In coordination with the investment committee, Wayne is instrumental in the development, implementation, and maintenance of Hollow Brook’s investment policy. Before joining the firm, he served as a senior managing director at Ingalls & Snyder, LLC, and earlier as vice chairman of KBW Asset Management. He also was a partner of equity investments for Lord Abbett & Company and partner and chairman of the Investment Policy Committee for Prescott Ball & Turben. He currently serves on the board of directors of NYSE listed Reaves Utility Income Fund (UTG) and Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (REPX). Previously, Wayne had served on the board of directors of PetroQuest Energy (PQ) and Annaly Capital Management (NLY). He also is a trustee of the Atlantic Salmon Federation and the National Wildlife Federation Endowment. Wayne received a BA in economics from Lafayette College, where he is a trustee emeritus. He is an avid hunter and fly fisherman and a member of various sporting clubs.

Thomas J. Girard served as the Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income for NYL Investors until June 2018. NYL Investors is a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company, the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States.  Mr. Girard oversaw the management of $145 billion in fixed income assets, 65 investment professionals, and was responsible for a $140 million P&L.  Mr. Girard was also responsible for setting investment strategy, leading committee meetings, and overseeing risk management of all fixed income portfolios. He was a member of NYL Investors Board of Directors and Senior Leadership Team and was responsible for providing annual reviews to the Investment Committee of the New York Life Board of Directors as well as Credit Rating Agencies. Mr. Girard also served on the Board of Directors for the New York Life Insurance Company, Arizona as well as on the Financial Risk Steering Committee of New York Life. During his tenure at NYL Investors, Mr. Girard was instrumental in building the firm’s 3rd party asset management business. His USD, fixed income expertise was widely sought after by both domestic and foreign investors.  At its peak, this business represented $22 billion in assets and included CLO’s, Stable Value, and Institutional Insurance assets. Prior to joining NYL Investors, Mr. Girard served as a Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income for Robeco Investment Management, Weiss Peck & Greer. In this capacity, Mr. Girard oversaw $11 billion and was a key architect of the overall investment philosophy and process. He was a member of the Operating Committee and the Investment Policy Committee, achieving successful track records across all investment strategies. Mr. Girard also held investment positions of increasing responsibility at Bankers Trust Investment Management and J.P. Morgan, overseeing large institutional relationships and the securities lending portfolio. Mr. Girard began his career as a staff accountant at Peat Marwick Main & Co, working on audits in banking, manufacturing, and service industries and ultimately rising to a supervisory position. He is an M.B.A graduate of Fordham University, holds a B.S. from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY, and earned a license to practice as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York.

Since July 2005, Hon. Thomas H. Kean, Tom, has served as the President of THK Consulting, LLC. Mr. Kean served as the President of Drew University from 1990 to July 2005. On December 16, 2002, he was named by President George W. Bush to head the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. Hon. Kean served as the Chairman of the 9/11 Commission from 2002 to 2004 and now serves as the Chairman of the 9/11 Public Discourse Project. Previously, he was the Governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990. While Governor, Mr. Kean served on the President’s Education Policy Advisory Committee, as the Chairman of the Education Commission of the States, and the National Governor’s Association Task Force on Teaching. He remains one of the most popular Governors in New Jersey’s history. Hon. Kean now serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Upromise, Inc., Chart Venture Partners, The Chart Group, L.P., Business Talent Group, LLC., and The National Advisory Council at Rebuilding Together, Inc. In addition, Hon. Kean serves as Trustee of Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. Previously, he served as: a director at Hess Corporation, CIT Group Inc., Aramark Corp., UnitedHealth Group Inc., HealthpointCapital, LLC., and Beneficial Company, LLC., an independent director of Franklin Resources Inc., a member of Advisory Board at Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, and as presiding director of The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. Hon. Kean is the author of The Politics of Inclusion, he writes a regular column for The Star Ledger with former Governor Brendan Byrne, and he appears as a regular commentator on New Jersey Network News. He has been involved in education for his entire career as a school teacher, politician and university President. He was rated among America’s most effective state leaders by Newsweek magazine, noted for tax cuts that spurred 0.75 million new jobs, a federally replicated welfare reform program, landmark environmental policies, and more than 30 education reforms. He delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Republican National Convention and was re-elected for a second term by the largest margin in state history. Kean holds an M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College and a B.A. from Princeton University.

Mr. Fred H. Langhammer has been the Chairman of Global Affairs at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since 2004. Mr. Langhammer has served extensively at the Estee Lauder companies: as Chief Executive Officer from 2000-2004, Chief Operating Officer from 1985-1999, President from 1995-2004, Executive Vice President from 1985-1995, Managing Director of Operations in Germany from 1982-1985, and as President of Operations in Japan from 1975- 1982. Prior to joining Estée Lauder, he was the General Manager at Dodwell Japan. He also served as a Director of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd., RSL Communications, Ltd., Nabisco Holdings Corp., The European Equity Fund, Inc., and The Gillette Company. Langhammer also served as a Director at: The Central Europe, Russia and Turkey Fund, Inc. (formerly Central Europe & Russia Fund Inc.), Shinsei Bank Limited, Industria de Diseno Textil SA, Industria de Diseno Textil SA, and American International Group, Inc. Langhammer currently serves as Vice Chairman at RWL Water Group, and as a member of Advisory Board at New Mountain Capital, LLC., Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC., and at Invision Private Equity AG where he also serves on the Board of Directors. Langhammer also serves as a Director of Inditex S.A., RJR Acquisition Corp. since 1998, and The Walt Disney Company since 2005. He is a Director of The German-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc., The Japan Society, and Co-Chairman and Director of The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He served as a Director of American International Group, Inc. from January 2006 to October 2008 and received the Foreign Policy Association’s Global Social Responsibility Award and was honored by the International Center in New York on behalf of his service. Mr. Langhammer is also a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Association. He studied in Germany, Canada, and Japan.

