Apelles Investment Management (“Apelles”) is a US-based manager of several product-specific special purpose investment vehicles focused on the healthcare, military infrastructure and real estate sectors. Acquiring control interests through the purchase of public and private equities, distressed debt and structured/high yield credit, Apelles is privately-owned, funded by partner’s capital and was founded in 2008 by Nicholas Vita and Rosemary Mazanet, MD, PhD. The investment strategies of the various vehicles are predicated upon activist, deep-value opportunities that are driven by long-term, macro, structural and economic trends. The team is comprised of experts from many of the leading financial, operating and academic institutions from related fields with an average of over 30 years of experience among each of the investment professionals. https://sites.google.com/site/thecolumbiacare/