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Chief Executive Officer at Mesirow Financial. -Joined Mesirow Financial in June 2004 as senior managing director of Private Equity -Head of Mesirow Financial's Private Equity division -Member of the Mesirow Financial Private Equity Investment Committee -More than 20 years of experience and a multitude of top-tier private equity relationships in the U.S. and Europe -Previously a partner with Adams Street Partners, where, for more than 11 years, he was active in all aspects of the firm's private equity partnership investment activities -Prior to Adams Street, served as program manager of private investments for the IBM Pension Fund, working on U.S. and European private equity investments

Tom Faust is chairman of the board, chief executive officer and president of Eaton Vance Corp. Tom joined Eaton Vance in 1985 as an equity research analyst and also served as a portfolio manager, director of equity research and management, and chief equity investment officer during his 16 years in the firm’s equity group. In November 2001, Tom assumed leadership of all investment functions at Eaton Vance with his appointment as chief investment officer. He was elected a vice president of Eaton Vance in 1987, executive vice president in 2000 and president in 2006. He became chairman and CEO on November 1, 2007. Prior to joining Eaton Vance, Tom was a research engineer with International Paper Company. Tom earned B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering and economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a CFA charterholder and a member of the board of governors of the Investment Company Institute. He is a native of Helena, Arkansas.

James (Jim) Hirschmann is the President and Chief Executive Officer at the Western Asset Management Company, Legg Mason’s largest subsidiary and one of the world’s largest fixed-income asset managers. Mr. Hirschmann joined Western Asset in 1989 in a business development capacity and was appointed president and chief executive officer in 1999. He has been a key driver in the impressive growth and major global position that Western Asset has achieved as one of the world’s leading bond managers. Prior to his current position, he served as Director for Financial Trust Company (currently Invesco National Trust Company) in Denver, CO. Before that, he was a vice president at Atalanta/Sosnoff Capital Corporation in New York, NY. In addition to his current duties, Mr. Hirschmann is Chair of the Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corporation member of the Investment Committee of Burroughs Wellcome Foundation, the Board of Directors of Medical Simulation Corporation, the Advisory Board of the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission, and is Chairman of Rose Bowl Legacy Connections. Mr. Hirschmann is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Widener University, where he received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting.