Peter Lopez

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Biography

Mr. Peter Lopez was a Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer and Portfolio Manager at Palisades Investment Partners. During that time, he has distinguished himself as a pioneer and leading expert on in-depth analysis of several of the nation's Fortune 500 corporate restructurings including Wal-Mart, Xerox, Hewlett Packard and McDonald's among others. In addition to his portfolio management duties, Mr. Lopez oversees a team of research analysts and manages the fundamental research and trading efforts for the firm. Finally, Mr. Lopez serves as the vice chairman of the investment committee for the Large Cap Value Strategy. Prior to helping found Palisades, Mr. Lopez worked together with Mr. Stills for over five years at The Boston Company as the primary fundamental research analyst for the firm's highly regarded Dynamic Equity Strategy as well as the Dreyfus Premier Strategic Value Fund. Prior to joining the Boston Company, Mr. Lopez spent several years working for Deloitte, one of the nation's leading accounting and consulting firms. His primary responsibilities involved auditing asset managers, principal investment firms and hedge funds. Mr. Lopez received his BA from The University of California at Los Angeles and is a Chartered Financial Analyst, as well as a Certified Public Accountant. He served as Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations at Global Eagle.