Steven J. Pully, CPA, CFA, ESQ.

Mr. Pully serves on corporate boards and as a strategic advisor after a career as an attorney, investment banker and hedge fund executive.

• Pully began his professional career at a large corporate law firm, Baker & Botts, where he practiced in the securities, M & A and restructuring areas
• Pully also worked for a twelve-period at large Wall Street investment banks where he focused on M & A, financings and restructurings; he was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns and a Managing Director at Bank of America
• Pully subsequently worked in the hedge fund sector for thirteen years, first as the president of a deep-value activist fund and then as the general counsel and a partner at a large multi-strategy fund, Carlson Capital; Mr. Pully was a member of the Management, Operating and Valuation (chair) committees at Carlson Capital
• Pully has served on twenty-one corporate boards over the course of his career, often having been appointed by activist investors or large control investors; he has served as chairman or lead director of various boards as well as the chair of numerous audit, compensation and governance committees
• Pully has provided expert witness testimony on governance, investment banking, and hedge fund matters