ABOUT THE FUND MANAGER
Andrew M. O'Shea, founder and President of Ventry Harbor
Asset Management, LLC , serves as the Fund's investment manager.
Mr. O'Shea is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has
passed the written examination requirements to be a Chartered
Life Underwriter (CLU) and a Fellow, Life Management Institute
(FLMI). Mr. O'Shea recently served in senior operating and
financial management positions for portfolio companies in
the aviation industry for private equity investors. Mr. O'Shea
also previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Moscow
CableCom Corp (formerly NASDAQ: MOCC) which built and operated
a "last mile" access network for a cable television and Internet
access company in Moscow, Russia. He also was the Chief Financial
Officer of The J.M. Ney Company, a Connecticut-based manufacturer
of precious metals-based parts and materials that had been
a subsidiary of Moscow CableCom Corp until the sale of its
operations. Mr. O'Shea was also in senior financial management
positions at WorldCrisa Inc., a distributor of tabletop products
for the hotel and hospitality industry; Buxton Co., a manufacturer
and distributor of personal leather goods; Standard Builders,
a construction company and North American Holding Corp, a
publicly traded diversified financial services company which,
among other things, operated a broker-dealer with offices
located primarily on the east coast of the U.S. Mr. O'Shea
began his professional career at the Hartford, Connecticut
office of Price Waterhouse (a predecessor firm to PricewaterhouseCoopers)
and was involved in the audits of financial services companies
including insurance companies, the broker-dealer and investment
management subsidiaries of life insurance companies, insurance
agencies, and specialized lending institutions. Mr. O'Shea
holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting which he
received with highest honors from Western New England College,
Springfield, Massachusetts. He is a member of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a corporator
of the Springfield Museums.