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Directors

Board of Directors

Wesley R. Edens

Wesley R. Edens, 44, has been a principal and the chairman of the management committee of Fortress since co-founding the firm in 1998. Mr. Edens is primarily responsible for the day-to-day operations and management of Fortress's private equity business and is the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of both Newcastle Investment Corp. and Eurocastle Investment Limited. Mr. Edens serves on the boards of Brookdale Senior Living Communities Inc., Aircastle Limited, Green Tree Inc., Italfondiario S.P.A., and Mapeley Limited, and serves as the chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global Signal Inc. Prior to co-founding Fortress, Mr. Edens was partner and managing director of BlackRock Financial Management Inc. and Lehman Brothers.

Robert I. Kauffman

Robert I. Kauffman, 42, has been a principal and a member of the management committee of Fortress Investment since co-founding the firm in 1998. Mr. Kauffman is primarily responsible for Fortress Investment's European investment operations. He also serves as Chairman of Italfondiario, Fortress Investment's Italian Real Estate and Loan Business. Prior to co-founding Fortress Investment, Mr. Kauffman was a managing director of the principal finance group of UBS from May 1997 to May 1998, and prior to that, was a principal of BlackRock Financial Management. Mr. Kauffman was with Lehman Brothers from 1986 to 1994 and served as executive director of Lehman Brothers International in London beginning in 1992. Mr. Kauffman received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northeastern University.

Randal A. Nardone

Randal A. Nardone, 51, has been a principal and a member of the management committee of Fortress since co-founding the firm in 1998. Mr. Nardone is primarily responsible for Fortress's structured finance and legal matters. He has been a director of Eurocastle since August 2006. Prior to co-founding Fortress, Mr. Nardone was a managing director of UBS, a principal of BlackRock Financial Management Inc. and managing director of BlackRock Asset Investors. In addition, Mr. Nardone was a partner and a member of the executive committee at the law firm of Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP, which he joined in 1980, and ran the structured finance group starting in 1993. Mr. Nardone was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in English and biology from the University of Connecticut and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Boston University School of Law.

Burkhard U. Drescher

Burkhard U. Drescher, 55, is a member of the Board and is Chief Executive Officer of the GAGFAH GmbH Group, the NILEG GmbH Group, and Acquisition 1, and is Managing Director of the WOBA GmbH Group. Mr. Drescher has 24 years of professional experience, and joined our Group in 2006. Mr. Drescher has degrees in business sciences and chemistry. Prior to joining our Group, he was mayor of the City of Oberhausen, Germany and a member of the management board of RAG Immobilien AG. Mr. Drescher is responsible for administration, portfolio management and business communication.

Yves Wagner, PhD

Yves Wagner, PhD, was appointed to the Board in October 2006. In addition,
Mr Wagner is an independent director of several management companies. He is co-founder and partner of The Directors' Office, a Luxembourg company supervised by the CSSF, providing substance and assistance in particular in risk management supervision of management companies and funds. Prior thereto, Mr. Wagner was Chief Executive Officer of Fortis Investment Luxembourg, after serving as a director for many years in the asset management division of Banque Générale du Luxembourg (Fortis Group).
Mr. Wagner is also a lecturer at several universities and is President of the Luxembourg Society of Financial Analysts.

Dieter H. Ristau

Dieter H. Ristau, 58, was appointed a member of the Board in October 2006. Prior to joining our Group, Dieter H. Ristau was Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Global Investors Luxembourg S.A. and Chairman of the boards of Dresdner International Management Services Ltd., Ireland and Dresdner Fund Adminstration Ltd., Cayman Islands.

Dr. Jürgen Allerkamp

Dr. Jürgen Allerkamp, 50, was appointed to the Board in October 2006. Dr. Allerkamp has degrees in law and political science. He began his career as a legal officer with Westdeutsche Landesbank. Prior to joining our Group, he was secretary of the management board and head of the legal department at Stadtsparkasse Dresden. In 1996, Dr. Allerkamp was appointed a full member of the management board of Stadtsparkasse Dresden and in 1998, he was appointed to the Board of NORD/LB.

 

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