Mr. Whiteman is a Founder and Managing Partner of Stellex Capital Management. Mr. Whiteman is also a member of the Stellex Investment Committee. Prior to establishing Stellex, Mr. Whiteman was a Partner at The Carlyle Group and a Managing Director and Co-Head of Carlyle Strategic Partners. Prior to joining Carlyle in May 1996, Mr. Whiteman was a Vice President and Group Head in the Leveraged Finance Department of Credit Lyonnais. Mr. Whiteman has also held several positions at both Citicorp and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.  

Mr. Whiteman is currently a director on the board of Cisco Investment Holding LLC, Communify Fincentric, David Brown Santasalo, G2 Risk Solutions (f.k.a “ LFG Data Services”) and P3 Services, and. Mr. Whiteman was previously Chairman of the boards of MHI Holdings LLC, Morbark Holdings LLC and Titan Acquisition Holdings L.P and was also a director of the boards of Brintons Carpet Limited, Diversified Machine, DPG Aerospace Inc., Metaldyne, LLC, Officine Maccaferri, RPK Capital Partners, LLC, Service King, and Stellex Aerostructures, Inc. Mr. Whiteman was also a member of the investment committee of RLJ Equity Partners, an affiliate of The Carlyle Group and Robert L. Johnson. Previously, Mr. Whiteman was also a director of the board of numerous Carlyle portfolio companies such as Breed Technologies, Key Plastics, Norfolk Drydock and Shipping Company, The Aerostructures Corporation, and US Marine Repair.