Brad Bauer
President, Värde Partners
Brad Bauer, a Partner of Värde, serves as the President of the firm. He is a member of the firm's Investment Committee and serves as chairman of its Risk Committee. Based in Minneapolis, he joined the firm in 2007 and was named Partner in 2013.
As President, Brad plays a central role in firm leadership and strategic direction, including global responsibility for all non-investing activities. He previously led the firm's Global Business Development and Investor Relations team. During his first six years with Värde, Brad was involved with the management of the firm's corporate credit team and related portfolios. Brad’s experience spans an array of industries and includes restructurings, liquidations and performing credit.
Prior to joining Värde, Brad held senior investing and portfolio management roles focused on distressed debt and credit trading at both Deephaven Capital Management and Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Prior to Ameriprise, he worked for U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray as an analyst in the Middle-Market Mergers and Acquisitions group.
Brad received a B.S. in Finance from Iowa State University, where he also competed on the University’s Varsity Golf Team. He earned his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
Marcia Page
Executive Chair, Värde Partners
Marcia Page is Executive Chair of Värde. She co-founded the firm in 1993 and currently chairs the Partner Committee and is a member of the firm's Investment Committee. Based in Minneapolis, Marcia is a Partner of the firm.
As a founder, Marcia has overseen every aspect of the firm’s growth, ranging from the development of the original investment thesis, to the raising of each fund, to the crafting of the firm’s investor communications, to the development of the firm’s infrastructure. Marcia built the liquid investing side of the business, first focusing on all aspects of the day-to-day investing and portfolio management and then building the business on a world-wide basis, including moving to London as she built the liquid side of the business there. Marcia has played key roles in various portfolio companies owned by the Värde funds as well as serving on creditors' committees. Marcia transitioned from Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief Investment Officer to Executive Chair in 2016.
Prior to founding Värde in 1993, Marcia served as vice president of EBF & Associates, an alternative investment firm. There, she managed Merced Partners, an investment partnership. Prior to EBF & Associates, Marcia traded distressed and high-yield bonds and managed fixed-income portfolios at Cargill.
Marcia graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota with a B.A. in Economics, and received an M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota. Marcia serves on the Board of Trustees and as Chair of the Investment Committee of Gustavus Adolphus College. She is on the Board of Overseers of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. She is a member of The Committee of 200.
Natalie Deak Jaros
Partner, EY
Natalie is a partner in the Financial Services Organization of Ernst & Young LLP (EY). She serves as the Americas Assurance Wealth & Asset Management Leader and co-leads EY’s Alternative Funds Market practice. Natalie provides assurance and advisory services to financial services clients, with extensive experience in alternative funds and private equity funds. She has significant knowledge of US GAAS, US GAAP and regulatory issues relating to alternative investment funds. Her clients include multibillion-dollar private alternative funds. Natalie has guided many alternative funds from start-up through full operations. She has advised alternative funds on regulatory, structuring, accounting and valuation practices. In 2015, Natalie was named one of the 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds by the Hedge Fund Journal.
