Bio

For over 30 years, Mr. Segall has engaged in managing and investing in businesses across a wide variety of industries and circumstances. He has led Versa and its predecessors since their founding in 1992 and has overall responsibility for leadership and supervision of the firm and its affiliated investment funds. He is Chairman of the Investment committee and is actively involved in overseeing all of Versa's investments working closely with the other members of the Versa team. He is currently a Director of Versa's portfolio companies Allen-Vanguard International (defense and commercial electronics), Alex Apparel (wholesale apparel) and Silver Airways (transportation/airlines), and is a past director of numerous businesses both within and outside of Versa's portfolio. Mr. Segall is an expert in distressed and 'special situations' investing, as well as business strategy and performance improvement including operational transitions, turnarounds, renewals, restructurings and reorganizations. His expertise in corporate finance and governance has developed over a career managing and deploying capital through equity, credit/debt and other transaction structures involving both public and private companies. He has been a speaker, panelist and lecturer on many of these topics for industry and professional associations, conferences and other organizations including higher education institutions in law and business. Prior to Versa, Mr. Segall was a Managing Director with Sigoloff & Associates, Inc., an international crisis management advisory firm. He is a graduate of Pepperdine University, where he received his MBA, and he has completed the Presidents Seminar at the Harvard Business School. He is a member of the international organizations known as CEO (Chief Executives Organization) and YPO (Young Presidents' Organization).