Jared Hendricks

About Jared Hendricks

Senior Managing Director at Centerbridge Partners focused on technology investments, with prior roles at Silver Lake Partners and Credit Suisse; B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School (summa cum laude). He became a director of MeridianLink at the Effective Time of the Centerbridge acquisition on October 24, 2025, when Merger Sub’s directors (including Hendricks) became directors of the surviving corporation and MLNK was delisted from the NYSE .

Past Roles

External Roles

Board Governance

• Appointment and board turnover: At the merger Effective Time on October 24, 2025, MLNK’s prior directors resigned and Hendricks (a Merger Sub director) became a director of the surviving corporation; officers remained in place . MLNK was taken private and delisted from the NYSE at $20.00 per share cash consideration .
• Committee assignments: Post-merger committee composition for the private company is not disclosed in the 8-K; pre-merger, MLNK had Audit, Compensation, Cybersecurity, and Nominating & Corporate Governance committees with named members (Hendricks not among them) .
• Independence: The proxy assessed independence for public-company directors pre-merger (majority independent) . Hendricks is a Senior Managing Director at Centerbridge (the acquirer), indicating an affiliation with the controlling owner post-go-private; independence status was not stated in filings .
• Attendance and engagement: Pre-merger board/committee meeting counts and attendance (≥75% for all then-directors, except one former director) were disclosed for 2024; no attendance data is available for Hendricks post-merger .

Other Directorships & Interlocks

• Hendricks serves on multiple Centerbridge portfolio company boards (Acoustic, CSI, Netwrix, Precisely, Speedcast), creating potential information-flow interlocks across the technology and financial services ecosystem .
• MLNK’s pre-merger related-party transaction policy assigns audit committee oversight of any transactions exceeding $120,000 involving related persons; post-merger policy disclosures are not provided .

Expertise & Qualifications

• Technology private equity leadership with nearly two decades at Centerbridge; prior experience at Silver Lake and Credit Suisse .
• Education: B.S. in Economics, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (summa cum laude) .
• Transaction leadership signals: Hendricks signed the Merger Agreement for Parent and Merger Sub as Vice President and Secretary, underscoring his direct role in the MLNK transaction .

Equity Ownership

• Pre-merger (record date April 9, 2025): Hendricks was not listed among MLNK’s beneficial owners or directors at that time . MLNK became a privately held company at closing on October 24, 2025; post-merger individual director equity holdings are not publicly disclosed .

Insider Trades

Governance Assessment

• Positive signals:
  • Clear post-merger governance reset with board reconstituted; continued officers provide operating continuity .
  • Centerbridge public commitment to accelerating MLNK’s platform innovation (AI/data) and customer experience suggests active owner engagement .
• Risks/RED FLAGS:
  • Affiliated director: Hendricks’ Centerbridge role implies representation of the controlling owner; independence safeguards and committee structures post-go-private are not disclosed, reducing visibility into checks-and-balances .
  • Limited disclosure: Private-company status curtails public transparency on director compensation, ownership alignment, and committee oversight vs. prior NYSE-listed regime .
  • Transaction involvement: Hendricks’ execution of Merger documents for Parent/Merger Sub highlights potential conflicts in post-merger governance if related-party matters arise without robust committee independence .
• Pre-merger policies worth monitoring for continuity:
  • Prohibitions on hedging/pledging and clawback policies were robust under public-company governance; carryover into private ownership has not been disclosed .