Rob Straus

General Partner
Aquidneck Advisors

Robert D. Straus is an institutional portfolio manager with over 25 years of proven experience investing in and serving as an advisor to C-suite executives of public and private companies. His expertise includes evaluating business and capital allocation strategies as well as advising on executive compensation structure, strategic initiative analysis and corporate governance best practices. Since August 2025, Mr. Straus has served as the General Partner and Investment Manager at Aquidneck Advisors LLC, an investment firm that leverages extensive board and constructive activism experience to identify and trigger latent catalysts in undervalued, publicly-traded companies. Since March 31, 2025, Mr. Straus has served as a consultant – special projects at Wynnefield Capital, Inc. (“WCI”), an investment firm specializing in private and small-cap publicly-traded companies. From April 2015 to March 2025, Mr. Straus served as a portfolio manager at WCI. Since December 2025, Mr. Straus has served on the board of directors of TechPrecision Corporation (TPCS), a NASDAQ CM listed company that manufactures large precision integrated metal fabricated and machined components for the U.S. defense industry, where he serves as vice-chair of the board, chair of the nominating and governance committee and a member of the compensation committee. Since June 2017, Mr. Straus has served on the board of directors of Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. (NATR), a NASDAQ Global Market listed company engaged in the manufacturing and direct selling of nutritional and personal care products, where he serves as chair of the board’s compensation committee and as a member of the board’s audit committee, as well as previously served as chairman of the board’s strategy committee and a member of the board’s governance committee and risk management committee. From March 2009 to March 2015, Mr. Straus was employed as a senior equity analyst at Gilford Securities Inc., a brokerage and investment banking firm that offered a range of financial services, including securities trading, investment banking, and advisory services. In addition, Mr. Straus continues to serve from time to time on the boards of various other private and non-profit companies. Mr. Straus received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Hartford – Barney School of Business and received a Master of Business Administration from Bentley University – McCallum Graduate School of Business.