Management

Anthony J Gumbiner
Tony Gumbiner is the Chairman of Hallwood and oversees the Group’s long-term investment strategy.

A qualified English solicitor, Mr. Gumbiner began his career in law before transitioning into corporate restructuring and investment banking and has chaired the company since 1980.

He currently serves as a director of the Citi Private Bank Global Advisory Board.

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Celine Gumbiner Jacobson
Celine Gumbiner Jacobson serves as Hallwood CEO, Managing Director of the Hallwood Family Office, and Executive Chairman of Brookwood Companies.

Mrs. Jacobson graduated from Southern Methodist University and started her career at Deloitte in New York, in 2003. She later founded and published BeE Woman, a national magazine.

Mrs. Jacobson served on the advisory board of Citi Private Bank’s Future of Private Banking Board and currently serves on Loyola Marymount University’s Advisory Board for the Family Business Entrepreneurship Center at the College of Business. Mrs. Jacobson and her husband are members of YPO Los Angeles.

Gert Lessing
Mr. Lessing serves as a Managing Director of the Hallwood Family Office and President of Hallwood Financial Limited.

He previously served as President of Hallwood Modular, which built and rented custom blast-resistant units for world-renowned refineries and chemical companies, and he successfully oversaw the sale of the company to a NYSE listed buyer in March 2023.

Neil Jacobson
Neil Jacobson serves as a director of Hallwood Financial and Brookwood. He spent twenty years at Universal Music and served as President of Geffen Records before leaving in 2020 to launch Hallwood Media.

In February 2021, Neil sponsored a $230MM SPAC, The Music Acquisition Company, on the NYSE.

He is also an advisor on the First Tee Los Angeles board, JAS Aspen Board and an advisor for the Creative Community for Peace Board and was awarded the Ambassador of Peace Award in 2018.

Richard Kelley
Mr. Kelley serves as Chief Financial Officer of Hallwood Group and as Hallwood’s Director of Human Resources.

He received his BSBA in Professional and Public Accounting from The University of Southern Mississippi in May 1983.

John Aplin
John Aplin serves as the Tax Manager of the Hallwood Family Office. He has worked for Hallwood or its affiliates since 1985.

He received his BBA in Accounting from the University of Oklahoma in 1981.