Chairman and CEO

Cappello Global, LLC & Cappello Group, Inc.

ac@cappellocorp.com

(310) 393-6632

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Alexander L. Cappello has led several public and private companies over the past 50 years, including Cappello Group, Inc. a global merchant bank, whose principals have conducted over $160 billion in transactions in over 60 countries. He is Director of The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ), Caldera Medical, The Agnew Company, and the Nordic Group of Companies. Mr. Cappello was formerly: a Trustee of the University of Southern California (USC); Chairman of: Intelligent Energy, PLC (London), a global technology leader in hydrogen fuel cells, Inter-Tel (NASDAQ) and Geothermal Resources Intl. (AMEX); and Director of Cytrx (NASDAQ), Genius Products (NASDAQ) and Koo Koo Roo, Inc (NASDAQ), He is also a former Director of RAND Corporation's Center for Middle East Public Policy, Center for Global Risk and Security, and the RAND-Russia Forum.

BOARD POSITIONS

Mr. Cappello is currently, or was previously, a member of the following boards of directors (partial list):

BUSINESS
• YPO International (Young Presidents Organization): Chairman of the International Board,
2003-2004/2004-2005
• Cheesecake Factory (NASDAQ): Director/Lead Director
• Caldera Medical: Board Member
• The Agnew Company: Board Member/Lead Director
• Nordic Group of Companies: Board Member

• Open 4 Sale Technology: Board Member

• Surecount Medical: Board Member

• Virco Manufacturing Corporation (NASDAQ): Director/Lead Director

• Gusmer Enterprises: Advisor to the Board
• NCT Ventures: Advisor to the Board
• California Ethanol & Power: Advisory Board Member
• California Republic Bank: Co-Founder, Board Member
• Patriot Defense Group: Advisory Board

• International Computer Materials Corp (NASDAQ: ICMX): Director
• Nano Banc: Founding Director

• Swiss American Financial: Chairman

• Euro-American Financial Corp: Chairman
• Maritime Bank (NASDAQ): Director

• Inter-Tel (NASDAQ): Chairman of the Board
• Intelligent Energy Holdings plc (London): Chairman, Director
• Geothermal Resources International (AMEX): Chairman, Director
• Arcus Data Security, Inc. (NASDAQ): Board Member
• Koo Koo Roo, Inc. (NASDAQ): Board Member
• IrisGuard: Board Member
• CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ): Board Member
• Advanced Biotherapy, Inc. (OTC): Chairman, Director
• Benitec, Ltd. (ASX – Sydney, Australia): Board Member
• Australian Cancer Ltd. (ASX - Sydney, Australia): Board Member
• Genius Products, Inc. (NASDAQ): Board Member

EDUCATION/COMMUNITY/FOREIGN POLICY
• University of Southern California (USC)
- Board of Trustees: Trustee
- Alumni Association Board of Governors: President
- Alumni Presidents Council: Chairman
- Marshall School Board of Leaders: Board Member
- Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute Board: Board Member
• Marymount College of Palos Verdes: Board of Trustees Vice Chairman
• Innovation Foundation at Oklahoma State University: Board Member
• RAND Corporation
- CMEPP (Center for Middle East Public Policy): Member
- RAND Russia Forum (NY, Moscow): Member
- RAND Center for Global Risk and Security: Member
• Pacific Council on International Policy (PCIP): Board Member
• Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) (Washington D.C., New York): Lifetime Member

CULTURAL & OTHER NON-PROFIT
• City of Hope: Trustee, Investment Committee Member/Chairman
• Jordan River Foundation (Amman, Jordan; Washington D.C.): Board of Trustees
• Friends of Florence (Florence, Italy): Board Member
• ALS Therapy Development Foundation: Board Member
• Catholic Big Brothers and Big Sisters: Chairman Emeritus

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Mr. Cappello is an active member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO Gold LA, formerly known as World Presidents Organization (WPO)), an exclusive global network of corporate presidents under the age of 55 and served as one of only two two-term (2003-2004, 2004-2005) International Chairmen. YPO, founded in 1950, has a membership of over 17,000 CEO members organized in 200 chapters in 101 countries. He was a founding charter member and Chairman of the Santa Monica Bay and Bel Air Chapters, and a co-founder of the Malibu, Portugal, Russia and Beijing chapters. He also was Chairman of the International Executive Committee (2001-2002), Chairman and Founder of the Global Leadership Conference (2000) and Chairman at the Conference on Mergers, Acquisitions and Finance and Investing. He is also involved with Chief Executive Officers Organization (CEO). He was Co-Chairman of the PIPES conference in New York and the Undervalued Public Company Conference for the Strategic Research Institute (SRI) in Chicago.

