Mr. Ali Alizadeh is the co-founder and managing partner of the Hemisphere Companies. Mr. Alizadeh directs the firm's development and investment efforts as well as managing the firm's client and institutional relationships.

During the last 15 years, Mr. Alizadeh has been instrumental in arranging nearly $800 million of senior/subordinated debt. From 1999 to 2001 Mr. Alizadeh was Senior Vice President in the Corporate Finance Department of Jefferies and Company, Inc. Prior to joining Jefferies, Mr. Alizadeh spent two years as a Managing Director at RBC Dain Rauscher and five years at Miller and Schroeder Financial, Inc. He has also held corporate finance positions at Citicorp, N.A., in Chicago and New York. He holds a bachelors degree in Economics from Macalester College and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Rochesters Simon School of Business in Rochester, New York.

Mr. Peter Ahn is a co-founder and partner in the Hemisphere Companies. Mr. Ahn manages the firms finances and operations and leads its debt placement activities.

Since 1991, Mr. Ahn has been directly involved in completing transactions totaling more than $500 million. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Ahn was with Jefferies and Company, Inc. Prior to joining Jefferies, Mr. Ahn spent four years at RBC Dain Rauscher in the fixed income and equity capital market groups. Prior to joining Dain, Mr. Ahn spent four years as a management consultant with a principal focus in the energy industry. Mr. Ahn holds a bachelors degree in Economics from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and an M.B.A. in strategic management from the University of Minnesota.