RMB Mendon Financial Services C (RMBNX)

Mr. Schutz, the founder of Mendon Capital Advisors Corp., is responsible for the definition and implementation of portfolio strategy for the Master Fund. Mr. Schutz has been in the investment and risk management business since 1986, focusing on investment and portfolio management. Before forming Mendon Capital Advisors Corp., he was at Chase Manhattan Bank for ten years. In the Chase Asset Management Special Investments Division, he was responsible for structuring investment products utilizing hedge funds and served as a member of the investment committee. At the Chase Regional Bank, he headed the development and application of financial risk management strategies for firms in a variety of industries, focusing heavily on identifying and managing interest rate, currency, equity and commodity exposures for the bank’s customers. He was responsible for the design and implementation of several ground-breaking strategies in his field. Mr. Schutz also worked at RBC Dain Rauscher and Moors & Cabot, Inc. as an institutional equity salesperson. In addition, he has managed assets of his own and for his family since the late 1970’s. Mr. Schutz earned a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College and an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham University. Mr. Schutz became an employee of the Adviser upon the completion of the Control Transaction. Mr. Schutz has been often quoted in The Wall Street Journal and other financial publications and has appeared frequently as a guest on CNBC. Mr. Schutz retains a controlling interest in Mendon Capital Advisors Corp. and continues to advise a number of private funds and other accounts in his position as President and Chief Investment Officer of Mendon Capital Advisors Corp.