Andrew R. Heyer
Vice Chairman
CIBC World Markets Corp.

Andrew Heyer is a vice-chairman of CIBC World Markets Corp., co-head of CIBC Argosy Merchant Banking Funds, and a member of CIBC's U.S. Management Committee.

Mr. Heyer is also a founder of Trimaran Capital Partners, a private asset management firm with over $3.5 billion under management. Trimaran Capital Partners manages its second private equity fund, Trimaran Fund II, a $1.043 billion fund that concentrates on investments in the equity of private companies in the United States and Western Europe. In addition to its private equity funds, Trimaran Capital Partners also manages, through Trimaran Advisors, a portfolio of structured investment funds.

Prior to joining CIBC in 1995, Mr. Heyer was a founder and managing director of The Argosy Group L.P. Before Argosy, Mr. Heyer was a managing director in the Corporate Finance Department of Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated, Co-Head of Merchant Banking, Head of the Industrial Finance Group, and a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Heyer serves as a director of Eureka Broadband Corporation, Niagara Corporation, Fairfield Manufacturing Company, Inc., Lancer Industries, Inc., The Hain Celestial Food Group, Inc., Millennium Digital Media Holdings, L.L.C., and Village Voice Media, LLC. Mr. Heyer received his B.S. in Economics and M.B.A. degrees from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating magna cum laude. Mr. Heyer currently serves as a member of the Undergraduate Board of The Wharton School.