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Robert P. Rakowski, CPA
Executive Director
(914) 286-6832
rrakowski@fifthstreetcap.com

Robert P. Rakowski is an Executive Director of our investment adviser. Mr. Rakowski joined Fifth Street in February 2010.

Prior to joining Fifth Street, Mr. Rakowski was a Director with the restructuring firm AlixPartners, where he was actively involved with the financial and operational restructurings of corporations across a variety of industries. Prior to AlixPartners, Mr. Rakowski was a Strategy Senior Manager with Accenture and provided a wide range of management consulting services which included cost reductions, sales and marketing improvements, and mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Rakowski began his career with Arthur Andersen Business Consulting and Deloitte & Touche.

Mr. Rakowski received his B.S. in Accounting from St. Michael’s College (summa cum laude) and his M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor. Mr. Rakowski is actively involved with the Turnaround Management Association.

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