Erik M. Lawler

Westward Partners LLC (Westward Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2010 by Erik Tolzmann and Andy Baldridge. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Founded in 2009, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (MSSB) is a registered investment adviser, a registered broker-dealer, a registered futures commission merchant, and a member of the New York Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Purchase, New York, MSSB is one of the largest financial services firms in the US with branch offices in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The firm was initially owned by a joint venture company which was indirectly owned 65% by Morgan Stanley and 35% by Citigroup, Inc. On June 28, 2013, Morgan Stanley purchased Citi’s 35% interest in MSSB. As such, the firm is now a direct subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC and they are a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS).

Crescent Capital Group LP (Crescent) is a SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Jean-Marc Chapo and Mark Attanasio in 2010. They are a subsidiary of Sun Life Capital Management (US) LLC, which is ultimately owned by Sun Life Financial, Inc. (NYSE, TSE: SLF) in Canada. Crescent offers investment advisory services primarily to institutional investors through private investment funds, which includes structured vehicles and separately managed accounts.