Eric W. Richardson, Chairman and CEO
Mr. Richardson has over 18 years of diversified experience as a fund manager and corporate and securities attorney. Mr. Richardson is the founder and President of Cambria Capital, LLC, a FINRA-member investment banking and securities brokerage firm. Mr. Richardson also serves as President of the general partner of Cambria Investment Fund, LP, a fund that makes short-term bridge loans and private equity and structured equity investments in private and publicly-traded emerging growth companies. Prior to forming Cambria Capital and Cambria Investment Fund, Mr. Richardson was the President and Portfolio Manager of Kwai Financial, the venture capital and bridge lending unit of Headwaters Incorporated (NYSE: HW). Kwai made bridge loans and private equity investments in emerging growth companies in the information technology, media and energy markets. Between 1998 and 1999, Mr. Richardson served as Vice President of Institutional Sales for Imperial Capital, LLC, an NASD-registered broker/dealer, where he was responsible for sales and trading of public and private securities to institutional investors. From 1996 through 1998, Mr. Richardson served as General Counsel and then Chief Operating Officer of Prosoft Learning Corporation (NASDAQ: POSO), a publicly traded company that offers content and certifications relating to information and communications technology workforce skills. Prior to this, Mr. Richardson was a corporate attorney in the Los Angeles office of Shearman & Sterling where he represented institutional lenders in private banking and structured finance transactions. He began his legal career as an associate at New York based Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, focusing on banking, real estate and corporate transactions. Mr. Richardson received his B.A. in 1988 from the University of Southern California and his J.D. in 1991 from the University of Michigan Law School. Mr. Richardson is a member of the California Bar Association, and holds the Series 7, 24 and 66 licenses.
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Mebane T. Faber, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager
Prior to joining Cambria Investment Management, Inc., Mr. Faber served as a Quantitative Research Analyst and Trader at the VTrader Group, a San Francisco based futures broker/dealer. His responsibilities included the creation and implementation of non-discretionary trading systems. The underlying logic of the analysis was based on fundamental, technical, and behavioral factors. Prior to this, Mr. Faber worked as an equity analyst at The Genomics Fund. He researched public equities in the health care sector for inclusion into the portfolio, as well as validating the scientific merit of various companies’ technologies. Mr. Faber graduated from the University of Virginia with a double major in Engineering Science and Biology. In addition, he has completed graduate coursework in biotechnology at the University of Virginia, the Johns Hopkins University, and the University of California at San Francisco. He holds the Series 3, 7, and 66 licenses. Mr. Faber is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), and Chartered Market Technician (CMT).
mf@cambriainvestments.com
Angel Reyes – Principal and Board Member
Mr. Reyes has over 17 years of legal and business expertise. His career began on Wall Street with the law firm Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, and he subsequently relocated to Dallas, Texas and opened a small law firm. Within just a few years, the firm grew to become a leading, highly-respected national litigation practice. As both an MBA and widely-heralded attorney, Angel’s combination of business and litigation acumen provides a balanced approach to strategies which are both aggressive and tempered with the appropriate level of caution. He has been involved with the legal, transactional and capital structuring of over $400 million in business deals, including commercial real estate, numerous litigation settlements, early stage company capital raises and follow-on offerings. Additionally, Angel has advised numerous executives, business owners and individuals in both litigation and business matters. Mr. Reyes was named to the Super Lawyers list, the top honor issued to the best lawyers in Texas. Angel is often quoted by newspapers and periodicals throughout the country, and is a frequent guest on both national and local television and radio shows.