Frederick B. Simon, 53, joined Wexford in 1995 and became a Partner in 2001. Mr. Simon focuses primarily on investments in the Wexford Private Equity Funds. He has served on the boards and creditors’ committees of a number of public and private companies in which Wexford has held investments. From 1984-94, Mr. Simon was Executive Vice President and a Partner of Greycoat Real Estate Corporation, the U.S. arm of Greycoat PLC, a London Stock Exchange company. While at Greycoat he was involved in both real estate development and investment. From 1980-84, Mr. Simon was a senior lending officer in the real estate division of Citibank N.A. Mr. Simon holds a BA in political science from Union College and an MBA in finance from Hofstra University.