Dr. Ethan Chorin
Dr. David Gutelius

Will Ward
Spencer Witte
Mahmoud Hassan Yacoub

Ed Bice
Michael Brown
Ed Hirs III
Geoffrey Milton
Dr. Jody Ranck
Dr. Sepp Tietze
Prof. Dirk Vandewalle
Kamel Mukharesh

Mr. Hirs, CFA, has been principal and CEO of Hirs & Company and its predecessor, Niven Associates, since 1992, serving as an independent adviser for transactions totaling more than $2.3 billion. He advises company directors and shareholders on mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings, and he works with companies on valuation matters.

Mr. Hirs has 25 years of corporate finance experience with venture capital start-ups, private equity transactions, and Fortune 500, Forbes 500 Private, and INC 500 companies.

He is a lecturer in economics at the University of Houston and leads review sessions for continuing legal education seminars for the UH Law Foundation. He holds a MBA, a MA in economics, and a BA in economics from Yale University.

Mr. Geoffrey Milton is Partner at Capital Investment Solutions. An expert in emerging markets and bank regulation, Mr. Milton began his career with Bank of America. More recently, he has served on the boards of Misr America International Bank in Egypt, ABC Futures & Bullion (Singapore), Banco ABC Brasil and Union Bank of Bangkok. He was a Member of the Founding Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt and remains a Board Member and Vice President of the Arab Bankers Association of North America (ABANA). Mr. Milton co-chaired the Coordinating Committee for National Bank of Brunei and was a member of the Advisory Committee to restructure Brazil°s international debt. In New York, he has served on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Institute of International Bankers. He is currently also a Member of the Advisory Board to the Middle East Institute in Washington D.C. and has served in Jordan and Yemen with the Financial Services Volunteer Corps. Mr. Milton holds a B.A. from London University in Economics.