Mr. Stephen Perry has over 25 years of corporate finance and investment banking experience, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, corporate divestitures, management buyouts, and debt and equity financing. Notable transactions include advising Frontier Systems in connection with its sale to the Boeing Company, as well as industry legend Burt Rutan in connection with the sale of Scaled Composites to Northrop Grumman. More recent transactions include the acquisition of Thomson Aerospace & Defense, a subsidiary of Meggitt PLC, by UmbraGroup S.p.A; the sale of Matrix Composites to ITT; and the sale of IntelliPower to AMETEK. Mr. Perry has extensive relationships with ADS companies both in the USA and overseas and has been involved in a number of cross-border transactions. Previously, he held various roles at Credit-Suisse First Boston, Kayne Anderson and Irving Trust Company.