EXECUTIVE INVESTMENT BOARD
The EIB, acting as the Funds’ green light committee, will review, approve or reject investment proposals by consensus or, if need be, by a 75% vote.
Management Members
Avi Haas, Thom Fisher, Richard Carlo
Peter Schlessel, Special Advisor to the EIB
With a varied and entrepreneurial career in entertainment, Schlessel brings a unique breadth of experience to OFS. As CEO of Focus Features, Schlessel supervised the releases of such award-winning box office hits as The Danish Girl, London Has Fallen and The Theory of Everything, which was nominated for five Academy Awards® with Eddie Redmayne winning Best Actor. See full biography.
Peter A. Marshall, EIB Member, Risk Management and Production Oversight
Peter specializes in insurance programs and risk management for film and television productions as well as electronic games. He coordinates DeWitt Stern's national practice in these media, which is a division of Risk Strategies, the 17th largest insurance broker in the United States and a worldwide leader in Entertainment Insurance and Risk Management. Before joining DeWitt Stern in 2005, Peter produced feature films and television. During his many years of experience in the film industry, he was the Senior Vice President of Film Production at Lionsgate, head of television production at Trimark Pictures, and served as an executive at several prominent independents. He started his career in the New York and LORT A theater worlds. Peter has a B.A. from Yale University, a degree from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. He is a licensed Property and Casualty broker in New York, California, Georgia, Virginia, Louisiana, and Florida. See full biography.
Stephen Nemeth, EIB Member, Creative and Talent
Founder of Rhino Films in 1998, Nemeth continues to lead the successful, independent film company that originated as a division of the iconoclastic Rhino Records. Prior to that, he worked as an independent producer and motion picture agent at William Morris Agency. Nemeth’s feature film credits include The Sessions, which won Sundance’s 2012 Audience Award and earned an Oscar nod for Helen Hunt; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, starring Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro and Tobey Maguire; and Why do Fools Fall in Love with Halle Berry and Vivica A. Fox. See full biography.
Helen Lee-Kim, EIB Member, Foreign Sales
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group President of International. Former President International, Good Universe; Former President, Lionsgate International; VP, International Sales, As a Partner and President of International at Good Universe, Lee-Kim has launched 70+ films, generating over $4.5 billion in worldwide box office, with hits like 6 Below, The Billionaire Boys Club, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. As President of Lionsgate International, she oversaw all aspects of operations during a period of unprecedented growth and record-breaking results. During her tenure, she oversaw such films as box office juggernaut The Hunger Games, Hope Springs, Juno and the Saw franchise; as well as third-party titles Kick Ass, Immortals, Limitless and Riddick. See full biography.
Avi Haas, Thom Fisher, Richard Carlo
Peter Schlessel, Special Advisor to the EIB
With a varied and entrepreneurial career in entertainment, Schlessel brings a unique breadth of experience to OFS. As CEO of Focus Features, Schlessel supervised the releases of such award-winning box office hits as The Danish Girl, London Has Fallen and The Theory of Everything, which was nominated for five Academy Awards® with Eddie Redmayne winning Best Actor. See full biography.
Peter A. Marshall, EIB Member, Risk Management and Production Oversight
Peter specializes in insurance programs and risk management for film and television productions as well as electronic games. He coordinates DeWitt Stern's national practice in these media, which is a division of Risk Strategies, the 17th largest insurance broker in the United States and a worldwide leader in Entertainment Insurance and Risk Management. Before joining DeWitt Stern in 2005, Peter produced feature films and television. During his many years of experience in the film industry, he was the Senior Vice President of Film Production at Lionsgate, head of television production at Trimark Pictures, and served as an executive at several prominent independents. He started his career in the New York and LORT A theater worlds. Peter has a B.A. from Yale University, a degree from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama. He is a licensed Property and Casualty broker in New York, California, Georgia, Virginia, Louisiana, and Florida. See full biography.
Stephen Nemeth, EIB Member, Creative and Talent
Founder of Rhino Films in 1998, Nemeth continues to lead the successful, independent film company that originated as a division of the iconoclastic Rhino Records. Prior to that, he worked as an independent producer and motion picture agent at William Morris Agency. Nemeth’s feature film credits include The Sessions, which won Sundance’s 2012 Audience Award and earned an Oscar nod for Helen Hunt; Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, starring Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro and Tobey Maguire; and Why do Fools Fall in Love with Halle Berry and Vivica A. Fox. See full biography.
Helen Lee-Kim, EIB Member, Foreign Sales
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group President of International. Former President International, Good Universe; Former President, Lionsgate International; VP, International Sales, As a Partner and President of International at Good Universe, Lee-Kim has launched 70+ films, generating over $4.5 billion in worldwide box office, with hits like 6 Below, The Billionaire Boys Club, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. As President of Lionsgate International, she oversaw all aspects of operations during a period of unprecedented growth and record-breaking results. During her tenure, she oversaw such films as box office juggernaut The Hunger Games, Hope Springs, Juno and the Saw franchise; as well as third-party titles Kick Ass, Immortals, Limitless and Riddick. See full biography.