Alexander Greene, the former head of U.S. private equity at Brookfield Asset Management, has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Van Buren-based USA Truck.
Greene’s appointment expands the Board to 10 members.
"I have known and worked with Alex for many years, and we are delighted to have him join our Board,” Board Chairman Robert Peiser said in a statement. “We believe the financial, business and strategic acumen he has demonstrated throughout his distinguished career will be extremely valuable to USA Truck as we work to further improve the Company's financial performance and create long-term shareholder value."
Prior to joining Brookfield, Greene served as an investment banker to large- and mid-cap businesses, boards of directors and other constituencies, focusing on leveraged finance, merger and acquisition and recapitalization transactions.
His positions included managing director and co-head of Carlyle Strategic Partners and as a managing director of Wasserstein Perella & Co.
Greene also is a director of CWC Energy Services, a provider of drilling and service rigs and other services to oil and gas producers in Canada. He previously served on the Board of Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging, Inc.