Biographies Bassam Aburdene is the Chairman of CTSA Holdings Ltd. and CEO and a director of Capital Trust Limited. Mr Aburdene has in excess of 30 years of 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. From 1974 to 1979, Mr Aburdene was an investment manager with the Industrial Bank of Kuwait. He received an M.A. from Johns Hopkins University and a B.A. from the University of Connecticut. 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.). Olga Aburdene is a Director of Capital Trust Limited. 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. Romen Mathieu is the Managing Director of EuroMena. He has more than 14 years experience in corporate transactions and advising family owned businesses, covering Europe and the MENA region. He headed Ernst &Young’s MENA desk in France and was a Partner of Ernst &Young Corporate Finance (EYCF) and M&A in France. Prior to EYCF’s formation, Mr Mathieu worked with Lazard frères, in the M&A and financial affairs team. From 1996 to 1998, he headed the credit department of Banque Saradar in Lebanon and was a member of the bank’s credit committee. He began his career with Arthur Andersen, in its corporate restructuring and corporate finance division in France. Mr. Mathieu holds two post-graduate degrees in Finance (DESS and Magistère) and a Master’s degree in Management from the Sorbonne University. Gilles de Clerck is a Senior Manager of EuroMena. He has more than 14 years experience in strategy and finance, of which more than 6 years were spent in the MENA region with Booz Allen & Hamilton in the restructuring and privatisation programs. He worked in France as a Senior Manager with Vertone, a 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 as an auditor. Mr de Clerck holds a graduate degree from the ESSEC School of Management (Paris) and a Bachelor degree in Commerce from the McGill University (Canada). 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. Finola Reynolds is the Real Estate Fund Manager responsible for advising the investment committee on acquisitions and disposals. Her role also includes ensuring the efficient and effective management of the portfolio.   Ms Reynolds is Company Secretary on the Capital Trust Ltd Board of Directors and 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. Karim Burhani is an investment officer of EuroMena.  He has three years of experience in Corporate Finance and Consulting.  Prior to joining the fund, he worked in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a Financial Analyst at Horwath International.  Mr Burhani holds a B.Sc in Banking and Finance and he is a CFA Charter holder. Wassim Heneine is a Senior Manager of The EuroMena Fund Management Team. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Heneine was an Investment Banker at BNP Paribas, Paris (Investment Banking division) covering merger markets. He advised major clients including Saudi Arabian Airlines, the Government of Albania and regional banks in the Middle East on several transactions in the banking, insurance, airline, consumer goods among others. Prior to that, Wassim was a Manager in the transaction services department of PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Paris and Boston where he performed buy side and sell side due diligence for financial and strategic buyers and sellers. Mr. Heneine is a CFA charter, CPA holder. He obtained his MBA (with honours) from Boston University and is also a graduate of AUB. Wassim is fluent in Arabic, English and French. Frederic Dib is a member of the EuroMena fund management team. Mr. Dib holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business emphasis in finance from the American University of Beirut. Mr. Dib is fluent in Arabic, English and French. Raney Aburdene is a fund and real estate investment analyst. 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. Sarah Al Hamdan is an Investment Officer of the EuroMena Fund Management Team. Prior to joining in 2011, Miss Al Hamdan performed internships in various industries, including Corporate and Private Banking (National Commercial Bank, KSA). Miss Al Hamdan holds a Masters degree in Supply Chain Management from Brunel University (London, UK) and a BA (with Honors) in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham. Miss Al Hamdan is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT, UK). Miss Al Hamdan is fluent in Arabic, English and intermediate in Spanish. Emad Odeh is the Managing Partner in the Dubai office.  Mr. Odeh advises and is responsible for the Group's GCC operations, Private Equity and M&A and Real Estate sourcing, execution and follow up with the Group's investors in the GCC. Mr. Odeh has over 25 years of investment experience in the US and GCC. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Odeh founded The OC, a Business and Investment Advisory consulting firm in Dubai and the UK serving institutional and family offices. Prior to that Mr. Odeh was the CEO of Al Thani Investments Group of companies for 7 years and before that CIO of Albawardi Enterprises in Abu Dhabi. After graduating from Michigan in the US in 1985, he joined a Washington DC based investment company where he worked for 12 years before moving permanently to Dubai in 1998 with his family.