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Koenraad Foulon is a Private Equity Senior Managing Partner and a Director and Senior Vice President of Capital International. As a co-founder of the CIPEF program, he has served as the Chairman of the Investment Committee for each of the five prior CIPEF funds. Prior to joining Capital International in 1990, Mr. Foulon was managing director of Shearson Lehman Global Asset Management – Posthorn Global Asset Management in London, where he spent six years. He also spent three years as a banker at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company in Brussels and New York and five years as a portfolio manager with Banque DeGroof in Brussels. Mr. Foulon earned a distinction in economics from the University of Louvain, Belgium. He is based in London. Country of Origin: Belgium Office: London Years at Capital: 20 Years in the Industry: 34 Lam Nguyen-Phuong is a Private Equity Senior Managing Partner and the Research Investment Director of the CIPEF program. He is also a Director and Senior Vice President of Capital International. As a co-founder of the CIPEF program, he has served as the Vice Chairman of the Investment Committee for each of the five prior CIPEF funds. Prior to joining Capital International in 1992, Mr. Nguyen-Phuong was a director of Ermgassen & Co. Ltd., a London-based mergers and acquisitions advisory firm which he had co-founded in 1988. Before that, he was with JP Morgan & Co for ten years, where he worked in New York, Brussels and London, primarily in Corporate Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions. He also spent two years as a commercial banker covering Latin America for RepublicBank Dallas. In addition, he has held part-time teaching positions in finance or investment management at Pace University in New York, The University of Texas at Dallas, and Boston University-Brussels. Mr. Nguyen-Phuong earned a Diplôme d'Ingénieur from the École Centrale (Paris, France), and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He is based in Singapore. Country of Origin: Vietnam Office: Singapore Years at Capital: 19 Years in the Industry: 34 Ashley Dunster is a Private Equity Managing Partner with primary responsibility in Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In 2006, he became a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 1997, he spent four years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he was a principal banker in the Early Stage Equity Team with private equity responsibilities covering Russia, Kazakhstan, Hungary and Slovenia. Before that, Mr. Dunster was an associate consultant at The L|E|K Partnership, an international strategy consulting firm; during his four years at L|E|K, he worked on mergers and acquisitions transactions, corporate strategy, and privatization and restructuring mandates in Poland. Mr. Dunster received a BE in civil engineering from the University of Melbourne, and a Masters degree in mathematics from Oxford University. He is based in London. Country of Origin: Australia Office: London Years at Capital: 14 Years in the Industry: 22 Leonard L. Kim is a Private Equity Managing Partner with primary responsibility in Asia. In 2010, he became a member of the Private Equity Investment Committee. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 1997, he was a director of Peregrine Capital Limited, the corporate finance/investment banking arm of the Peregrine Group, and co-head of their multinational group, where he was responsible for the coordination and execution of corporate finance transactions in Asia for the firm's North American, European, and Japanese multinational clients. While at Peregrine, Mr. Kim advised numerous multinational and Asian companies on private equity fundraising, acquisitions, restructuring, and Asian expansion strategies. Prior to joining Peregrine in 1992, he was a founding member of Kimbaco Limited, a Korean-owned and focused cross-border advisory and direct investment firm. Prior to this, he was an investment banker with The First Boston Corporation in New York. He holds a BS degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and is based in Singapore. Country of Origin: United States Office: Singapore Years at Capital: 14 Years in the Industry: 22 William Bannister-Parker is a Private Equity Managing Partner responsible for global operations. Previously, he spent 14 years as a Private Equity investment professional covering Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Capital International in 1994, Mr Bannister-Parker spent eight years with Bank of Boston and Bankers Trust Co. in corporate lending, corporate finance, and private equity. Mr. Bannister-Parker received a BA (cum laude) from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration. He is based in London. Country of Origin: United States Office: London Years at Capital: 16 Years in the Industry: 26 James E. McGuigan is a Private Equity Managing Partner focusing on investor relations. He joined the the CIPEF team in 2000 after spending over 16 years as a lawyer and later as an investment banker handling cross-border mergers & acquisitions and direct investment transactions. Prior to joining Capital, Mr. McGuigan was based in Tokyo as Managing Director for a unit of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Prior to Nomura, Mr. McGuigan was an investment banker on Asian related investments including work as a Managing Director of Peregrine Capital (USA), Inc. where he handled cross-border M&A and direct investment transactions in various Asian countries. Mr. McGuigan began his career in as counsel to the International Division of Getty Oil Company. Mr. McGuigan received a JD from the University of Oregon School of Law and a BS in finance from the University of Oregon. He is based in San Francisco. Country of Origin: United States Office: San Francisco Years at Capital: 11 Years in the Industry: 30 Nick Chen is a Private Equity Partner with primary responsibility in Asia. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2005, Mr. Chen spent six years with JPMorgan Investment Banking in New York and Hong Kong, latterly as a Vice President of the Asia Pacific Mergers and Acquisitions Group. While at JPMorgan, he advised on numerous multinational and regional corporate clients on cross-border M&A transactions, most of which are China-related. He also had experience in equity and debt capital market financing. Before joining JPMorgan, he spent two years with Towers Perrin in the U.S. as a management consultant. Mr. Chen received his BA (summa cum laude) in economics from Franklin and Marshall College. He is based in Hong Kong. Country of Origin: China Office: Hong Kong Years at Capital: 5 Years in the Industry: 13 Martin E. Diaz Plata is a Private Equity Partner with primary responsibility in Latin America. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2003, he spent seven years with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now Credit Suisse First Boston), first as an investment banking associate, then as a principal of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, in New York and Buenos Aires. Before that, Mr. Diaz Plata spent three years with Corporacion Financiera del Valle in Bogota as an investment analyst and stockbroker. Mr. Diaz Plata is a graduate of Universidad Externado de Colombia and holds an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is based in London. Country of Origin: Colombia Office: London Years at Capital: 8 Years in the Industry: 19 James M. Ho is a Private Equity Partner with primary responsibility in Asia. Prior to joining CIPEF team in 1996, Mr. Ho was vice president of global equity investments at Bank of America in Hong Kong for five years. Before that, he was a manager at CRA, Conzinc Asia for two years, and an associate with Strategic Planning Associates for a year and a half. He received a BA in economics from the National Taiwan University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is based in Hong Kong. Country of Origin: Taiwan Office: Hong Kong Years at Capital: 15 Years in the Industry: 24 Guilherme Lins is a Private Equity Partner with primary responsibility in Latin America, focusing on Brazil. In 2010, he became a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2000, he spent eight years with JPMorgan, first as an associate in the Latin American Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York and São Paulo, and then as a vice president covering JPMorgan's industrial clients in Brazil. Before that, Mr. Lins spent three years with the Matuschka Group in Paris and Munich in the firm's corporate finance department. Mr. Lins received a BSc in chemical engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and a management degree from École des Hautes Études Commerciales-HEC in Paris. He is based in Geneva. Country of Origin: Brazil Office: Geneva Years at Capital: 11 Years in the Industry: 22 Christian Skaanild is a Private Equity Partner with primary responsibility in Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2001, Mr. Skaanild spent two years with Antfactory as an investment associate (in London and in Tokyo) and before that, three years with Accenture as a strategy consultant. Mr. Skaanild received his BA (honours) in industrial economics from the University of Nottingham. He is based in Geneva. Country of Origin: Denmark Office: Geneva Years at Capital: 9 Years in the Industry: 15 Leandro Cuccioli is a Private Equity Principal with primary responsibility in Latin America. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2008, Mr. Cuccioli spent two years with BP in the U.K. building the portfolio of wind power assets in China. Before joining BP, Mr. Cuccioli worked for five years as a management consultant for Strat Consulting, a boutique firm with offices in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Mr. Cuccioli earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an Engineering Degree from the Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires (ITBA). He is based in London. Country of Origin: Argentina Office: London Years at Capital: 3 Years in the Industry: 10 Anuj Girotra is a Private Equity Principal with primary responsibility in Asia. