Charles Shaver has more than 30 years of experience in the chemicals industry and has served as Chief Executive Officer and President and board director of TPC Group Inc. (TPC) since 2004. Mr. Shaver joined TPC Group from Gentek, where he was a Vice President and General Manager for the company's chemical operations, including General Chemicals.
Prior to this, Mr. Shaver as Vice President and General Manager of the Performance Products division of Arch Chemicals. He began his career with Dow Chemical, where he held a series of operational and business positions.
Mr. Shaver serves on the advisory council to the Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University and is on the board of directors of the National Petrochemicals & Refiners Association and the American Chemistry Council (ACC). He is also a past board member of the American Polyurethane Institute and the Chlorine Chemistry Council.
Mr. Shaver earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University.
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James A. Cacioppo is co-portfolio manager of One East Capital Advisors, LP, an investment adviser, a position he has held since March 2006. From July 2002 through January 2006, Mr. Cacioppo served as President and Co-portfolio Manager of Sandell Asset Management Corp. and Castlerigg Master Investments Ltd. From January 2000 through July 2002, Mr. Cacioppo was a principal and the director of investment research at Castlerigg. Mr. Cacioppo earned a B.A. from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Michael E. Ducey was President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Compass Minerals International, Inc., a producer of salt and specialty fertilizers, from 2002 until his retirement in 2006. He previously worked for Borden Chemical, Inc., a diversified chemical company, from 1972 to 2002, where he held various management, sales, marketing, planning and commercial development positions, including serving as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to 2002 and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Ducey provides consulting services from time to time as an Operating Partner with Apollo Management, a position he has held since 2006. He is also a director of Verso Paper Corp., and a former director of UAP Holding Corp., the parent of United Agri Products, Inc. Mr. Ducey has a B.A. from Otterbein College and an M.B.A. from the University of Dayton.
Kenneth E. Glassman is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of RWN Management LLC, a New York based family investment office. Ken is a former Senior Managing Director of Sandell Asset Management, where he served from January 2006 to September 2009. Prior to Sandell Asset Management, Mr. Glassman was Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and co-Head of the High Yield and Distressed Investment Group of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He worked on Goldman Sachs' High Yield and Distressed desk since 1998 and became Co-Head in 2003. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Glassman was a Financial Analyst in the Equity Capital Markets division of Salomon Brothers Inc. Mr. Glassman earned a B.A. in Economics from Yale University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in Economics and was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa. He also received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of Business where he was a Palmer Scholar.
Richard B. Marchese served for fourteen years as the Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Georgia Gulf Corporation, retiring at the end of 2003. Prior to 1989, he served as the Controller of Georgia Gulf Corporation, the Controller of the Resins Division of Georgia Pacific Corporation and Treasurer and Controller of XCEL Corporation. Mr. Marchese is a member of the board of directors of Blue Linx Holdings, Inc. and Nalco Holding Company and is a member of the board of directors of Quality Distribution, Inc., where he serves on the Executive Committee. Mr. Marchese holds a B.S. in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Jeffrey M. Nodland is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of KIK Custom Products, a position he has held since February 2008. Prior to this role, Mr. Nodland was an independent consultant from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Nodland held several executive positions with Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc., including President of the Coatings and Inks Division from 2005 to 2006, and President and COO of Resolution Specialty Materials from 2004 to 2005. He also served as President and COO of Resolution Performance Products from 2001 to 2004, President and CEO of McWhorter Technologies from 1994 to 2001 and spent seventeen years in senior executive roles with The Valspar Corporation. Mr. Nodland is also a director of California Products Corporation. He has a B.A. in Business Administration from Augsburg College and an M.B.A. from the College of St. Thomas.
Jeffrey A. Strong has been a senior investment professional at QVT Financial LP since 2005, focusing primarily on global special situations. From 2001 until 2005 he was an analyst at Shenkman Capital Management, focusing on high yield bond investments across the chemical, telecom and healthcare industries. Mr. Strong has an M.B.A. from the College of William & Mary, a B.S. from the University of Missouri and is a CFA® charterholder member.
Sergey Vasnetsov has served as a Managing Director for Barclays PLC since September 2008. Before then, he served in the same role with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. from June 1999. In both positions, Mr. Vasnetsov led a chemical research team responsible for coverage of 15 major U.S. chemical companies, including DuPont, Dow Chemical, PPG, Monsanto, Praxair, Air Products, Rohm & Haas, Celanese and Valspar. He has 11 years of chemical research experience, both in academic and applied industrial areas, and 14 years of Wall Street financial and economic research experience. After study at Oxford University (U.K.) as a George Soros Scholar in 1989-90, Mr. Vasnetsov worked for five years at the Union Carbide R&D Center as a Senior Chemist and a Project Scientist. Since 1996, Mr. Vasnetsov has been working on Wall Street, specializing in economic and financial research for the US chemical industry. He served as a member of the Advisory Board for the Chemical & Engineering News Magazine and the Asian Chemical News. He has an M.B.A. in Finance from Rutgers University and M.Sc. in Chemistry from Novosibirsk University, Russia.
