Mark Horrell Email & Phone Number

Mark Horrell is the Managing Partner at Woodside and is responsible for overseeing the firm’s acquisition and servicing platforms. Mr. Horrell is a financial services industry veteran of over 30 years and most recently was the President and CEO at FirstCity Financial Corporation (“FirstCity”). FirstCity was a 135 person organization with over $650 million of managed distressed assets comprised of over 1400 account relationships. Mr. Horrell joined FirstCity in January 2009 as the Managing Director of Acquisitions and became FirstCity’s most senior ranking executive at the beginning of 2013. During his tenure, FirstCity purchased well over $1.2 billion (purchased price) in distressed assets.Prior to joining FirstCity, Mr. Horrell spent 12 years in the hedge fund industry. From 1997-2001, he was with a multi-billion dollar, multi-disciplined fund in Fort Worth, Texas (Q Investments) and from 2002-2005 he was one of two principals in a $350 million fund focused on risk arbitrage and convertible debt securities in Arlington, Texas (Durango Partners). In 2006, he founded a fund focused on convertible arbitrage (Hercules Security Investments).In addition to the hedge fund experience, Mr. Horrell spent 12 years in commercial banking at the largest bank holding company in Oklahoma (Liberty Bancorp). During this tenure, he served in numerous roles including: Investment Portfolio Manager for an $800 million portfolio (mostly treasury securities), Credit Review Committee Chairman, and Loan Review Manager.Mr. Horrell earned a BBA-Finance (1985) and an MBA (1989) from the University of Oklahoma and also received the CPA designation in Oklahoma in 1994.

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