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Courtney R. Mather

Independent Director

Since: 2025

Board Committees: 
• Audit, Risk and Finance
• Nominating and Corporate Governance

Mr. Mather brings to the Board significant business and financial expertise and experience providing strategic advice and guidance to companies, and contributes valuable insights to the Board’s oversight of financial reporting, risk management and capital allocation. In addition, Mr. Mather’s investor perspective and track record of helping public companies build long-term value further strengthens the Board’s focus on shareholder value creation.

Mr. Mather holds a BA from Rutgers College. Mr. Mather holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Financial Risk Manager designations.

Key Skills and Experience:

  • Financial Expertise: Mr. Mather brings a deep knowledge of accounting and financial analysis, corporate strategy, company capitalization structures and the capital markets, including from his tenure at Goldman Sachs, where he served most recently as Managing Director of private credit trading and investing, where he identified investment opportunities for both Goldman Sachs and clients.
  • Investor Perspective: Mr. Mather provides a first-hand investor perspective and a long track record of supporting and driving value creation at portfolio companies.
  • Corporate Governance: Mr. Mather has strong public board and corporate governance experience, developed through board roles at multiple public companies across a variety of industries over a period of more than ten years and his experience serving on standing board committees.

Career Highlights:

  • Vision One Fund, LP
    • Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer (since 2021)
  • Icahn Capital LP
    • Portfolio Manager and Managing Director (2014 to 2020)
  • Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
    • Managing Director (1998 to 2012)

Other Public Company Boards:

  • Caesars Entertainment Corporation (since 2019)
  • Triumph Group, Inc. (since 2023)
  • Newell Brands Inc. (2018 to 2024)
  • Cheniere Energy Inc. (2018 to 2021)
  • Conduent Inc. (2016 to 2021)
  • Herc Holdings Inc. (2016 to 2019)
  • Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (2015 to 2019)
  • Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation (2015 to 2017)
  • Viskase Companies, Inc. (2015 to 2016)
  • American Railcar Industries Inc. (2014 to 2016)
  • CVR Refining LP (2014 to 2016)
  • CVR Energy Inc. (2014 to 2016)