Erik has over 21 years of investing and capital markets experience. He previously spent five years at Lazard where he was a Portfolio Manager on the International & Global Equity Value teams. Erik was a Principal and co-founder of LRV Capital from 2011 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as Co-Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst at Duart Capital Management and was previously a Senior Analyst on the Special Situations team at Carlyle Blue Wave. He was formerly a Partner at Millgate Capital where he worked as an international generalist from 2002 to 2007 in both its London and New York offices. Prior to Millgate Capital, Erik worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Middle Market Advisory Group and was a licensed CPA in the State of North Carolina. He has MS/BS in Accounting from Wake Forest University and an MBA with concentrations in Finance and Economics from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University.