Panelists: Keynote Panel

Thomas L. Kempner
Executive Managing Member
Davidson Kempner Capital Management

Mr. Kempner, Jr., Executive Managing Member, joined DKCM in December 1984 and became a Managing Member of DKCM in January 1986.

Previously, Mr. Kempner was a Vice President of First City Capital Corporation, where he traded a special situations portfolio of high-yield and bankruptcy securities and engaged in fixed-income arbitrage. From April 1981 until February 1983, Mr. Kempner was a Vice President of Loeb Partners, where he traded a bond arbitrage portfolio and headed the firm's money-market department. From June 1978 until February 1981, Mr. Kempner was an associate at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he traded Corporate and U.S. Government Bonds.

Mr. Kempner graduated from the Harvard Business School in 1978 with distinction and from Yale College in 1975, magna cum laude. He is presently a member of the Yale Development Board and a Trustee of the Central Park Conservancy. He also serves on the board of the USA Cycling Development Foundation and is President of the Board of Trustees of The St. Bernard's School in New York.

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