Moderator - Michele A. Paige
Chief Investment Officer & Portfolio Manager, Paige Capital Management

Michele Paige founded Paige Capital Management ("PCM") in May 2006. PCM began investing in February 2007, and it launched its funds on November 1, 2007. From April 2004 to May 2006, Ms. Paige was a senior investment professional at King Street Capital Management. She managed a $600M+ portfolio of distressed debt, special situations, debt and equity longs and shorts, synthetic converts, stub trades, private equity investments and derivatives in North America and Europe for a $6B+ multi-strategy hedge fund. She initiated the firm’s expansion into European investments, and originated its first investments in stub trades.

From July 2001 to March 2004, Ms. Paige was a senior investment professional at Icahn Associates (the investment vehicle for Carl C. Icahn's personal multi-billion dollar fortune). She initiated and managed Icahn Associate’s investments in multiple bankrupt and distressed entities. As an activist investor, she served on the Board of Directors and senior management of three publicly-traded companies: Director of Philips Services Corp., Director of Panaco Inc. and President/CEO of Cadus Corp. (KDUS).

Ms. Paige earned her MBA at Harvard Business School and her J.D. at Yale Law School, where she was on Law Review. She earned her A.B. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa at Brown University.

Since 2002, Ms. Paige has been a Trustee of The Leopold Schepp Foundation, which awards undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate scholarships. Ms. Paige is also a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, where she teaches a course on distressed investing and restructuring.