ABOUT JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN

ABOUT JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN Jeffrey E. Epstein is the Chairman of Financial Trust Company, Inc. Mr. Epstein started his career at Bear Stearns with an educational background in physics. He is a former member of the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the New York Academy of Science, a former Rockefeller University Board Member and a former Trustee of the Institute of International Education. Mr. Epstein is a member of the Board of Directors and the President of The C.0.U.Q. Foundation, Inc., one of the largest scientific philanthropies, funding topics such as "Biologically Inspired Financial Computing," "Game Theory and the Currency Markets," "The Mathematics and Political Impacts of Esoteric Financial Instruments," and "Personal Genomics and Power." Mr. Epstein is also actively involved in the Santa Fe Institute, the Theoretical Biology Initiative at the Institute for Advanced Study, and the Quantum Gravity Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and also sat on the Mind, Brain and Behavior Advisory Committee at Harvard University. For additional information about Mr. Epstein's scientific philanthropy, go to www.jeffreyepsteinscience.com. EFTA00295224