Eric Neuman

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Mr. Eric Neuman serves as Managing Director and Partner at Hicks Equity Partners. From 2005 to 2007 he served as senior vice president of its affiliate, Hicks Holdings. Previously, Mr. Neuman was employed by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated serving as a partner for 5 years where he assumed responsibility for the firm's Latin American portfolio. Mr. Neuman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Florida in 1967 and a Master of Business Administration with distinction from Northwestern University in 1970. Eric C. Neuman is a managing director and partner of Hicks Equity Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm founded by Thomas O. Hicks. He also has been a partner of HM Capital Partners (formerly Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst) since December 2000 and an officer of HM Capital since 1993. At HM Capital, Mr. Neuman has been involved in the formation and development of many of the firm's media investments, including Chancellor Media and Capstar Broadcasting (which were merged into Clear Channel Communications), Lin TV, Sunrise Television and Marcus Cable. In 2002, Mr. Neuman assumed responsibility for HM Capital's Latin American business. He remains responsible for monitoring the remaining investments in this portfolio and overseeing their exit. Mr. Neuman currently serves on the board of directors of DirecPath, LLC and Directional Rentals, LLC. In addition, Mr. Neuman currently serves as a director of several HM Capital portfolio companies; Intercable, an international provider of television, internet and telephone services, Claxson Interactive Group Inc., an international provider of programming and services to pay television operators, and Grupo MVS, an international provider of television programming and services. Mr. Neuman previously served as Chairman of the Board of Fox Pan American Sports, a leading provider of Spanish language sports television programming to U.S. and Latin American pay television operators. Mr. Neuman received a BA degree from the University of South Florida and an MBA from Northwestern University.