Robert Decker is a Managing Director, CAO & Director of Global Leisure Partners. His operational expertise has ensured that GLP has been able to grow successfully and capitalize on meeting the significant number of opportunities created since inception. In addition, Robert’s prior experience in the hospitality and racing industry continues to create potential investment opportunities in the UK and U.S. sector. Prior to founding GLP, Robert was Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Churchill Downs and Vice President Finance of Hilton International Corporation.  At Churchill Downs Robert directed the Company's financial, treasury, investor relations, information technology and administrative functions during a period of dramatic growth. He also managed the Company's mergers and acquisitions of four racetracks, the capital transactions that funded them and directed the spin-off of the Company's strategic business into a separate operating unit. Mark Harms and Robert have worked together since 1997, when they devised and then collectively executed this strategic plan for Churchill Downs. Robert has a BS degree from Florida State University, is a Certified Public Accountant and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.

		Lindsay Harms, a Managing Director & Director of GLP LLP, co-founded Global Leisure Partners with Robert Decker and Mark Harms in 2004. Prior to this, she was a Vice President of Sales at Merrill/Corporate Printing and Bowne of New York, and a senior sales representative at R.R. Donnelley Financial. Lindsay also was Assistant Corporate Secretary of US Trust Corporation and the United States Trust Company of New York. Lindsay is also responsible for GLP’s marketing efforts, and she is a member of the Executive Committee. Lindsay graduated from Skidmore College with a BA in Business and French. She is fluent in French.

		Mark Harms is the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Global Leisure Partners. Mark has been involved in all aspects of GLP since inception in 2004 and has pioneered its strategic direction. This has led to GLP advising on over US$42.5 billion of transactions to date, deploying significant capital in a number of deals and developing an industry leading Operating Executive Network. Mark divides his time equally between the U.S. and the U.K. Mark has significant experience in the leisure sector having completed advisory and principal transactions in North and South America, Europe and Australia over the last 20 years. With over 100 completed advisory engagements and with more than half of these in the fitness, gaming, hospitality and leisure industries, Mark brings a deep understanding and knowledge regarding the competitive strategies of the major companies in each industry sector. In addition, Mark has extensive experience with regard to leveraged debt, mezzanine and equity financing techniques in Europe and the U.S. with over US$100bn in completed transactions. Mark has a strong knowledge of financing markets worldwide, significant restructuring expertise and is also highly experienced in cross-border transactions. Prior to founding GLP, he previously worked at Oppenheimer as a Managing Director and at CIBC as Global Head of the Gaming, Lodging, and Leisure Group as well as the Head of the Consumer Growth Group. Under his leadership Oppenheimer and CIBC developed a global reputation for financing and advisory excellence and leading market shares in each of the key financing product lines. Mr. Harms has a BA (Honors) from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is fluent in German.

		Mervyn Metcalf joined Global Leisure Partners as a Managing Director in December 2008. Mervyn's areas of expertise include advising corporates and private equity investors in the retail, media, travel and online sectors. At GLP, Mervyn has advised Guardian Media Group on the disposal of its regional newspaper business, acted on the acquisition of Wolseley’s Irish assets and is currently conducting the strategic review for Liberty PLC. Mervyn's other recent transaction experience includes, the pre-IPO sale of a 40% stake in moneysupermarket.com by the co-founder; the partial sale of Trader Media Group to Apax Partners by Guardian Media Group; the IPO and subsequent sale of Gondola Holdings to Cinven and the sale of lastminute.com to Sabre Holdings. Prior to joining GLP, Mervyn spent almost 11 years at Merrill Lynch, where latterly he was a Managing Director in the group's UK investment banking team. Prior to that, Mervyn worked at Barclays de Zoete Wedd. Mervyn has a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree, both in Economics, from the London School of Economics. Mervyn is also a member of the development group for the charity, Youthnet and a member of the University of Bath School of Management Advisory Board.

		Graeme Atkinson joined Global Leisure Partners as an Executive Director in July 2009. Graeme has 18 years’ experience in M&A as both an investment banker and a lawyer. He has extensive experience of advising private equity investors in a broad range of sectors. Graeme's recent transactions include advising Guardian Media Group on the sale of its regional media interests, advising Warburg Pincus on its acquisition of Safetykleen, and advising Pension Corporation on its acquisition of telent plc. Other relevant leisure sector experience includes advising Compagnie Financière Richemont on its acquisition of the minority interest in Vendôme Plc. Prior to joining GLP, Graeme spent 5 years at Merrill Lynch in New York and London, where latterly he was a Director in the Financial Sponsors investment banking team. Prior to that, Graeme worked in Deutsche Bank’s M&A team in London and New York and prior to that he practiced as a corporate lawyer in London. Graeme has a Bachelor of Law Honours degree and holds a Diploma in Legal Practice, both from the University of Aberdeen.

