible for developing marketing strategies to strengthen and grow online traffic and brand awareness as well as hosted and third-party event planning.

Mr. Doyle’s specialties include marketing campaign strategy & execution, digital marketing, social media marketing, email marketing, external communications, partner strategy and campaign execution and all aspects of sales support including go-to-market materials, sales playbook, sell sheets, and presentations.

Mr. Doyle graduated from Endicott College and holds both a B.S. and an M.B.A. in Marketing.

Trent Calabretta joined Battea in 2009 and is in charge of managing the firm's existing relationships, partnerships, and new business initiatives in the western US. Prior to joining Battea, he was an Associate at Claret Capital, a private investment firm based in Dublin, Ireland. At Claret, he was responsible for the screening, analysis, and due diligence of US-based deal activity, representing investments in aviation, technology, real estate, transportation, and consumer products.

Trent began his career as an Analyst at Bloomberg L.P., and later transitioned to Bloomberg Tradebook LLC, where he managed buy-side relationships across various investment strategies. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Pennsylvania State University and a certificate in financial analysis from New York University. A CFA charterholder, he is an active member of various charities, including the Guardsmen, Help For Children, and Boys & Girls Clubs.

Ted Haley is responsible for Client Service Account Management at Battea Class Action Services, LLC. In this role, Mr. Haley guides new clients through the onboarding process, represents clients' interests internally, and coordinates with Battea resources and external providers to effectively address all ongoing client service needs.

Prior to joining Battea, Mr. Haley was an Equity Trader at Credit Suisse,  Equity Vice President & Director at TD Securities (USA), LLC and Vice President of Equities Trading at Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette. He holds a bachelor's degree in History from The Catholic University of America and is based in the Stamford, CT headquarters.

Tim Dillon has over 15 years’ experience in the financial industry and joined Battea from Options IT, a provider of high-performance technology infrastructure services for hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, investment banks, and brokerages. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President at JonesTrading, where he oversaw the firm's electronic trading sales effort. Previously, he was Vice President of Sales at NYFIX, where his focus was electronic trading and connectivity sales to the buy-side. His other prior experience includes sales and trading roles at Cantor Fitzgerald, Banque Indosuez (now Calyon, Credit Agricole CIB), and Credit Commercial de France. He earned a bachelor's degree from Mount St. Mary's College and is based in our Stamford, CT office.

James Donahue comes to Battea with over 20 years of experience within the financial industry. From 1996 to 2010, he served as Director of Foreign Exchange Trading within Bank of America-Merrill Lynch’s Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Division.  James’s responsibilities included market-making and proprietary risk taking in European, Asian, North American, and Emerging Market currencies throughout his tenure. The following four years, he focused his efforts on building out Westpac Institutional Bank’s, an Australian banking leader, presence within the GFX market space.  His prior experience includes trading and risk management within debt markets for both BNP and J.P. Morgan. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from the Catholic University of America.

Guy Kershberg has over 30 years’ experience in the Foreign Exchange marketplace. Guy previously was the head of FX trading, Treasury Manager, at both Banque Indosuez and Credit Commercial de France. He held currency trader positions with First Chicago International and Société Générale. Guy holds an MBA from the University of Hartford, Bachelor’s degree from Central Connecticut State University and Series 6, 7 & 63 licenses.

Bob Williamson has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Battea – Class Action Services, LLC, he held various sales and management roles in the financial technology space. While at Lava Trading, Bob marketed electronic trading systems and execution services to the sell-side brokerage community.  Bob spent 12 years with NYFIX, Inc. In his role as Senior Vice President of Sales for NYFIX’s trading products division, he was responsible for sales and for marketing the firm’s trading platform, which was utilized by the financial community and became the dominant player in the listed trading executions and management space. Bob began his career in financial services with VBand, a specialized telecommunications company. During his seven-year tenure as a Regional Channel Sales Representative marketing a highly specialized telecommunication system for traders at banks, brokerage firms and exchanges.  Bob earned a BS in Business/Economics from the State University of New York at Oneonta and attended the University of Copenhagen, where he received a Certificate of Participation in the International Business Program.

Matt Garbee is responsible for client service account management at Battea - Class Action Services, LLC. In this role, he guides new clients through the onboarding process, represents clients' interests internally, and coordinates with Battea resources and external providers to effectively address all ongoing client service needs. Prior to joining Battea, he was the Manager of Class Actions, Proxy Administration, and Mandatory Corporate Actions at AllianceBernstein. Previously, he was an Analyst in the Financial Planning and Analysis Department at GE Asset Management. He holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University and is based in our Stamford, CT office.

Mark von Beeden is Vice President, Technology Operations of Battea – Class Action Services, LLC.  Mr. von Beeden has 20 years’ information technology experience as a leader and implementer of solutions for businesses in the financial services, travel, health care and marketing industries.  Mr. von Beeden led teams for 8 years in financial services at Bridgewater Associates, hedge fund (Support Manager) and NYFIX Inc (VP Database Architecture) with technology related responsibilities spanning end user computing to backend infrastructure and process related responsibilities spanning the development lifecycle.  At Vertrue, a diversified Direct-to-Consumer marketing, eCommerce company, Mr. von Beeden was Senior Director of Technology Operations and Research ensuring the performance and availability of the company’s technology platforms.  He held several leadership roles including Director of Database Administration at Priceline.com, an online travel services provider.  Mr. von Beeden began his technology career as a developer and database administrator at US Surgical Corporation, a leading producer and innovator of tools for use in medical procedures.  He holds a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Fairfield University and is based in our Stamford, CT office.

Robert McMillen is Battea’s Chief Security Officer, responsible for data security and the design and implementation of the company’s data center and telecommunications infrastructure. He has over 25 years of experience building and supporting financial technology and infrastructure. Prior to joining Battea, he was a member of the management team at NYFIX, Inc., where he held various leadership roles, including Director of Applications Development and VP of Systems Architecture. He co-designed, implemented and supported six generations of the NYFIX Data Center, a leading financial trading network processing millions of real-time trading transactions on a daily basis. He designed and implemented the Data Center’s WAN infrastructure used on the NYSE floor and on NYFIX’s client trading desks in the buy-side and sell-side community. He was also responsible for the design, implementation, and support of the company’s Oracle and Sybase databases and EMC storage infrastructure.

Robert has worked for and consulted to a number of top financial firms and Fortune 500 companies, including Eastman Kodak, Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette, Smith Barney, Reuters, Digital Equipment Corporation, JP Morgan, and SoftBank Corp. He has consulted to firms in international financial centers in London, Tokyo and Singapore. During his tenure with these firms, he designed, developed, enhanced, and implemented numerous trading and/or market data platforms.