SPEAKER AND AUTHOR

Mr. Cappello has been a guest lecturer at the USC, UCLA and Harvard Business Schools as well as numerous YPO, WPO, YEO and CEO International Universities and business conferences. He has been a guest speaker at university and business conferences in the following countries: the U.K., Scotland, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, Dubai, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Mexico, China, Taiwan, Japan, Canada, and the United States. Mr. Cappello has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, FORBES, Dow Jones, the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Business Journal and the New York Times. He is a contributing author of the recently published book, The New Investor Relations (Bloomberg PRESS). He is also a contributing author of two books published and globally distributed by YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) titled, Get Connected and Making a Difference.

EDUCATION
Mr. Cappello received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Marshall School of Business at USC in 1977 with honors, including recognition as an "Order of the Palm" scholar. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Goodwin College in Stamford, Connecticut and has been inducted in the Order of Honorary Fellows at Marymount College in Palos Verdes, California. Mr. Cappello gave the commencement address to the Marshall School of Business graduates at USC in June 2008.

PERSONAL
A California-native, Mr. Cappello was born in Bakersfield and has lived in Los Angeles, New York, London, and Geneva. In his free time, he enjoys travel, world affairs, art and culture; collecting fine wines, antiques and books; and engaging in shooting, hunting, fishing and art preservation. Mr. Cappello was knighted by the Italian Government with the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy (Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) in 2017. He was named Father of the Year by the American Diabetes Association and Recipient of the Robert Ross Founder’s Award by the Muscular Dystrophy Association. In 2006, YPO honored him by naming one of its highest global recognition awards the Alexander L. Cappello Annual Award. Catholic Big Brothers/Big Sisters also honored him at their 2002 gala. USC honored him with the 2009 Alumni Service Award. Mr. Cappello lives in Los Angel

President

Cappello Global, LLC

asedighan@cappellocorp.com

(310) 393-6632

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Artin Sedighan has been an investment banker since 2004 and has focused on both buy-side and sell-side mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, leveraged finance and restructuring transactions for small-to-large-cap public and private companies. Mr. Sedighan has advised clients in a broad array of industries including business services, consumer products, education, food & beverage, industrials, financial institutions, financial technology, media, specialty retail, technology and real estate.

Prior to joining Cappello, Mr. Sedighan was an industry and product generalist for Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Investment Banking Division based in Los Angeles, where he joined after completing his M.B.A. Mr. Sedighan was also an industry generalist for Houlihan Lokey’s M&A Group,  where  he joined from Chanin Capital Partners’ M&A Group; both roles were based in Los Angeles. Prior to joining Chanin Capital Partners, Mr. Sedighan was an Analyst within HSBC’s Investment Banking Division where he was a real estate sector coverage banker in London and a M&A banker in New York.

