Mr. Rickertsen has been a member of the Board since October 2002. He is currently managing partner of Pine Creek Partners LLC and Iris Partners LLC, each a private equity investment firm, positions he has held since January 2004. Mr. Rickertsen has also served as a trustee of Apollo Origination II (UL) Capital Trust and Apollo Origination II (Levered) Capital Trust, each of which is a closed-end management investment company, since March 2025, as a member of the board of directors and audit and compensation committees of Magnera Corp. (which spun off from Berry Global Inc.), a manufacturer of non-woven consumer products, since October 2024, and as a member of the board of directors of Hut 8 Corp. (formerly Hut 8 Mining Corp., prior to a business combination transaction completed in November 2023), a Nasdaq-listed digital asset mining company, since December 2021. He previously served as a member of the board of directors and audit and compensation committees of Berry Global Inc., a global manufacturer and marketer of value-added plastic consumer packaging and engineered materials, from January 2013 to October 2024. From January 1998 to January 2004, Mr. Rickertsen was chief operating officer and a partner at Thayer Capital Partners (“Thayer”), a private equity investment firm. From September 1994 to January 1998, Mr. Rickertsen was a managing partner at Thayer. Mr. Rickertsen was a founding partner of three Thayer investment funds totaling over $1.4 billion and is a published author. Mr. Rickertsen served as a member of the boards of directors and audit committees of Apollo Senior Floating Rate Fund Inc. and Apollo Tactical Income Fund Inc., each of which is a closed-end management investment company, since 2011 and 2013, respectively, until 2023. From April 2012 to October 2016, Mr. Rickertsen was a member of the board of directors and compensation committee of Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation, an integrated producer of value-added primary aluminum products and rolled aluminum coils. From April 2003 to January 2010, Mr. Rickertsen was a member of the board of directors and audit committee of Convera Corporation, a publicly- traded search-engine software company. From March 2004 to September 2008, Mr. Rickertsen was a member of the board of directors and compensation committee of UAP Holding Corp., a distributor of farm and agricultural products. Mr. Rickertsen received a B.S. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
