Jeffrey Stein

Jeffrey Stein has served as Chief Restructuring Officer for Linqto Inc. since May 2025, and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Breakpoint Partners LLC, a boutique corporate advisory and investment banking firm that provides consulting services to companies navigating complex transactions, challenging capital structures, and strategic transformations, since April 2025. Mr. Stein previously served as Founder and Managing Partner of Stein Advisors LLC, a financial advisory firm that provided consulting services to public and private companies and institutional investors. Previously, Mr. Stein was a Co-Founder and Principal of Durham Asset Management LLC (“Durham”), a global event-driven distressed debt and special situations equity asset management firm, from January 2003 to December 2009, and was responsible for the identification, evaluation and management of investments for the various Durham portfolios. Prior to this, Mr. Stein served in a variety of roles for finance and investment firms, primarily focused on distressed debt and special situations equity asset classes. Mr. Stein currently serves as an independent director on the board of directors of Sunnova Energy International Inc. since April 2025, executive chairman of the board of directors of Tribune Resources, Inc. since April 2021, liquidating trustee of Philadelphia Energy Solutions, LLC (“PES”) since July 2020, liquidating trustee and plan administrator of Ditech Holding Corporation since October 2019, chairman of the board of directors of Ambac Financial Group, Inc. since January 2015 and as independent director since May 2013. Mr. Stein previously served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer and director of Rite Aid Corporation from October 2023 to September 2024, as independent director of Troika Media Group, Inc. from November 2022 to March 2024, as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Restructuring Officer, and chairman of the board of directors of GWG Holdings, Inc. from June 2022 to July 2023, as Chief Restructuring Officer and chairman of the restructuring & transformation committee of Liberty Steel Group Holdings Pte. Ltd. from May 2021 to March 2023, as Chief Restructuring Officer of Whiting Petroleum Corporation from March 2020 to August 2020, as Chief Restructuring Officer and director of PES from July 2019 to June 2020, and as Chief Restructuring Officer of Westmoreland Coal Company from March 2019 to December 2022. Mr. Stein has also previously served as a director on the board of directors for several other companies. Mr. Stein received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Brandeis University and a Master of Business Administration with Honors in Finance and Accounting from New York University.