First, I want to take this opportunity to send my deepest condolences to Tony's wife, kids, extended family and friends.

It was truly an earthquake of a shock to me when the news was mentioned to me and I even had to call and confirm if what I was hearing was indeed true. I do not know how to describe in words the feeling of being around Tony all these years at Credit Suisse. I met Tony for the first time during one of many re-orgs we had at Credit Suisse when he joined the tower where the market data team was under. As I enjoy doing Philanthropy, I thought I would invite Tony join one of our teams of one of my favorite events the firm sponsored for charity; the Pub Quiz. We had such a great time and he tended to make the event even more enjoyable then I thought possible. He was always, smiling, laughing and just full of life and I not sure if I can even remember a time when I saw him upset or even down for that matter. He always took things in stride and would rather find the positive about a situation rather than the negative. One of the things I remembered was how highly he spoke about his wife and family. How much he spoke about how incredible his wife's photography was and how proud he was of all his children.

I remember hanging out with him while in the London office a few weeks back and trying to catch up on his life. He mentioned to me a few weeks back about his new role in the UK office and as usual, showed his excitement with the new opportunity. He was also happy (as we was about everything he did) about moving back to the UK and how happy he was that he would be in somewhat close in proximity to his family. There was a funny story where he was telling me on the way over on his flight to the UK how the airline ran out of beer and he just smiled and said.."how can that be? How can an airline run out of beer?.."..it was funny the way he described it and would probably be more funny if you could have heard it in person with along with his facial expressions and body language.

He will be missed..he was a mentor...he was leader...he was a giver...he is a great role model on how people should live their lives.

I was glad to have known you, but will be sad not to have your cheery personality around.

David Shapiro
Credit Suisse