Adam L. Geiger

Prior to joining LaFayette Investments in 2007, Mr. Geiger was Chief Investment Officer of Ivy Asset Management.
He joined Ivy Asset Management in July 1997, where he and his small staff identified the best new investment opportunities while covering the most sophisticated hedge fund managers in Ivy's lineup.
During his tenure, Ivy's investments staff grew from about one dozen people in two offices to over 45 people in five offices around the world, while assets under management grew to more than $16 billion.
Before that, held a senior position on the trading desk at Twenty-First Securities Corp.
in New York.
He was initially responsible for managing a dividend capture strategy.
Within six months, he turned his focus to a joint venture with Houlihan, Lokey Howard and Zukin (later Helix Capital Management) known as Safe Harbor Capital Management.
He was responsible for managing the equity hedge component of the portfolio.
He also developed two convertible arbitrage strategies for Twenty-First.
Mr. Geiger began his career in December 1982, at Merrill Lynch in New York City as a "Computer Support Specialist." He modernized the local computing capabilities of Merrill's flagship retail office.
Within two years, he had been retained by the office's top producer to focus solely on building and supporting his business.
Over the next five years, he developed and executed several sophisticated 'market-neutral' investment strategies for institutional clients.
Included among these were equity dividend capture strategies, equity index arbitrage and equity options arbitrage.
He currently resides in Dix Hills, NY with his wife and two daughters.
Mr. Geiger holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics, cum laude, from the State University of New York at Albany and has been a Chartered Financial Analyst and member of the CFA Institute and New York Society of Securities Analysts since 1994.