L. SPENCER WELLS

MEMBER

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 Committee

  • 2017 - PRESENT: Samson Resources II, LLC, Tulsa, OK
    Board Member, Audit and Compensation Committee

  • 2016 - 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 Committee

  • 2014- PRESENT: Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc, Denver, CO
    Chairman of the Board, Finance Committee

  • 2014 -18: Preferred Proppants LLC, Philadelphia, PA

    Board Member, Audit Committee

  • 2017: Roust Corporation, Moscow, Russia
    Board Member, Audit Committee

  • 2017: Lily Robotics, Inc, San Francisco, CA
    Independant Director

  • 2015-17: Affinion Group, Inc, Stamford, CT
    Chairman of the Board

  • 2015-16: Synorca Holdings Ltd. New York, NY
    Board Member, Risk Committee

  • 2015-16: Global Geophysical Services, LLC, Houston, TX
    Chairman of the Board

  • 2014-16: CertusHoldings Inc and CertusBank, N.A.
    Board Member

  • 2014-15: Navig8 Crude, Ltd., London, England
    Board Member

  • 2013: Alinta Holdings, Sydney, AU
    Board Member, Audit Committee

  • 2007-09: Kerogen Resources, Houston, TX
    Board Member

  • 2012 - PRESENT: Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, OH
    Board Member, Finance Committee and Investment Committee
    Center for Music National Service,
    San Francisco, CA Board Member