Notable transactions include advising: Snow Valley LLC, a Southern California ski resort operation, on its sale to Alterra Mountain Company; Chef Merito Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of a leading Hispanic brand of seasonings, marinades and other specialty foods products, on its sale to a private equity firm; Unity Courier, Inc., a leading B2B courier and logistics operator, on its sale to TFI International Inc.; Gusmer Enterprises, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of a wide range of fermentation and filtration products for food, beverage and pharmaceutical applications, on its growth debt financing with Kayne Anderson Capital; Citadel Fitness LLC, a leading Planet Fitness franchisee, on its unitranche growth financing with ArrowMark Partners; Prologic Technology Systems, Inc. on its sale to Frontline Technology Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, LLC; MMGY Global LLC on its majority recapitalization transaction with Peninsula Capital Partners LLC; Sport Chalet, Inc. on its debt private placement with Crystal Financial and its sale to Vestis Retail Group; Chaotic Moon on its minority equity recapitalization and subsequent equity investment by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment; Ameron International Corporation, on its sale to National Oilwell Varco Inc.; Visa Inc. on its acquisition of PlaySpan Inc.; WASH Multifamily Laundry Services LLC on its sale to CHS Capital; Detection Logic Fire Protection Inc. on its sale to United Technologies Corp.; T-Systems International Inc. on its sale to Deere & Company; Batteries Plus LLC on its sale to Roark Capital Group; Legacy Estate Group LLC, parent company to wine producers Freemark Abbey, Arrowood and Byron, on its Section 363 asset sale to Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates Ltd.; Ronco Corporation on its Section 363 asset sale to Marlin Equity Partners; Kraft Foods Inc. on its sale of Stella D’oro to Brynwood Partners; and Warner Estate Holdings plc on its acquisition of Ashtenne Holdings plc.

EDUCATION
Mr. Sedighan received an M.B.A. from the Columbia Business School and a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley. 

Managing Director

Cappello Global, LLC

g@cappellocorp.com

(310) 393-6632

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Gerard K. Cappello is a Managing Director of Cappello Global, LLC (license series 7, 24 63) and is also the founder and Managing Member of Greenside, LLC. He is a LEED – AP BD+C (Accredited Professional – Building Development and Construction), a member of the United States Green Building Council and a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor (National Sustainable Building Advisor Program). He is currently the President/CEO of Rancho Trio Holdings, Inc. in California and Rancho Trio Holdings, LLC in Colorado. He was formerly President of Euro American Capital Corp. (member NASD).

Mr. Cappello's investment banking career started 1985 and he specializes in merchant banking, project finance and venture capital.

In addition to Cappello, his other investment banking experience includes positions as Principal, VP and Analyst at Swiss American Financial and Euro American Financial Corp., two merchant and investment banking firms that operated offices in North America, Europe and Asia. His investment banking expertise has served dozens of companies from sourcing of prospects and deals, financial and marketing analysis, structuring and raising capital, and management at the executive board levels. At Cappello Group, he is a pioneer of financial structures for public companies that resulted in the placement of over one billion U.S. dollars in private placements as well as transactions of highly complex, customized terms to suit the needs of both investors and issuers. Additionally he has personally managed the transactions of numerous financial negotiations involving venture capital start-up companies and mergers and acquisitions of private and public entities.

Mr. Cappello began his real estate career with McCarter-Burke & Partners, Inc. and Tenneco Realty Development Corp. and has been active in the development, sustainable design and technology, marketing research, feasibility, finance, management, and construction and brokerage of real estate - both as a principal and a consultant, as well as active in corporate finance since 1982.

Mr. Cappello has served on the board of directors and/or as advisor to several organizations, municipalities, and growth companies including Coffees of Hawaii, Inc., Fibercomp, Inc., HAI Advisors, Inc., Boutique Hotel Group, and as the organizer of the advisory committee to the Getty Information Institute, the City of Malibu – Architectural & Engineering and Skatepark Committees and the Malibu Chamber of Commerce.

He is an active member of the World Presidents’ Organization (WPO) and the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), where he has served as the founder and past Chairman of the Malibu Chapter and on the Pacific Regional Board of Directors. In the Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO), he served on the International Board of Directors for seven years and is a former President of the LA Chapter. He is also the past Chairman of the Board of Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles and is a current Member of the Board of Directors for the Tony Hawk Foundation.

Mr. Cappello earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, majoring in Finance and Business Economics with an emphasis on Real Estate.

Managing Director

Cappello Global, LLC

Chance Cross joined Cappello Global in 2016. Mr. Cross began his career at Merrill Lynch primarily focused on portfolio management. Following his role at Merrill, Mr. Cross joined the investment banking team of TFA Capital Partners focusing on capital raising and M&A advisory.

