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R. Bruce Cameron CFA has been our chairman of the board since our inception. Mr. Cameron has been the president and chief executive officer of Berkshire Capital Securities LLC a New York-based investment banking firm since its formation in May 2004. Mr. Cameron co-founded Berkshire Capital Corporation the predecessor firm to Berkshire Capital Securities LLC in 1983 as the first independent investment bank covering the financial services industry with a focus on investment management and capital markets firms. Mr. Cameron is responsible for the overall development and direction of the firm and is actively involved in working with the firm's major clients. Mr. Cameron heads the firm's management committee and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events. Mr. Cameron and his partners have advised on approximately 207 mergers and acquisitions of financial services companies including high net worth managers institutional investment managers mutual fund managers real estate managers brokerage firms investment banks and capital markets firms with aggregate client assets under management of nearly $390 billion and aggregate transaction value in excess of $9.3 billion. Mr. Cameron is the managing member of Broad Hollow LLC which owns 776 250 shares of our common stock and 75 000 of our units. Prior to forming Berkshire Capital Corporation Mr. Cameron was an associate director of Paine Webber Group Inc.'s Strategic Planning Group from 1981 through 1983. At Paine Webber Mr. Cameron executed several internal acquisitions for the company. Mr. Cameron began his career at Prudential Insurance Company from 1978 through 1980 working first in the Comptroller's Department and then in the Planning & Coordination Group. Mr. Cameron was graduated from Trinity College where he received a B.A. in Economics and from Harvard Business School where he received an M.B.A. Mr. Cameron also attended the London School of Economics. Mr. Cameron is a CFA charterholder and is on the membership committee of the New York Society of Security Analysts. Mr. Cameron is a director of Capital Counsel LLC in New York City a high net worth investment management firm he advised when it was established. Mr. Cameron is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute. He is also a past trustee of the Securities Industry Institute. | 