		Maja Spalevic joined Global Leisure Partners in April 2006. She is the Finance Director of the company and responsible for day to day activity of the finance function and managing the finance strategic direction of the organisation. Before Joining Global Leisure Partners Maja worked for Getty in their finance team. Maja received a BSC (Honors) in Applied accounting in 2010, she is member of the ACCA, qualifying as a Certified Chartered accountant in 2010. She is also a qualified MAAT.

		Since joining GLP in 2006, David has advised CVC on its acquisition of a 51% stake in Virgin Active, IGT on its disposal of Barcrest Group to Scientific Games, Betfred on its acquisition of the Tote from the UK government, Weight Partners on its acquisition of Boxclever from Fortress and Cerberus, Stonegate on its acquisition of 333 pubs from Mitchells & Butlers, the acquisition of Wolseley Plc’s Irish operations by WIBHM Limited, Permira’s 20% investment into Galaxy Entertainment Group, the merger of Principal Hotels and Hayley Conference Centres, Apax and Permira’s acquisition of SISAL and the $30bn leveraged buyout of Harrah's Entertainment by Apollo and TPG. David previously worked as a Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London. During his time at PwC, David worked in several teams focusing predominantly on the valuation of shares and shares options provided to senior executives of FTSE 100 entities. David received a BSc in Business, Mathematics and Statistics from London School of Economics in 2003, qualified as a chartered accountant in 2006 and gained the ICAEW Corporate Finance Diploma in 2007.

		Kevin Berry joined Global Leisure Partners as an Associate in September 2008. Prior to joining GLP, Kevin was an Assistant Vice President of Leveraged Finance with FirstLight Financial, a debt investment fund. At FirstLight, Kevin was responsible for investment analysis, transaction execution and portfolio management for leveraged finance transactions within the Food & Consumer market. While at FirstLight, Kevin’s investments supported deals sponsored by Apollo Capital Management, Catterton Partners, and American Capital. Prior to FirstLight, Kevin worked in the Consumer team within the Investment Banking Division of BMO Capital Markets. Kevin received an MBA and BBA, summa cum laude, from Pace University with a concentration in Finance and Public Accounting. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a Certified Public Accountant.

		Michael Petschler joined Global Leisure Partners in August 2006. Since joining, Michael has been involved in the $31.2 billion leveraged buyout of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. by Apollo, TPG and Crown Limited's $370m investment into Cannery Casino Resorts, the sale of Liberty plc to Blue Gem Capital and BC Partners acquisition of Phones 4u for £677m. Michael previously worked as an Equities Analyst for Macquarie Bank in Sydney, Australia. During his time at Macquarie, Michael provided stock coverage of companies in the Tourism and Leisure, Gaming and Media sectors. Michael also gained experience working and advising on a number of corporate transactions within the sector, including IPOs and mergers and acquisitions. Michael Petschler holds a B.Commerce (Economics and Finance) from the University of Sydney and has completed a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance & Investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australia.

		Trevor Stokes joined Global Leisure Partners as a Transaction Executive in July 2010. Prior to joining GLP, Trevor spent five years at KPMG in London. At KPMG, Trevor completed the Corporate Finance Graduate Rotation programme, spending time in the Mergers and Acquisitions and Debt Advisory teams. Trevor worked on a number of transactions including the acquisition of Dreams plc by Exponent, the sale of Global Radio’s Midlands assets to LDC and the refinancing of Woolworths. Trevor also spent time in the dedicated financial modelling team and Government and Infrastructure Advisory team. Trevor received a MA in Natural Sciences at St Catherine’s College, Cambridge in 2004.

		Ravi joined GLP in 2010. Since joining he has worked on a number of transactions including CVC’s acquisition of a 51% stake in Virgin Active, Betfred’s acquisition of the Tote and BC Partners’ acquisition of Phones 4U. Prior to joining GLP, Ravi worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers as part of the Transaction Services Advisory team. His work primarily consisted of buy and sell side due diligence for both Private Equity and Corporate clients across a broad range of sectors, including Premier Food’s private placing of shares for Warburg Pincus and the £1.4bn sale of Impress for Doughty Hanson. Ravi received a BSc in Economics from the University of Birmingham and is a member of the ICAEW, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2009.

		Kunal Gujadhur joined Global Leisure Partners in September 2011. Prior to joining GLP, Kunal spent 4 years at Deloitte, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant within the Banking and Capital Markets team, then moving into Deloitte’s Corporate Finance practice where he worked on transactions including the purchase of RAC by Carlyle group and the IPO of Glencore International. As well as an ACA, Kunal holds a MSc in Finance from the Imperial College Business School and a BSc in Economics from Royal Holloway, University of London.

		Kanishk Walia joined Global Leisure Partners as an Analyst in August 2011. Kanishk interned with GLP during Summer 2010. Prior to joining GLP, Kanishk also gained experience working with Ermgassen & Co, an investment banking advisory firm, McKinsey & Co in their Healthcare practice and with PricewaterhouseCoopers in their Assurance division. Kanishk received a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics in 2011.