Operations

Mr. Farra joined Solus in March 2008 as a Managing Director responsible for overseeing fund operations and accounting.  Mr Farra was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in January 2024.  Prior to joining Solus, Mr. Farra was a Director at Rockefeller & Co. Inc. from November 2000 to February 2008 where he led a team that provided accounting, tax, and operational services to pooled investment vehicles sponsored by Rockefeller as well as other single and multi-family offices.  From October 1996 through November 2000, he was a Director at Deloitte LLP where he focused on tax strategies for hedge and private equity fund clients.  Mr. Farra began his career providing tax compliance services to broker/dealers such as Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers, Inc. Mr. Farra received his B.B.A. in Accounting from Pace University, Lubin School of Business in 1992.  Mr. Farra holds a Certified Public Accounting license in the State of New York.

Mr. Yeager joined Solus at its inception in July 2007 as the Firm's Chief Risk and Operations Officer. Mr. Yeager has been a member of the hedge fund portfolio team since he joined Stanfield Capital Partners in 2003 as Head of Risk Management. Prior to joining Stanfield, Mr. Yeager was Head of Alternative Investments at Riskmetrics Group where he worked extensively with hedge fund and investor clients. Prior to Riskmetrics, Mr. Yeager was at TechRisk Consulting LLC assisting alternative investment firms with risk management issues. From 1998 through 2001, Mr. Yeager was with Algorithmics, Inc., where he developed risk measure infrastructures for one of the largest investment banks. Mr. Yeager began his career in 1993 with Emcor Risk Management Consulting, and moved to Ernst and Young in 1997, where he directed internal risk measurement calculation efforts for various consulting assignments. He received a BS from the University of Missouri in 1990 and an MBA in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management in 1992. Mr. Yeager previously served as a Board Member for the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association.

Mr. Cosgrove joined Solus in May 2011 as Associate Counsel and Compliance Officer. He was promoted to Chief Compliance Officer in March of 2012. Mr. Cosgrove has over 20 years of legal experience and most recently was an Associate in the Investment Management Group at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. Prior to joining Schulte, Mr. Cosgrove served as Counsel/Associate at O'Melveny & Myers LLP. He has also previously served as a Law Clerk for a United States District Court Judge in the Southern District of New York, and as an Associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Mr. Cosgrove received a BA from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1998, and a JD from Fordham University School of Law in 2001.