Aventus Asset Management Platform

Cameron MacDonald has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Aventus since April 2009 and director since December 2008. He is the former Chairman of the Goodwood Advisory Committee (2012-2014) and former President and CEO of Goodwood Inc. (2000-2012). Prior to Goodwood Inc., from 1990 through 1999, he was a Director, member of the Research and Executive Committee, and shareholder of Connor Clark Private Trust. From 1983 through 1990 he held various positions at CIBC Wood Gundy in Credit, Operations, and thereafter as an Account Executive (Vice President). Mr. MacDonald holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) from Wilfrid Laurier University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Andrew Rabinowitz has more than 30 years of experience in the asset management industry. He joined CCaventus from alternative asset manager 26North where he served as a senior partner and general counsel, overseeing the firm’s Enterprise Solutions team and serving on the firm’s Management Committee. He was also a board member of its insurance affiliates, among other responsibilities. Prior to that, Andrew served as Co-CEO at K2 Integrity, a global risk and consulting advisory firm. Earlier in his career, Andrew spent nearly 20 years in leadership roles at Marathon Asset Management, including as president, partner, and general counsel, where he helped grow the firm’s assets under management from approximately $250 million to more than $24 billion. He sat on Marathon’s Executive Committee. At Marathon, Andrew oversaw finance, legal, marketing, product development, human resources, public relations, compliance, operations, and third-party relationships. Prior to that, Andrew worked at Schulte, Roth & Zabel as a practicing attorney and Ernst & Young on various consulting and audit engagements in the asset management industry.

Andrew is the co-founder and co-president of R Baby Foundation, which now works with more than 1,200 hospitals around the world to improve medical care. He is admitted to the bar in New York and the District of Columbia and is a CPA in New York and Maryland.

Matthew Skurbe has 30 years of experience spanning a wide range of roles in investment management finance. He currently serves as the President and COO of Aventus, as well as the COO of CCaventus. Prior to joining the firm, he was senior managing director, COO, and CFO of CC Capital. He was also a managing director in finance and the treasurer for Blackstone, chief operating officer for Blackstone Liquidity Solutions, and a member of that firm’s Valuation and Enterprise Risk committees. Before joining Blackstone in 2009, Matthew was the CFO for Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust, a $35 billion bank housing several of Merrill Lynch’s consumer lending and banking businesses. He was a member of the bank’s Asset Liability and Market Risk, Finance and Product Control, and Credit committees. Earlier in his career, Mr. Skurbe spent seven years supporting Merrill Lynch’s treasury function and had previous roles with Amerada Hess and Arthur Andersen.

Matthew received a BS in accounting from Rutgers University and achieved the CPA and CTP certifications. He is a board member for Project Sunshine and the Children’s Specialized Hospital Foundation.

Richard DiBlasi is a Senior Managing Director at CC Capital, where he has been a key member of the investment team since 2016. With over 15 years of private equity experience, he has played a leading role in several of the firm’s most significant transactions, including the acquisition of Fidelity & Guaranty Life by CF Corp., the take-private of Dun & Bradstreet, and the strategic investment in Aventus to build an integrated insurance and asset management platform. He currently serves on the Boards of Aventus and CCaventus and was appointed Chief Strategy Officer of Aventus. Prior to CC Capital, Mr. DiBlasi was with Blackstone’s Private Equity Group, focusing on investments in financial services, technology, and business services. He began his career at FTI Consulting in the Global Risk and Investigations Practice. Mr. DiBlasi holds a B.A. in Political Science from Yale University.

Vincent DeVito has more than 20 years of experience spanning origination, underwriting, portfolio management, and valuation across a wide variety of investments including corporate private investments, structured finance transactions, natural resources, corporate securities, and secondaries & liquidity solutions.

Prior to joining CCaventus, Vincent served as the director of credit, lending, and portfolio management at PPMG where he was responsible for debt and equity control investments. He previously served as a managing director and was the founder of the Syndicated Loan Group within CIT, a liquid and illiquid par and distressed leveraged loan business within a large public bank holding company. Prior to CIT, Vincent served in various positions at GE Capital where he was responsible for originating, assessing, and managing par and distressed liquid and illiquid investments and private equity transactions. He also worked for Time Warner Mergers and Acquisitions Group and was a senior auditor at Ernst & Young.

Vincent holds a BS in accounting and an MBA in finance from Fordham University and is a CPA. He sits on multiple boards overseeing a variety of portfolio companies.