Philip E Berney

Bio

Philip E. Berney joined Kelso in 1999. He spent the preceding eight years at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., eventually becoming a Senior Managing Director and Head of the High Yield Capital Markets group. He was previously in High Yield Finance at The First Boston Corporation. Mr. Berney is currently a director of Audio Visual Services Corporation, CCS Corporation, Cronos Ltd., Custom Building Products, Inc., DS Waters of America, Inc., iGPS Company LLC, Logan’s Roadhouse, Inc. and Wilton Re Holdings Limited. In addition, he is active in the Firm’s investment in HCBF Holding Company, Inc. and Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. Other past directorships include Armkel, LLC, Cambridge Display Technology, Inc., Del Laboratories, Inc., Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., Key Components, Inc., Nortek, Inc. and Overwatch Systems, LLC. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Continuum Health Partners, the holding company of Beth Israel and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospitals. He received a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar, in 1986.