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Phil Green serves as chairman and chief executive officer of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. and Frost Bank. Green joined the Cullen/Frost organization in July 1980 and served in a number of managerial positions in the company’s financial division before being named chief financial officer in 1995, a position he held until 2015. He was named group executive vice president in 2001 and president of Cullen/Frost in 2015. Green also previously had oversight for Frost’s technology, operations and capital markets areas. In recent years he has helped lead the company’s efforts to enhance its technology and product offerings as a part of delivering outstanding customer experiences. Green was a member of the management team that helped Frost navigate the Texas downturn of the 1980s, as well as the financial crisis of 2008 in which Frost declined the TARP funding program. Frost was the first bank in the nation to publicly decline to apply for TARP funds. Green is a past president and director of the South Texas Chapter of the Financial Executives Institute (FEI). He is also a past director and executive committee member of the San Antonio Symphony. He has served on the advisory committee for strategic planning for the Boy Scouts of San Antonio. Phil is a past board member and a member of the investment committee for the Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio. He currently serves on the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business Accounting Advisory Council. Green graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1977, earning a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant. Prior to joining Frost, he spent three years in public accounting with Ernst & Ernst. Green, 61, is married and has six children.

F Dueser is a Chairman/President/CEO at FIRST FINANCIAL BANKSHARES INC, Board Member at States Royalty Limited Partnership, and Board Member at Breck Operating Corp. He has worked as Board Member at FIRST FINANCIAL BANKSHARES INC, Chairman at TTU, and Chairman at Gamma Beta Phi Society. Frederick works or has worked as President/CEO at First Financial Trust & Asset Mgmt and TRUSTEE at TTU. He studied at Gamma Beta Phi Society and Southwestern Graduate School of Bank.

Chad Abraham serves as the chief executive officer of Piper Jaffray and is a member of the firm's board of directors. Abraham joined the firm in 1991 as an investment banking analyst. He spent the next 13 years on the West Coast as a banker in the company's technology investment banking group. He was promoted to managing director and head of technology investment banking in 1999. In 2005, Abraham was promoted to head of capital markets and in 2010, he became the global co-head of investment banking and capital markets. Under the leadership of Abraham and co-head Scott LaRue, the firm's investment banking division grew revenues from approximately $150 million to more than $500 million. They established coverage in energy and financial services, expanded debt capital markets capabilities and added key offices and personnel. Abraham serves on the board of trustees of the Nature Conservancy’s Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota chapter and the board of trustees of The Blake School. He graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science.

Jacques Ripoll entered Société Générale in 1991 within the Inspection générale, and joined the Equity Derivatives department in 1998. He became Head of European Equity Sales and Trading in 2003, then Head of Société Générale’s group strategy between 2006 and 2009. At that date, he entered the Executive Committee, supervising four of the group’s businesses: Asset Management, Private Banking, Investors Services and Newedge. In 2013, Jacques Ripoll joined Banco Santander as Head of Global Corporate Banking for the United Kingdom. In 2015, he was appointed Senior Executive Vice President of Santander Group in charge of Global Corporate Banking worldwide. Jacques Ripoll graduated from Ecole Polytechnique.

Mr. Garrett is a Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer of a Wealth Mangement Division of a Financial Services Company. Member of the Advisory Operations Roundtable.Previously, Senior Vice President and Co-Director of Reporting and Operations at Morgan Keegan. His team was responsible for all performance reporting across the firm in addition to leading major technology implementation projects for Wealth Management Services. Since starting with Morgan Keegan in May of 2001 as Head of Operations for Investment Management Consulting Group, Mr. Garrett transitioned the group into a successful operation through implementing strict management control and focusing on technical details. During his tenure this fee-based accounts have grown from $1.3 billion under management to $9 billion and his group is producing financial performance reports for all clients with in the Private Client Group. His team implemented a system to provide daily time and dollar weighted performance reports for all retail accounts at the firm. In 2006 and 2007 he served on the IDEA Project Committee representing the technology needs of Wealth Management Services. In 2003 he served as the Chairman of the Operations Consulting Roundtable, an industry group of his peers from regional financial firms. From 2001 to 2002 He has served on the Morgan Keegan Technology Committee with the President of the Morgan Keegan and the President of the Private Client Group.Specialties: Operations manangement, Fee based programs, Client performance reporting, PCG technology implementation projects, Security APL, Caliper, Advent Axys, Advent APX, Greenhill GHPerf, AgencyWorks, Investment proposal system, Fee based billing, UMA, Broker Desktop, Planning calulators, Cornerstone E-Learning, Institutional Consulting Group, SQL Sever, Oracle, Informix, Trust services, Microsoft Dynamics

Avner Mendelson has been with the Leumi Group since 2007 and was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Leumi - US in September 2013. During his tenure, he served as Head of Group Strategy and International Operations, as well as Chief of Staff. He has also served on Leumi’s US Board of Directors since 2012. Prior to joining the Leumi Group, Mendelson was a Senior Consultant with McKinsey & Company in London. Before that, he served in the Israeli Defense Forces for three years. Mendelson earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and international relations from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on both the Northeast Regional Board and the Board of Regents for the American Friends of The Hebrew University.