Edwin J. Wang, Senior Managing Director, Accretive Capital
Mr. Wang draws from over 20 years of experience in private equity, principal investing and cross border merchant banking. He is the founder of Accretive Capital. From 2002 to 2007, while at predecessor firm Asymmetry Capital LLC, he led the successful financial restructuring and liquidation of $450MM in distressed private equity portfolio assets and monetized value-added liquidity creation in excess of $200MM. These accomplishments were chronicled in two Harvard Business School case studies and other publications, including The Deal Magazine. Previously, during an eight year investment banking career Mr. Wang led the development of Non-Japan Asia business at Credit Suisse First Boston. He began his career in financial services as an Associate in the Capital Markets Group at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Wang earned his B.A. degree in Economics from Columbia University and was a Visiting Fellow in Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management under the supervision of the late Nobel laureate, Dr. Franco Modigliani.
Andrew K. Reilly, Managing Director, Accretive Capital Partners LLC
Prior to joining Accretive Capital Partners, Mr. Reilly was responsible for US sourcing of secondary private equity transactions and soliciting European private equity assets under management for one of Europe's largest secondary funds. Earlier in his private equity career, Andrew co-founded Thomas Keenan Ventures where he led the firm's investment selection and analysis, as well as played a key role in each portfolio company's strategy, financial structure and exit. As an entrepreneur in 1998, Andrew co-founded two venture-backed high tech companies and sold both to publicly traded companies. Mr. Reilly started his career at EMC Corporation in 1993 in sales and marketing. Andrew currently serves as a Board Member of the Rhode Island State Investment Commission, where he chairs the Alternative Investments Committee. Mr. Reilly also sits on the RI Tobacco Financing Corporation Board, The University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography Commission and the Preservation Society of Newport County's Board of Trustees. Andrew earned his B.A. degree from Boston College and attended Brown University for a post-graduate concentration in Environmental Sciences.
Theodore Tedeschi, Managing Director and General Counsel, Accretive Capital
Theodore Tedeschi has more than thirty years of experience including public and private securities, corporate governance, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and general operational and administrative functions in private equity and venture capital. He joined as Managing Director with Accretive in 2007, and from 2002 to 2007 was a Managing Director of its predecessor, Asymmetry Capital, which effectuated a restructuring and liquidation of a distressed Boston-based venture capital firm that went into receivership with the SBIC. Ted was instrumental in the follow-on investments, operational reporting, and M&A transactions of Asymmetry Capital that resulted in a 75% IRR on invested capital. He has also worked and consulted extensively with outside litigation counsel on business and regulatory matters in the state and federal courts. Prior to Asymmetry Capital, Mr. Tedeschi was counsel at McNamara, Koenig & McCarthy P.C. and previously an attorney for the Israel Silberman law firm. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Tedeschi was a partner in the law firm Eckert Seamans. Mr. Tedeschi earned his B.A. degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and his J.D. degree from Columbia University. Prior senior partner experience with Hutchins Wheeler.