Louis C. Gerken, Founder, Chairman and Group CIO of Gerken Capital Associates (“GCA”) has been active in the alternative investment business since the mid 70’s. He started his career as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager with London-based, GT Capital, one of the earliest emerging market fund managers. GCA’s primary focus is the management of alternative asset, emerging market funds. At present, aggregate AUM managed and/or advised exceeds $1.4 billion. Details on current and prior funds managed can be accessed at www.gerkencapital.com. GCA and its Principals have managed and/or advised $4.9 billion in private equity and hedge funds representing 20 different managers.

GCA serves as Manager to the the GCA Greater China Hedge Fund established in 2005 with JV Partner, Taiwan-listed Polaris Group. It also serves as Manager to the GCA Latam Fund established with 2007 with JV Partner, BBVA. Prior to forming GCA, Mr. Gerken was a Managing Director and Group Head of Prudential Securities Technology Investment Banking Division. The Group served as advisor to over thirty M&A and corporate finance mandates exceeding $4.5 billion in total financing. Clients included British Telecom, Hong Kong Telecom and Bell South.

Earlier, Mr. Gerken was a General Partner to Prudential Securities' four venture capital funds with $336 million under management. As one of the largest VC funds it was responsible for completing fifty IT and bio-tech sector early and expansion stage investments, and was one of the first VC funds to pioneer corporate partnering as a co-investment strategy. Mr. Gerken had board of director and/or portfolio responsibility for Ecogen, Summit Technologies, Boston Scientific, Marquest Medical, Masstron, Visiontech, Crystal Diagnostics, LaPine Technologies, Navtech, Plexus Computers, American Software, and Tridon.

Prior to his tenure at Prudential, Mr. Gerken was associated with Montgomery Securities' Venture Capital Funds, and Wells Fargo Capital Markets, where he developed one of the first U.S. fund of funds. Earlier in his career, Mr. Gerken was President of TCG International, a telecommunications consulting engineering practice responsible for the deployment of over sixty international projects. The firm was successfully sold to Price Waterhouse. Prior to that he was a Senior Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager with GT Capital Management, an emerging markets investment management firm and was an Investment Officer and Research Analyst following the technology and financial sectors with the Bank of California.

Mr. Gerken is a prior Chairman of the Film Institute of Northern California. He received an MBA from the Southern Methodist University Graduate School of Business, a Masters Degree in International Business from the American Graduate School, and was awarded a Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of Redlands.

As a recognized authority on alternative investments and emerging markets, Mr. Gerken is a frequent speaker at major industry conferences, including keynote speaker at Institutional Investor and MAR Hedge conferences. He has made guest appearances on CNBC and Bloomberg, and has been the subject of numerous press reports including Euromoney, Financial Times, HFM Week, Barron’s, The Wall Street Transcript and Fund Strategy. For more news highlights, access: www.gerkencapital.com under “In The News.”

Mr. Gerken speaks Spanish fluently and has a working knowledge of French and German. Gerken Capital Associates is a Registered Investment Advisor. Series 7, 24 & 63 licenses are held by Mr. Gerken. Mr. Gerken lives in San Francisco’s Bay Area.