Hilltop Opportunity Partners

Before joining Hilltop, Mr. Plunkett co-founded and ran Hilliard Street Capital, a Blackstone and Bridger seeded long/short equity fund and served as a partner with Atlas Capital. He has worked for the Carlyle Group in Washington, D.C.; Hicks, Muse, Tate, and Furst in Mexico City; and Cardinal Investment Company in Dallas. He currently serves as a senior advisor to the New York-based private equity fund Argand Capital and as a director of a Dallas-based bakery company and a Hong Kong-based global toy company. Plunkett earned a B.B.A. and B.S. from Southern Methodist University, graduating magna cum laude with honors and received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School where he served as co-president of his class. He is also a U.S. Fulbright Scholar.

Before joining Hilltop, Mr. Eckian co-founded Longhorn Capital Partners, a Dallas-based investment management firm seeded by Tiger Management, and served as a vice president in the Special Situations Group with Goldman Sachs. He has also worked for The Beneficient Company Group and started his career in the financial services industry with Barrington Associates and Alex. Brown & Sons. Mr. Eckian earned a B.S. from Yale University and received his M.B.A from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Before joining Hilltop, Mr. Micheal served as a vice president in the Credit and Opportunistic Strategies Group with Crestline Investors. Prior to Crestline, Mr. Micheal worked as an investment banking analyst for Houlihan Lokey in their Healthcare Group. Mr. Micheal earned a B.S. from Texas Christian University.