Michael Weissenburger Director BLACKROCK

Michael Weissenburger, Director, is a member of Blackrock's Global Credit Platform. He is responsible for originating and executing direct lending and special situations investment opportunities and maintaining relationships with key deal sources and intermediaries across the US including private equity groups, investment banks, turnaround advisors and others. The investments sourced can be placed across the BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI) platform but sit primarily in the BlackRock Private Credit group which since 1999 has invested nearly $27 billion in over 800 portfolio companies.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Weissenburger was a Managing Director at DDJ Capital Management, LLC a leading institutional investment advisor with $8 billion in assets under management, specializing in leveraged credit market investments. Prior to joining DDJ in 2015, Mr. Weissenburger was a Director, Direct Loan Originations at Wells Fargo Capital Finance, providing senior secured financing solutions from $3M to $1B to middle market companies across North American and Canada, to refinance debt, improve liquidity and to provide capital for acquisition or expansion.

Mr. Weissenburger earned a MBA in finance from D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University and a BA in political science from University of Connecticut.

Alessia Falsarone Adjunct Faculty, Non-Executive Director The University of Chicago, CESB Program, Nasdaq: ARZGF, FTSE4Good

Adjunct Faculty, The University of Chicago, CESB Program Non-Executive Director (Nasdaq: ARZGF, FTSE4Good) Alessia Falsarone leads the Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management program at the University of Chicago as practitioner faculty working on operationalizing sustainable business management practices through technology innovation. Most recently, she spent fifteen years as Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing in credit markets with PineBridge Investments in New York and architect of the firm’s first sustainable investing, strategy and risk capabilities. Prior to that, she held leadership roles with American International Group joining the team from Citigroup as Vice President, Global Investments. She started her professional career as an investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston in 1999. Falsarone is as non-executive director of European insurer Assicurazioni Generali where she serves on the Investments, Remuneration & Human Resources, Sustainability & Innovation committees. She is also a member of the operating board of corporate data transparency provider OpenCorporates Ltd in the UK. A fellow of the Aspen Institute, she is part of high-level advisory groups that promote environmental and climate finance, including the American National Standards Institute, the International Capital Markets Association, the London Stock Exchange, the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, and the IFRS Foundation. In recognition of her innovative vision for business and society, she received the Honoree Award from the Women’s Venture Fund and the NACD 100Ô for boardroom governance. She has contributed to initiatives on the topic at the Society of Corporate Compliance, the Swiss Sustainable Finance Initiative, the United Nations, the World Bank, and USAID, including delivering executive training on climate risk and green finance in Asia Pacific and Latin America on behalf of the UK PACT Green Recovery Fund and Carbon Trust. She is a graduate of Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Bocconi University (Milan, Italy).

Rita Mangalick Managing Director and Global Head of ESG Blackstone Credit

Rita Mangalick is a Managing Director and Global Head of ESG for Blackstone Credit where she focuses on ESG integration and sustainable investing approaches, ESG engagement with portfolio companies, and transparency on ESG analysis and reporting.

Prior to her current role, Ms. Mangalick led the design and implementation of BAAM’s ESG program and worked with hedge fund managers to develop their ESG programs. She was also a member of BAAM’s Business & Financial Evaluation team, performing operational due diligence of hedge fund managers. Before joining Blackstone in 2013, Ms. Mangalick was a Director at UBS Asset Management. Ms. Mangalick was previously with Union Bancaire Privee after starting her career at KPMG.

Ms. Mangalick received her BA from The George Washington University.