Bio

Robert M. Manners is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner, the President of the Manager, and the founder of the Partnership. Mr. Manners graduated from New York Law School and Baruch College in 1994 with a joint Juris Doctorate and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree. Mr. Manners worked in the Operations Department of Shearson Lehman Hutton in New York City in 1989 and then in the Acquisitions Department with Sterling Securities in Manhasset, NY where he worked with Mr. Malone, who was in charge of Acquisitions. Mr. Manners lived in Paris, France for two years (1992-94), where he completed his MBA at the University of Paris IX, Dauphine, and worked in the International Capital Markets Division of Crédit Lyonnais. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Manners worked with Mr. Malone at Structured Capital Group in New York City, where he was involved in risk syndication in the leveraged buyout industry. In 1995, Mr. Manners founded Providence Group LLC to provide mergers and acquisitions advisory services to corporate clients. Mr. Manners founded his own law practice in 1999. He is presently a partner of Manners & Malone, PLLC, a law firm established in 2016 when Mr. Manners & Mr. Malone joined forces again. Mr. Manners now devotes his full-time work to the Partnership. Mr. Manners is married, with one child. Mr. Manners is a licensed minister with the United Pentecostal Church, International.