W. James McNerney Jr. served as CEO of The Boeing Company until his retirement in 2015. In 2015 Mr. McNerney was named CEO of the Year by Chief Executive magazine. Mr. McNerney has enjoyed a long and distinguished career and has occupied senior leadership roles at several respected Fortune 100 companies including serving as Chairman and CEO of both 3M and Boeing. Prior to those roles, Mr. McNerney spent almost twenty years at General Electric where he held top executive positions including CEO of GE Aircraft Engines and GE Lighting as well as executive vice president of GE Capital, one of the world’s largest financial service companies. Before joining GE, Mr. McNerney worked at The Procter & Gamble Company (“P&G”) and McKinsey & Co. Mr. McNerney has served on several public company boards and is currently on the board of P&G. Today he serves as an active Senior Advisor at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC. Mr. McNerney earned a B.A. from Yale University and has an M.B.A from Harvard Business School.

From 2020 to 2024 Andrew was co CIO of Hollow Brook. Prior to Hollow Brook Andrew served as global portfolio manager with Lazard Asset Management for seventeen years and as a global portfolio manager at Zurich Scudder Investments for five years prior to that. At Lazard and Scudder, Andrew was responsible for a long only global equity portfolio with average assets under management of $12 billion for institutional clients in the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, and the Middle East. Prior to Lazard, Andrew was a partner at Baring Brothers & Co. Ltd. where he founded the equity capital markets business. Before joining Baring Brothers, he was a banker at Banque Indosuez in Paris and Bahrain. Earlier, Andrew was a banker at Banque Arabe et Internationale d’Investissement (BAII) in Paris before joining the international banking department at Wells Fargo in San Francisco and London. Andrew began his career as a trainee in the International Dept. at William Brandt’s Sons & Co. Ltd. and then moved to be a Middle East representative in Beirut and Cairo. Andrew attended Edinburgh University and is fluent in English, French, and Arabic bringing Hollow Brook a global perspective and wealth of experience in portfolio management, capital markets and risk management. Andrew lives in Maine and enjoys cruising and racing his sailing boat, classic cars, playing the piano, and keeping up with his 10 year old daughter.

Mr. Jason DeSena Trennert is the Chief Executive Officer at Strategas Securities, LLC. Mr. Trennert is also the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Strategist at Strategas Research Partners, LLC. He co-founded the firm in 2006. Prior to this, Mr. Trennert was the Chief Investment Strategist and a Senior Managing Director at International Strategy & Investment Group LLC, where he built and oversaw two of the firm’s research efforts, the company surveys and investment strategy groups. Earlier, he was the Treasurer at La Scuola d’Italia. Mr. Trennert is the Chairman of Strategas Securities, LLC. Mr. Trennert has been ranked by Institutional Investor magazine as one of the top Strategists on Wall Street consistently for years. He is known as one of Wall Street’s top thought leaders on the subject of markets and economic policy. In 2006, Mr. Trennert was named to SmartMoney magazine’s Power 30 list of the most influential people in the world of investing. He is widely quoted in the domestic and foreign press and is a regular guest host on CNBC’s Squawk Box and Bloomberg Surveillance with Tom Keene. Mr. Trennert has written essays on investing and is the author of the investment book, New Markets, New Strategies, published in 2005 by McGraw Hill. He holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. in International Economics from Georgetown University.

Robert Hormats has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in government, finance, academia, and international business. He has served in senior roles in the administrations of five U.S. presidents of both political parties, most recently as Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Hormats served on the National Security Council staff and as a senior economic advisor to Dr. Henry Kissinger, where he played a key role in international economic, trade, energy, and diplomatic matters, including the opening of U.S. relations with China and the response to the global energy crisis of the 1970s.

He also spent 25 years at Goldman Sachs, where he rose to become Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs International. He has served on numerous corporate and advisory boards and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of American Tower Corporation.

Moreover, Mr. Hormats is the author of several books on economic and international affairs and has received distinctions including the French Legion of Honor and Germany’s Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit. He earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from Tufts University and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Jim is a Co-Founder and General Partner at RRE Ventures. Over the last thirty years he has invested in over sixty companies and served on the boards of nearly fifty. Jim’s core investment focus is on businesses transforming industries by leveraging network effects, intelligence, and decentralization including numerous early bets on new technologies in mobile payments and blockchains.

He is currently a Director of Abra, Netsertive, Noom, and Pebblepost, and a Board Observer at Bitpay, and HYPR. In addition, he led early investments in ARCA, Bitnomial, DCG, Earn, Lightning Labs, Paxos and Ripple.

Jim has been recognized on the Forbes Midas List as one of the top one hundred venture capitalists, as well as by Institutional Investors’ list of Top Fintech Investors. Previously, he worked at H&Q Venture Capital, JP Morgan& Co., and previously founded IV Systems. Aside from his RRE responsibilities, Jim serves on the boards of the Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) and the Partnership Fund for New York City. He is a founding supporter and Senior Advisor to the Chamber of Digital Commerce in Washington, DC.

Jim holds an MBA from Harvard and a combined degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from Antioch College. He supports several charitable endeavors, and is a father of four, an inventor, and a dog person.