Founder of Merrion Group LP, MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC and Mp Global Advisers LLC, David Jeffrey Matlin is an entrepreneur and businessperson who has been the head of 9 different companies and presently holds the position of Chairman for Clene, Inc., Chairman of Clene Nanomedicine, Inc. (a subsidiary of Clene, Inc.), Chief Executive Officer of Mp Global Advisers LLC, Chief Financial Officer & Director at MedTech Acquisition Corp., Chief Executive Officer at MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC, Chief Executive Officer for MP Thrift Investments LP and Chief Executive Officer at Matlinpatterson Asset Management LP. David Jeffrey Matlin is also Manager of Huntsman Advanced Materials LLC and Member of MatlinPatterson LLC and on the board of 7 other companies.

In the past Mr. Matlin was Managing Director & Founding Partner at Merrion Group LP, Securities Analyst at Halcyon Event-Driven Management LP, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Matlin & Partners Acquisition Corp., Chief Executive Officer & Director at U.S. Well Services LLC and MD & Head-Distressed Securities Group at Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.

He received a graduate degree from UCLA School of Law and an undergraduate degree from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.