L. SPENCER WELLS
MEMBER
Email: swells@drivetrainllc.com
Phone: (212) 856-9700 x03
BIO
Executive with extensive director and management experience in hedge funds, specializing in distressed debt and equities. Investing and operations expertise in domestic/international industries. Audit Committee eligible experienced board member.
Primary skills include bankruptcy and restructuring expertise in stressed and distressed companies, finance expertise focusing on investment analysis of private and public companies, strategic planning, and portfolio management.
REPRESENTATIVE ASSIGNMENTS
2013 - PRESENT: Drivetrain LLC, New York, NY –– Partner
2012 - 2013: TPG Special Situations Partners, San Francisco, CA — Senior Advisor
2010 - 2012: TPG Special Situations Partners, San Francisco, CA — Partner
2002 - 2009: Silverpoint Capital, Greenwich, CT — Partner and Senior Analyst; Member of the Investment Committee
2001- 2002: Union Bank of Switzerland, Stamford, CT — Director
EDUCATION
Columbia Business School, New York, NY––MBA, Finance
Member, Beta Gamma Sigma academic honor society
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, OH––BA, Psychology
BOARD AND COMMITTEE EXPERIENCE
2018 - PRESENT: Telford Offshore Holdings Ltd (fka Sea Trucks), Cayman Islands
Board Member
2017 - PRESENT: NextDecade Corp, Houston, TX
Board Member, Chairman of Audit Committee2017 - PRESENT: Samson Resources II, LLC, Tulsa, OK
Board Member, Audit and Compensation Committee2016 - PRESENT: Vantage Drilling International, Cayman Islands
Board Member, Chairman of Compensation Committee
2015 - PRESENT: Town Sports International Holdings, Inc, New York, NY
Board Member, Audit Committee, Chairman of Nominating & Governance Committee2014- PRESENT: Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc, Denver, CO
Chairman of the Board, Finance Committee2014 -18: Preferred Proppants LLC, Philadelphia, PA
Board Member, Audit Committee
2017: Roust Corporation, Moscow, Russia
Board Member, Audit Committee2017: Lily Robotics, Inc, San Francisco, CA
Independant Director2015-17: Affinion Group, Inc, Stamford, CT
Chairman of the Board2015-16: Synorca Holdings Ltd. New York, NY
Board Member, Risk Committee2015-16: Global Geophysical Services, LLC, Houston, TX
Chairman of the Board2014-16: CertusHoldings Inc and CertusBank, N.A.
Board Member2014-15: Navig8 Crude, Ltd., London, England
Board Member2013: Alinta Holdings, Sydney, AU
Board Member, Audit Committee2007-09: Kerogen Resources, Houston, TX
Board Member2012 - PRESENT: Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, OH
Board Member, Finance Committee and Investment Committee
Center for Music National Service,
San Francisco, CA Board Member