Marc E. Sacks Senior Managing Director, Private Equity Executive Committee Member 350 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60610 312-595-6128

Area of Focus: Partnership Investing

Profile:

• Joined Mesirow Financial in June 2004 as senior managing director of Private Equity
• Head of Mesirow Financial's Private Equity division
• More than 14 years of experience and a multitude of top-tier private equity relationships in the U.S. and Europe
• Previously a partner with Adams Street Partners, where, for more than 11 years, he was active in all aspects of the firm's private equity partnership investment activities
• Prior to Adams Street, served as program manager of private investments for the IBM Pension Fund, working on U.S. and European private equity investments

Accomplishments:

• Throughout career has participated in the approval of investment commitments to more than 300 LBO, venture capital and mezzanine private equity partnerships in the U.S. and Europe
• Has built many important relationships with premier private equity managers in the U.S. and Europe
• Served as a member of the investor advisory boards of 12 private equity investment firms
• Frequent speaker at private equity industry conferences and panel discussions
• Frequently quoted in private equity trade publications

Education:

• B.A., Queens College
• M.B.A, Cornell University, Johnson Graduate School of Management

Affiliations:

• Cornell University Private Equity Subcommittee, member on behalf of the Cornell University endowment
• The Executives' Club of Chicago, member
• National Venture Capital Association, member
• Illinois Venture Capital Associations, member