Company: TIPT
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001393726-25-000038
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Company: TIPTREE INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
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el Group from July 2020 to February 2023. Ms. Mielle is the author of Damsel in Distressed and is a contributing author to Security Analysis, 7th Edition by Graham and Dodd. Ms. Mielle graduated with an M.B.A. in Finance from Stanford University and a Master in Management degree from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in France (HEC Paris).

Ms. Mielle was selected and qualified to serve as a member of our Board of Directors because of her extensive financial services industry experience on Wall Street, investing in fixed income and leading capital structure optimizations and restructurings.

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### EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Set forth below is the background information regarding each of our executive officers as of March 17, 2025, other than Messrs. Barnes, Ilany and Maultsby. The biographies of Messrs. Barnes and Maultsby are listed above, under “Continuing Directors”, and Mr. Ilany’s biography is listed below under “Information Regarding the Nominees for Election”.

Scott T. McKinney , age 40, is the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, having taken over that role in March 2023, and was formerly the Deputy Chief Financial Officer since April 2022. Prior to that, he served as Director of Financial Planning and Analysis since February 2016, which included overseeing strategic planning and financial analysis along with spearheading the Company’s investor relations efforts. Prior to joining Tiptree, Mr. McKinney worked in various finance executive positions at General Electric Company. Mr. McKinney received his B.S. in Management from Purdue University.

Neil C. Rifkind , age 58, has been our Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since July 2013. From 2011 until July 2013, Mr. Rifkind was Special Counsel at the law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and securities law. From 2006 through 2010, he was an associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP. From 1998 until 2006, Mr. Rifkind was an associate at the law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP. Mr. Rifkind received a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto and an A.B. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago.