Shariq Azhar (Class A Director) serves as a Director. Since 2005 Mr. Azhar has served as the Director General of Injaz Mena Investment Co. PSC, an Abu Dhabi based investment bank regulated by the Central Bank of UAE, providing global private equity, real estate, capital market and investement banking services to investors. He has over 25 years experience in the financial services industry spanning America, Europe and the Middle East. Over his career he has served in various senior level positions in the areas of corporate banking, investment banking, risk management and financial regulatory policy. Among other positions held over the years, Mr. Azhar was Executive Vice President of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank where he headed the bank's wholesale businesses including corporate banking, investment banking, treasury & investments, commercial banking and institutional banking. Earlier in his career he served as General Manager of Mashreqbank USA, as Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and as Senior Research Analyst at Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the US central bank. He is a director on the boards of several companies, including: the main shareholder in a AAA rated credit derivative products company; the developer of large-scale real estate projects in South Asia; the majority owner of multi-bilion dollar tourist resort developments in Eastern Europe and the principal sponsor of a property funding investing in prime East Asian real estate. Mr. Azhar holds an MBA in Finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University.