Company: ATLN
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001605888-25-000022
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Company: ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form: DEFA14A
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 and Chairman of the Board of Troika Media Group (Nasdaq: TRKA) from March 2018 until May 2022. On December 7, 2023, Troika and certain of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the United States Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Machinist has extensive experience both as a principal investor/operator in a broad range of businesses as well as an owner-operator of diversified investment banking operations. He has been the Vice Chairman of Pyrolyx A.G. (S26.DU), the first environmentally-friendly and sustainable method of recovering high-grade carbon black from end-of-life-tires. Most recently, he has been Chairman and an original founding Board member of CIFC Corp. (Nasdaq: CIFC), a publicly-listed credit manager with over $14.0 billion of assets under management, which was sold in December 2016. In addition, he has been Chairman, Board of Advisors of MESA, a merchant bank specializing in media and entertainment industry transactions, which was sold to Houlihan Lokey in 2016. He has also been a partner of Columbus Nova, a leading private investment fund. He runs a private family investment company, the activities of which include The Collectors Car Garage and a number of real estate development businesses.

Mr. Machinist previously served as managing director and head of investment banking for the Bank of New York and its Capital Markets division. Mr. Machinist was also previously president and one of the principal founders of Patricof & Co. Capital Corp. (APAX Purchasers) and its successor companies.

He is currently Vice-Chairman of the Maimonides Medical Center, serves on its Board of Directors, is Chairman of its Investment Committee and a member of its various other Board of Overseers for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Most recently, he has been Chairman of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science as well as a member of its Board of Directors and presently serves on its International Board of Governors and its Executive Committee. He has been a trustee and Vice Chairman of Vassar College, a member of its Executive Committee, and one of three trustees responsible for managing the College’s Endowment. He is currently a board member of ECD Autodesign (Nasdaq: ECDA).

Mr. Machinist earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Chemistry from Vassar College in Pough