John F. Bryant (Jack) serves as Executive Vice President and Senior Managing Director at Harbert Management Corporation. Mr. Bryant joined HMC in 2014 in portfolio management and now leads HMC’s hedge fund business, develops new investment strategies under the HMC umbrella, and oversees strategic initiatives. In addition, Mr. Bryant is an HMC shareholder and serves on the Board of Directors. Before joining HMC, Mr. Bryant was a Vice President at BlackRock, where he focused on developing, seeding, and launching new proprietary investment funds, including mutual funds, hedge funds, fund‐offunds, specialized alternative investments, closed end funds, and opportunistic investment products. Mr