Mark Palmer serves as the chief Strategy Officer for Quility. He graduated from Columbia Law School in New York in 1994 after earning his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of South Florida in Tampa in 1990.

Mr. Palmer brings more than 25 years of proven multidisciplinary experience, having acted as a global distressed Alternative Investor, a leading M&A/restructuring Legal Adviser and as a Venture Investor/ Entrepreneur. He began his career at Sullivan & Cromwell as a corporate and M&A associate and in 1998 relocated to Palo Alto, California serving as the EVP/co-founder at NextSet Software (a high-tech middleware and trading/order management applications company); as the Director of Strategic Transactions at Reuters/Reuters Venture Capital where he was involved in many notable investments; and as SVP/General Counsel for TIBCO Finance (as an Executive Committee member, overseeing Y2K compliance, strategic sales and the successful spin-off IPO of TIBCO Software).

In 2001, Palmer returned to the practice of law in New York City, representing private investment firms, financial institutions and corporations on corporate restructuring, reorganizations, M&A, governance, takeovers, JVs, investments and dispositions. He practiced with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan (as Partner in Corporate/Financial Restructuring); with Linklaters (as Partner and US Corporate Head in New York); and with Bracewell & Giuliani (Partner and Chair of the Private Investment Funds Practice/NY Corporate Head).

In 2008 he joined his leading client, MatlinPatterson Global Investment Advisors (a $ 10+ billion global distressed private equity franchise), as an Investment Partner and Chief Structuring Officer. In 2016, he founded Theseus Strategy Group to provide his former colleagues and partners in the Special Situations’ community a tailored and high-impact service specifically geared to the unique needs of private investment funds and their portfolio companies/investments.

Mark has three sons and resides in Asheville, North Carolina.