While at Cappello, Mr. Cross has worked on transactions in a variety of industries including technology, healthcare, consumer products, business services, manufacturing, food & beverage, leisure, transportation, energy, financial institutions and education.

Notable transactions include advising: Snow Valley LLC, a Southern California ski resort operation, on its sale to Alterra Mountain Company; Chef Merito Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of a leading Hispanic brand of seasonings, marinades and other specialty foods products, on its sale to a private equity firm; Unity Courier, Inc., a leading B2B courier and logistics operator, on its sale to TFI International Inc.; Gusmer Enterprises, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of a wide range of fermentation and filtration products for food, beverage and pharmaceutical applications, on its growth debt financing with Kayne Anderson Capital; Citadel Fitness LLC, a leading Planet Fitness franchisee, on its unitranche growth financing with ArrowMark Partners; Prologic Technology Systems, Inc. on its sale to Frontline Technology Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, LLC; and MMGY Global LLC on its majority recapitalization transaction with Peninsula Capital Partners LLC.

Mr. Cross received an M.B.A. from the Marshall School of Business at USC and a B.A. from Princeton University.

Managing Director

Cappello Global, LLC

Larry Fentriss joined Cappello Global in December 2019. Mr. Fentriss began his career with Crestar Financial Corporation, managing a variety of areas, including strategic planning, treasury, mergers and acquisitions, and operations.  Larry was promoted to executive vice president of investment banking with Crestar and started their nationally-ranked merger and acquisition division. With Crestar, he successfully completed more than 25 major transactions, acquiring assets exceeding $4.5 billion, and hundreds of transactions for the Bank’s customers. Mr. Fentriss co-founded the nationally ranked Baxter Fentriss and Company. In 2003 he became President of Anderson & Strudwick and in 2008 he acquired the broker dealer Tier One Partners, Inc.

He has served as Chairman of the Board of Valley Bank, Regal Bank, and Progress Bank of Florida and been a Director of over 10 financial institutions, both private and publicly traded.  He was previously also a General Partner of Community Bank Investors of America, LP.

Mr. Fentriss graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.S. in Finance with honors.  He received his M.B.A. with honors from Virginia Commonwealth University.  In addition, Mr. Fentriss graduated with honors from the Graduate School of Banking, Louisiana State University and The banking school at the University of Tennessee.

Managing Director

Cappello Global, LLC

dlosito@cappellocorp.com

(310) 393-6632

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David Losito has over 35 years of professional experience in the financial services industry, primarily as an investment banker, with additional experience as a corporate development officer and certified public accountant. He has spent the majority of his career in transaction related businesses and has extensive experience in bringing financing and advisory solutions to middle market companies. Mr. Losito has expertise in leveraged finance, private equity, restructurings, mergers & acquisitions and other advisory services.

Mr. Losito spent 17 years at Jefferies & Company, Inc. as a managing director. During that time he was involved in transactions across a variety of industries such as financial services, consumer, energy, mining and industrials. Over his career at Jefferies he served in numerous capacities including leveraged finance and sponsor coverage. At various points in time at Jefferies he headed up cross selling efforts between functional areas, was on the underwriting assistance committee and served on the board of the Jefferies pension and profit sharing committees.

Mr. Losito has additional five years experience as an investment banker at Drexel Burnham Lambert Incorporated in their New York and Beverly Hills offices specializing in financial institutions. Prior to that he was a CPA for Coopers & Lybrand concentrating on banks and thrifts as well as colleges and universities. He has served on several boards including Packaged Ice, Inc., Delcorp, Inc. and Forsythe, Inc.

Mr. Losito graduated Magna Cum Laude from Boston College with a concentration in accounting, where he was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Alpha Sigma Nu honor societies and on the National Dean’s List. In addition, Mr. Losito received his MBA from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School with concentrations in finance and real estate.

