Long/Short Equity Fund’s portfolio is managed by Jonathan Lamensdorf. Mr. Lamensdorf is a portfolio manager for Highland’s dedicated equity funds.

Prior to joining Highland in 2008, Mr. Lamensdorf most recently spent four years as a Senior Equity Research Analyst at Walker Smith Capital, a long/short equity hedge fund founded in 1996 with $1 billion in assets under management.

Prior to that, Mr. Lamensdorf worked for four years as a Senior Equity Analyst at other hedge funds that had assets under management ranging from $200 million to $750 million.

Mr. Lamensdorf also worked in equity trading at Merrill Lynch and in equity research at Lehman Brothers.

He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas. Mr. Lamensdorf has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.