Adam Mizel was named Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer of Cinedigm. Prior to that, Mr. Mizel, along with colleague Gary Loffredo, were Co-Chief Executive Officers of Cinedigm following the retirement of founder Bud Mayo in June 2010. Prior to being interim co-CEO, Mr. Mizel was CFO and Chief Strategy Officer from August 2009. after being appointed to the Board of Directors in March 2009. From September 2005 through 2009, Mr. Mizel was the Managing Principal of the General Partner of the Aquifer Opportunity Fund, L.P., an investment fund that takes a private equity approach to investing in small capitalization public companies and remains one of Cinedigm’s largest public shareholders. Mr. Mizel previously was Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Azimuth Trust, LLC., an alternative asset management firm from 2001 until 2005. Earlier, he was a partner at Capital Z Partners, L.P., a private equity and alternative investment firm, and Managing Director at Zurich Centre Investments, Inc., the North American private equity unit of Zurich Financial Services Group. Mr. Mizel began his investment career at Morgan Stanley Capital Partners in 1991.