Managing Director

Cappello Group, Inc.

kbrier@cappellocorp.com

949-290-0288

Karl Brier has been raising capital and serving clients for 35 years.  Mr. Brier graduated from USC with a double-major in East Asian Studies and International Relations and spent one year studying in Japan at Waseda University.  Mr. Brier parlayed his Japanese language skills by joining Resona Bank and then MUFG Bank.  Mr. Brier was responsible for serving the US operations of Japanese trading companies and automobile OEMs.  After receiving his MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA, Mr. Brier worked for several well-known financial institutions such as JPMorgan Chase, GE Capital, Silicon Valley Bank and PNC Bank.  Mr. Brier also served as Chief Financial Officer of two companies, one public and one private.

Notable transactions included the following:  providing Stamps.com a pre-revenue line of credit to support its development until its initial public offering; providing a pre-profit line of credit to Superconductor Technologies to supports is R&D development; providing a $50 million floorplan facility for Technology Integration Group; providing a $30 million floorplan and asset-based credit facility for Impres Technology;  structuring multiple securitizations of consumer auto loans and leases for American Honda Finance totaling nearly $1 billion; underwriting a $100 million asset-based lending facility to Sportsman’s Warehouse to support organic growth; structuring a $35 million asset-based credit facility that enabled Carparts.com to negotiate better terms from its Asian suppliers; underwriting a $75 million asset-based facility to Farmer Brothers Coffee as part of its corporate renewal process; underwriting an expanded asset-based credit facility to Ta Chen, Inc. of over $200 million to facilitate both organic and M&A growth; co-agenting a $75 million credit facility for Newegg; structuring a $200 million unsecured channel-finance facility for Insight Enterprises; structuring a $200 million accounts receivable securitization for Advantage Sales & Marketing during the height of COVID and closing in less than 6 weeks; providing a $50 million asset-based credit facility for Quotient Technologies in conjunction with a $55 million term loan from Blue Torch Capital to refinance an imminent debt maturity; co-agenting a $200 million asset-based credit facility for SnapCare to support its growth during COVID and providing a $50 million line of credit that facilitated CalAmp’s transition from a product plus maintenance contract revenue model to a SaaS, recurring revenue model.  

With experience as both a corporate banker and a chief financial officer, Mr. Brier also is skilled at advising clients on their treasury and cash management needs.  He was responsible for establishing the one of the largest purchasing card programs at JPMorgan Chase for a certain corporate client that produced over $1 billion in spending volume per annum.

Mr. Brier was a Catholic “Big Brother,” and has served in many other volunteer endeavors.  Mr. Brier served on the Board of Directors of the Good Shepherd Shelter in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation.  Mr. Brier currently is an active member of the Turnaround Management Association and the Association for Corporate Growth.

Managing Director, Head of Healthcare

Cappello Group, Inc.

tdistanislao@cappellocorp.com

(714) 317-1705

Thomas DiStanislao's areas of expertise include, Healthcare Medical Device, Distribution, Healthcare Revenue Cycle/ Information Services, and the Food Industry.

He is a Senior Executive in the Medical Device Industry with over 35 years of Health Care experience as an innovative results-oriented executive with outstanding leadership, strategic planning and operational experience. He is experienced in growing and developing profitable businesses in existing and new markets, business operations and building teams with a proven track record in the Medical Device, Acute and Non-Acute care markets as well as Healthcare Information Services industries at executive level positions.

Mr. DiStanislao served for the past 13 years as Division Vice President/General Manager at BD one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world responsible for over $6B in portfolio channel revenue and operations. Prior, he served as Division Vice President/ General Manager of Trans Union Corporation a Financial Information Services business where he successfully launched and operated a Healthcare Revenue Cycle business. He spent over ten years with Baxter International and American Hospital Supply Corporation in a variety of healthcare executive management and sales leadership roles.  Earlier in his career, he built a specialty food brokerage business to include National distribution of Kona Coffee as well representation of many branded consumer products.

He has served as a Board Member on the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County serving the hungry for over ten years and a Board Member of the Health Industry Distributor Association a national organization including healthcare manufacturers and distributors for the past twelve years (HIDA).  He is an NCAA Collegiate Division 1 Track and Field All American from USC.

Mr. DiStanislao is a graduate of the University of Southern California and the Stanford University Advanced Management College.  He obtained his advanced education at the Wharton School of Business and the Kellogg School of Management, Executive Education Programs.  He resides in Hailey, Idaho and also Newport Beach, California.