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Charles Shaver has more than 30 years of experience in the chemicals industry and has served as Chief Executive Officer and President and board director of TPC Group Inc. (TPC) since 2004. Mr. Shaver joined TPC Group from Gentek, where he was a Vice President and General Manager for the company's chemical operations, including General Chemicals.
Prior to this, Mr. Shaver as Vice President and General Manager of the Performance Products division of Arch Chemicals. He began his career with Dow Chemical, where he held a series of operational and business positions.
Mr. Shaver serves on the advisory council to the Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University and is on the board of directors of the National Petrochemicals & Refiners Association and the American Chemistry Council (ACC). He is also a past board member of the American Polyurethane Institute and the Chlorine Chemistry Council.
Mr. Shaver earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University. 
James A. Cacioppo is co-portfolio manager of One East Capital Advisors, LP, an investment adviser, a position he has held since March 2006. From July 2002 through January 2006, Mr. Cacioppo served as President and Co-portfolio Manager of Sandell Asset Management Corp. and Castlerigg Master Investments Ltd. From January 2000 through July 2002, Mr. Cacioppo was a principal and the director of investment research at Castlerigg. Mr. Cacioppo earned a B.A. from Colgate University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Michael E. Ducey was President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Compass Minerals International, Inc., a producer of salt and specialty fertilizers, from 2002 until his retirement in 2006. He previously worked for Borden Chemical, Inc., a diversified chemical company, from 1972 to 2002, where he held various management, sales, marketing, planning and commercial development positions, including serving as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to 2002 and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Ducey provides consulting services from time to time as an Operating Partner with Apollo Management, a position he has held since 2006. He is also a director of Verso Paper Corp., and a former director of UAP Holding Corp., the parent of United Agri Products, Inc. Mr. Ducey has a B.A. from Otterbein College and an M.B.A. from the University of Dayton. 
Kenneth E. Glassman is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of RWN Management LLC, a New York based family investment office. Ken is a former Senior Managing Director of Sandell Asset Management, where he served from January 2006 to September 2009. Prior to Sandell Asset Management, Mr. Glassman was Managing Director, Portfolio Manager and co-Head of the High Yield and Distressed Investment Group of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He worked on Goldman Sachs' High Yield and Distressed desk since 1998 and became Co-Head in 2003. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Glassman was a Financial Analyst in the Equity Capital Markets division of Salomon Brothers Inc. Mr. Glassman earned a B.A. in Economics from Yale University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in Economics and was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa. He also received an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of Business where he was a Palmer Scholar.
Richard B. Marchese served for fourteen years as the Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Georgia Gulf Corporation, retiring at the end of 2003. Prior to 1989, he served as the Controller of Georgia Gulf Corporation, the Controller of the Resins Division of Georgia Pacific Corporation and Treasurer and Controller of XCEL Corporation. Mr. Marchese is a member of the board of directors of Blue Linx Holdings, Inc. and Nalco Holding Company and is a member of the board of directors of Quality Distribution, Inc., where he serves on the Executive Committee. Mr. Marchese holds a B.S. in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Jeffrey M. Nodland is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of KIK Custom Products, a position he has held since February 2008. Prior to this role, Mr. Nodland was an independent consultant from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Nodland held several executive positions with Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc., including President of the Coatings and Inks Division from 2005 to 2006, and President and COO of Resolution Specialty Materials from 2004 to 2005. He also served as President and COO of Resolution Performance Products from 2001 to 2004, President and CEO of McWhorter Technologies from 1994 to 2001 and spent seventeen years in senior executive roles with The Valspar Corporation. Mr. Nodland is also a director of California Products Corporation. He has a B.A. in Business Administration from Augsburg College and an M.B.A. from the College of St. Thomas. 
Jeffrey A. Strong has been a senior investment professional at QVT Financial LP since 2005, focusing primarily on global special situations. From 2001 until 2005 he was an analyst at Shenkman Capital Management, focusing on high yield bond investments across the chemical, telecom and healthcare industries. Mr. Strong has an M.B.A. from the College of William & Mary, a B.S. from the University of Missouri and is a CFA® charterholder member.
Sergey Vasnetsov has served as a Managing Director for Barclays PLC since September 2008. Before then, he served in the same role with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. from June 1999. In both positions, Mr. Vasnetsov led a chemical research team responsible for coverage of 15 major U.S. chemical companies, including DuPont, Dow Chemical, PPG, Monsanto, Praxair, Air Products, Rohm & Haas, Celanese and Valspar. He has 11 years of chemical research experience, both in academic and applied industrial areas, and 14 years of Wall Street financial and economic research experience. After study at Oxford University (U.K.) as a George Soros Scholar in 1989-90, Mr. Vasnetsov worked for five years at the Union Carbide R&D Center as a Senior Chemist and a Project Scientist. Since 1996, Mr. Vasnetsov has been working on Wall Street, specializing in economic and financial research for the US chemical industry. He served as a member of the Advisory Board for the Chemical & Engineering News Magazine and the Asian Chemical News. He has an M.B.A. in Finance from Rutgers University and M.Sc. in Chemistry from Novosibirsk University, Russia. 