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Legion Partners Ted White Prefers Low Key Activist Approach

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Mark Melin
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You likely won’t see activist investor and Legion Partners founder Ted White on CNBC talking down a company’s management or board of directors. White might be categorized as a “constructive activist,” working behind the scenes to improve a company’s long term management.

“If something happens (after White’s involvement) and the stock does well and the company is in better shape and no one really knows we are there except for our client base – that’s okay,” Ted White said

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.