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Douglas Donohue

Prior to founding Excel Partners, Mr. Donohue was a Managing Director at Alterity Partners, which was purchased by FTN Financial in 2004. Previously, he was a senior investment banker in the M&A Group at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York. Mr. Donohue has twenty years of experience leading transaction teams in merger and financing transactions in the healthcare, technology, business services, aerospace/defense, media, electronics, consumer goods, automotive, chemical, and staffing industries. Prior to Goldman Sachs & Co, Mr. Donohue was a Vice President at JP Morgan & Company in the M&A and Equity Research Departments.

Mr. Donohue received a B.S. in Finance and International Relations from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. in Finance and International Business from Columbia University.

Ed Soh

Mr. Soh is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Excel Partners. He joined Alterity Partners in 2000 and FTN Financial upon its acquisition in 2004. Previously, Mr. Soh worked at InnoCap, LLC, a Netherlands-based investment bank focused on cross-border M&A and leasing transactions. Prior to InnoCap, Mr. Soh helped Global Capital Advisors launch its hedge fund. He also worked as a portfolio manager and bond trader for Robert R. Meredith & Co. While in graduate school, Mr. Soh assisted a number of technology startup companies in developing their business plans, go-to-market strategies and technology requirements.

Mr. Soh received a B.A. in Economics from Middlebury College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Alexander Faust

Mr. Faust joined Excel Partners in 2009 as a Managing Director to head the Firm’s West Coast office. He has nearly twenty years of experience as an investment banker and corporate lawyer. Mr. Faust has worked on a wide variety of domestic and cross-border M&A and corporate finance transactions and equity offerings, in particular, in the healthcare, medical device, consumer goods, business services and technology industries. Prior to joining Excel Partners, Mr. Faust was a senior banker at Barrington Associates in Los Angeles. He is also the founder of Cross-Border Transaction Management GmbH (CBTM), a German financial advisory firm specializing in facilitating M&A transactions between U.S. and European middle-market companies. Mr. Faust previously worked as a Vice President in the M&A Group of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, where he advised large cap companies in a broad range of industries. Before becoming an investment banker, Mr. Faust was an M&A and capital markets lawyer at White & Case LLP in New York and Freshfields in London and Frankfurt am Main.

Mr. Faust received his law degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany, and holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from New York University School of Law. He is fluent in German and English.

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