Strategic Advisor

ecartmell@cappellocorp.com

512-852-4333

Emma Cartmell has a 22-year career building, acquiring, selling and taking companies public. Ms. Cartmell has served in multiple C-level positions for both public and private companies and has deep expertise in the healthcare technology and technology-enabled healthcare services industries. Under her leadership and guidance, multiple healthcare organizations have created and brought to market successful products and services that have led to successful exits.

Ms. Cartmell served as the COO of NantHealth, a $1B private equity fund where she built the team and led investments and acquisitions of more than 50 companies. Before that, Ms. Cartmell was the COO of Personalized Medicine at Abraxis BioScience where she prepared the company for sale and helped negotiate an 8x revenue sale to Celgene for $2.9B. Earlier in her career, she was VP of Healthcare Advanced Programs and Director of Business Development at SAIC where she held both P&L and revenue-generating responsibilities for a $500M healthcare business and assisted with SAIC’s IPO road show materials.

Ms. Cartmell has developed M&A strategies for public and private companies on both the buy and sell-side, with investment targets of up to $1B. She also advises the Morgan Stanley Equity Research team on the Digital Health Market. She personally invests in healthcare technology start-ups, both individually and as a member of the Central Texas Angel Network, and helps guide them towards successful exits through her extensive healthcare industry knowledge and relationships.

Ms. Cartmell serves on the boards of the following companies and industry associations: HIMSS North America (non-profit), Austin Healthcare Council (non-profit), Morgan Stanley’s Equity Expansion Fund and multiple start-ups, including B.Well, Care.Coach and Accordion Health (acquired in 2017). In 2013, Ms. Cartmell was appointed as an advisor to both the U.S. and British governments on healthcare technology trade and investment, and she presents regularly at Health DataPalooza on the international venture capital markets.

Ms. Cartmell was recently awarded the John A. Page Outstanding Service Award at HIMSS17 for her leadership in HIMSS and the Healthcare Industry. Ms. Cartmell holds a Masters of Science degree from King’s College London.

Former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Former Australian Federal Government Minister for Foreign Affairs, serving from 1996 to 2007

Recently appointed the Secretary General of the United Nation's Special Envoy on Cyprus

Member of the Cappello Group, LLC Advisory Board

Principal of Bespoke Approach, offering trusted counsel on the Australian corporate and political environment

Australian citizen, based in Adelaide, Australia

Director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University

(310) 393-6632

In September, 2008 Thomas W. Gilligan became the tenth dean of the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, one of the largest and most distinguished business schools in the country. Prior to his appointment at the McCombs School of Business, Dr. Gilligan held several key administrative roles at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Most notable positions include his service as interim Dean, as the Vice Dean of Undergraduate Education, as director of the Ph.D. program, and as the Chair of the Finance and Business Economics Department.

He received his B.A. in 1979 at the University of Oklahoma and his Ph.D. in Economics at Washington University in 1984. He taught Economics at the California Institute of Technology (1984-1987) and during his tenure at USC he held guest appointments at Stanford University (1989-1990 and 1994) and Northwestern University (1995-1996). Dr. Gilligan has served as a staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers in the White House and also served in the United States Air Force from 1972 to1976. His areas of interest and expertise include microeconomics, applied price theory, industrial organization, antitrust economics and public choice. He has served as a consultant to businesses in the entertainment, agriculture, service and construction industries, dealing with antitrust and contract issues, as well as pricing strategies.

PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS

Dr. Gilligan is Coeditor for the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, and Business and Politics. He is Associate Editor for the Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Finance. His recent publications address strategic behavior in industrial markets, specialization decisions within committees, and the performance of durable goods markets. He was the recipient of a National Fellowship at the Hoover Institution of War and Peace. Dr. Gilligan holds the Centennial Chair in Business Education Leadership at the McCombs School of Business.

President and CEO of National Public Radio

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Jarl Mohn, who had been known as Lee Masters since his days in radio, divides his time between being a corporate director and advisor to various media companies, making private equity investments in venture capital and buyout opportunities and managing The Mohn Family Foundation, the philanthropic entity he and his wife created in 2000.

