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B a s s a m A b u r d e n e Bassam Aburdene is the Chairman of CTSA Holdings Ltd and of Capital Trust Limited. Mr Aburdene began his career in 1974 as an investment manager with the Industrial Bank of Kuwait and has vast experience in investing and managing companies in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Prior to the group’s formation in 1985, Mr Aburdene was General Manager of the Aggad Investment Company in Riyadh, where he was responsible for managing the company’s investments, which included mergers and acquisitions, Corporate Finance and principal investment activities. Mr Aburdene holds an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. from the University of Connecticut. J o h n P . O s w a l d John P. Oswald is the President and CEO of CTSA Holdings Ltd. and the President and CEO of C.T. Capital International, Inc. Mr Oswald advises the Group’s U.S. operations which include private equity and real estate. Mr Oswald acts as CEO or board member of several portfolio companies and advises on the structuring and acts as client representative in numerous high profile transactions. Prior to 1992, Mr Oswald was a partner at the international law firm Lord, Day & Lord. His practice was involved in mergers and acquisitions transactions, cross-border financing, tax and real estate matters. Mr Oswald began his career as a Certified Public Accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co., where he specialised in real estate. He is a graduate of the New York University School of Law (L.L.M.) and Brooklyn Law School (J.D.). O l g a A b u r d e n e Olga Aburdene is the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Trust Limited. In addition to managing the London operations, Ms Aburdene’s responsibilities include sourcing, execution and follow-up across all of the Groups’ activities. Prior to joining the Group in 2002, Ms Aburdene worked at Barclays Capital as a corporate finance analyst on the “Balance Sheet Advisory” team, providing corporate finance and strategic advice to European banks and insurance companies. Previously, she had worked at Linnco Europe, a financial brokerage firm. Ms Aburdene holds a B.Sc. in Management from King’s College London. G u y H o d g s o n Guy Hodgson is the Group Chief Financial Officer and is a director of Capital Trust Limited. His responsibilities include financial reporting and compliance for the various Group companies, funds and portfolio investments. Prior to joining Capital Trust Limited Mr Hodgson held a number of senior financial positions within blue chip City financial services companies and latterly with The Berkeley Group, a residential development company. Mr Hodgson trained as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse in London specialising in the audit of financial services companies and holds a BA in Philosophy from University College London. F i n o l a R e y n o l d s Finola Reynolds is a Director of Capital Trust Ltd. Ms Reynolds is responsible for sourcing and purchasing prime real estate and the effective management of all stock held in the various real estate portfolios. Ms Reynolds also oversees all aspects of Human Resources for the Group. Ms Reynolds joined the Capital Trust Group in 1993 and has worked with the real estate team since 1996. Ms Reynolds is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development. R a n e y A b u r d e n e Raney Aburdene is head of investor relations and business development. Prior to joining Capital Trust in 2011, Mr Aburdene worked as a fund investment analyst at Camden Partners, a US based private equity fund manager and as an international marketing and sales executive at the Marcus Evans Group in London. Mr Aburdene holds a BA (Hons) in Arabic and Management from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. Mr Aburdene is fluent in Arabic, English and French. R o m e n M a t h i e u Romen Mathieu is the Managing Director of Capital Trust’s EuroMena private equity funds and has held that position since 2004, covering the Middle East and North Africa. He chairs and sits on the board of several companies across a range of sectors. Mr Mathieu is also a Board member of the International Chamber of Commerce - Lebanon. He has more than 20 years of experience in corporate transactions and family owned businesses, covering Europe and the MENA. He was a Partner of Ernst &Young Corporate Finance and M&A in France. Prior to that, Mr Mathieu worked with Lazard Frères in mergers and acquisitions. From 1996 to 1998 he headed the credit department of Banque Saradar in Lebanon. He began his career with Arthur Andersen and worked within its corporate restructuring and finance division in France. Mr Mathieu holds two graduate degrees in Finance (DESS and Magistère) and a Master’s degree in Management from the Sorbonne University. He is fluent in Arabic, English and French. G i l l e s d e C l e r c k Gilles de Clerck has been an Executive Director of the EuroMena private equity funds since 2004. He chairs and sits on the board of several companies in the MENA region. Mr de Clerck has more than 20 years of experience in strategy and finance, spending more than 6 years in the MENA region with Booz Allen & Hamilton (now Booz & Co) in the restructuring and privatization programs. He has worked in France as a Senior Manager with Vertone, a leading French strategy & management consulting firm. Prior to joining Booz Allen, he worked with L’Oreal in the UAE as an Area Manager and with Price Waterhouse Coopers as an auditor. Mr De Clerck holds a graduate degree from the ESSEC School of Management (Paris) and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the McGill University (Canada). He holds a French Baccalaureate from the Grand Lycee Français de Beirut. He is fluent in Arabic, English and French.
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