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Bradley E. Scher

QCG Board of Advisors
Founder and Managing Member, Ocean Ridge Capital Advisors

Brad heads Ocean Ridge Capital Advisors, a firm that has provided financial and operating consultative services to institutional investors, boards of directors, and managements of private and public companies for more than 20 years. Roles in which Brad has served across a broad range of industries include CEO, CFO, President, Chief Transition Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer, Plan Administrator, Liquidating Trustee, and others.

In addition, Brad has been a member of more than three dozen boards of directors of private and public companies where he has served as Chairman, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and in other key roles. He often serves as the sole or one of few independent directors appointed to a board.

Before founding Ocean Ridge, Brad was a Managing Director for PPM America, Inc., managing in excess of $1 billion of investments for a special situations fund. He was also previously a Director in the Special Loans Unit of the investing arm of TIAA-CREF, an Investment Manager in the Private Placements division of The Travelers, and a middle-market lending officer with Chemical Bank.

Brad holds a BA in economics and finance from Yeshiva University and an MBA from Fordham University. He has been a guest lecturer at Baruch College in New York in the Executive MBA Program.

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