Previously, Mr. Mohn was the founding President and CEO of Liberty Digital, a public company that invested in mid-stage interactive television, cable networks and internet enterprises. Prior to Liberty Digital, he created E! Entertainment Television, serving as President and CEO from January 1990 to December 1998. Mr. Mohn was formerly Executive Vice President and General Manager of MTV and VH1 from 1986 to 1990. Prior to his career in television, Mr. Mohn enjoyed a successful 19 year career in radio. He began as a disc jockey and moved through the ranks as a programmer, general manager and then owner of a group of radio stations.

Mr. Mohn currently serves on the following corporate and not-for-profit boards: E.W. Scripps (NYSE: SSP), a media company with a large portfolio of newspapers, television stations, internet properties and cable networks; XM Radio (NasdaqNM:XMSR), a satellite radio broadcasting service; CNET (NasdaqNM: CNET), an online publisher of special interest content including technology, computers, consumer electronics, gaming, music, photography, television and others; MobiTV, a provider of television programming and channels over Sprint, Cingular, T-Mobile and other carriers; KickApps, an applications company that provides the tools that allow web publishers to create community and social networking on their sites; Azureus, a peer to peer network for low cost, high quality secure distribution of high resolution and high definition video; American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, Chairman since 1994; Southern California Public Radio KPCC, Trustee; World Presidents Organization, Los Angeles Chapter, Chairman; and, USC Annenberg School for Communication, Board of Councilors.

Originally from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Mr. Mohn attended Philadelphia’s Temple University where he studied mathematics and philosophy. He currently lives in Brentwood with his wife and two children.

Co-Founder and Managing Member of Temple Honor, LLC

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Carl Chen is a Co-Founder and Managing Member of Temple Honor, LLC and splits his time between Pasadena, California and Taipei, Taiwan. Since 2007, Mr. Chen has co-managed the Temple Honor Asia Fund L.P. with a value-oriented strategy in publicly listed equities worldwide, with a concentration in Asia. Mr. Chen also advises pre-IPO technology companies with resource based investors and producers with his global macro outlook.
Previously, Mr. Chen was a manager at Asian Capital Partners, a Hong Kong based independent investment bank operating in Asia and the Middle East. Mr. Chen received his Bachelors of Science in finance degree from the Marshall School of business, University of Southern California (1992).
He received his Juris Doctorate from New York Law School (1995) and his Masters of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management (2004). He is also licensed to practice law in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey and Washington DC.

Australia Advisor, Former CEO of National Australia Bank

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Over 20 years experience across the global financial services, management consulting and private equity industries

Expert in international banking, US community banking, agribusiness and technology

Former Chief Executive Officer of National Australia Bank (NAB) Americas based in Chicago

Previous roles include CFO of NAB Global Technology Services Group, CIO of Business Banking and Capital Markets Division at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and Managing Partner of

Strategy and Transformation at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Australia

Currently serving as a Director and advisor to multiple businesses across the banking, retail and entertainment sectors

An Australian citizen residing in Los Angeles, and also holds citizenship of the UK and Ireland

China Advisor, Founder and CEO of Victorway Consulting Limited

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Mr. Xu is the founder and CEO of Victorway Consulting Limited, an investment consulting firm specializing in developing and structuring China-related business with local partners and resources. Being a business “chef” as people call him, he is very skillful of identifying feasible business goals and right partners to form a new China business for clients. Mr. Xu has over 30 years of hands-on experience in Government, Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprises (WOFE), Multinational Companies (MNC), and private companies. Having been serving clients from over 30 countries and in 20 industries, he is very experienced in cross-border and cross-industry business.

In addition to Victorway Consulting, Mr. Xu is also a managing partner and CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems (China) company. He oversees mainland China business for JPMS China.

Mr. Xu is a founding member of Beijing chapter of Young President Organization (YPO), the largest chief executive network in the world. With his heavy involvement in the organization, he has access to business leaders in over 100 countries.

He was born and grew up in Beijing and educated in both China (BA) and US (MBA).