Mr. Michael F. Holland is currently the Chairman of Holland & Company, an investment management firm, since 1995 and has over 40 years of experience in the financial services industry.

Mr. Holland also currently serves as Chairman and Trustee of the State Street Master Funds, Director of the Holland Series Funds, Inc., and as Trustee of the Blackstone/GSO Senior Floating Rate Term Fund, the China Fund, Inc., the Taiwan Fund, Inc. and Scottish Widows Emerging Market Fund. Mr. Holland began his career at J.P.

Morgan in 1968 spending twelve years managing both equity and fixed income assets for institutional clients and high net worth individuals.

He also served as Chief Executive Officer of First Boston Asset Management in the early 1980’s and later served as Chairman of Salomon Brothers Asset Management.

He has also been a General Partner of the Blackstone Group, Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management and a former Vice Chairman of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. ^[0]