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2008, Mr. Girotra spent 9 years with ABN Amro Bank where he was Director with the Special Situations and Distressed Capital business running growth capital situations and distressed loan portfolio acquisitions in Asia Pacific. Mr. Girotra holds an MBA in International Finance from XLRI, India and is a President of India's Gold Medallist Bachelor in Engineering from Delhi Institute of Technology, Delhi University, India. He is based in Singapore. Country of Origin: India Office: Singapore Years at Capital: 3 Years in the Industry: 12 Irina Grigorenko is a Private Equity Principal with primary responsibility in Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2006, Ms. Grigorenko spent over four years with McKinsey & Company where she was most recently the engagement manager for Corporate Finance & Strategy Practice. Her projects in the Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Scandinavia, and Russia included M&A, Corporate Finance, and Private Equity. Ms. Grigorenko earned an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, an MA in international finance from the University of Amsterdam, and a BS in accounting (with highest distinction) from the University of Kansas. She is based in London. Country of Origin: Ukraine Office: London Years at Capital: 5 Years in the Industry: 11 Umur Hursever is a Private Equity Principal with primary responsibility in Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in October 2010, he spent ten years in private equity with CCMP Capital and its predecessor JPMorgan Partners in London focusing on growth capital and LBO investments across Europe. Prior to that, he worked for three years in the M&A group of Salomon Brothers (now part of Citi) in New York and London. Mr. Hursever holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Macalester College. He is based in London. Country of Origin: Turkey Office: London Years at Capital: 0.3 Years in the Industry: 14 Paul-Jeroen van de Grampel is a Private Equity Transaction Principal with primary responsibility in Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining CIPEF, he was an associate in the London office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom where he gained a broad experience in mergers & acquisitions, private equity and general corporate transactions. Prior to that, he was an associate of Allen & Overy in London, where he worked in the corporate finance practice. Mr. van de Grampel graduated with a Dutch civil law degree from Leiden University, The Netherlands, in 1995. He is a former member of the Dutch bar and is qualified to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales. He is based in London. Country of Origin: The Netherlands Office: London Years at Capital: 7 Years in the Industry: 15 Albert Sheu is a Private Equity Transaction Specialist with primary responsibility in Asia. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in September 2010, he worked as an associate in the Hong Kong office of Morrison & Foerster, where he primarily handled private equity and merger & acquisitions transactions. Prior to that, he worked as an associate with the corporate departments of O'Melveny & Myers in Beijing and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, CA. Mr. Sheu graduated with a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School and a Master of Business Administration from the NYU Stern School of Business. He also received a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University. Mr. Sheu is admitted to practice law in the states of New York and California. He is based in Singapore. Country of Origin: Taiwan Office: Singapore Years at Capital: 0.3 Years in the Industry: 9 Hotak Chow is a Private Equity Investment Officer with primary responsibility in Asia. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2008, Mr. Chow was a participant in "The Associates Program", the global investment management program at The Capital Group Companies. This included working in the listed equity research unit, Capital Research Global Investors. Before that he worked at Credit Suisse First Boston in Global Emerging Markets Equity Strategy for six months. Mr. Chow received a BEng and an MEng (both with honours) in Materials Engineering, Economics and Management from the University of Oxford. He is based in Singapore. Country of Origin: Hong Kong Office: Singapore Years at Capital: 5 Years in the Industry: 7 Lanciné Diaby is a Private Equity Investment Officer with primary responsibility in Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2011, he spent two years in private equity with Actis focusing on growth capital and LBO investments across West and Central Africa. Prior to that, he worked in the Private Sector and Capital Markets Departments of the African Development Bank in Tunisia and in the Investment Banking arm of the Crédit Agricole Group (Calyon) in France. Mr. Diaby holds a Diplome d'Ingénieur from Ecole Centrale (Lille, France) and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is based in Geneva. Country of Origin: Cote d'Ivoire Office: Geneva Years at Capital: 0.3 Years in the Industry: 8 Arthur Enikeev is an Investment Officer with primary responsibility in Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2010, he spent three years with Citigroup's Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa M&A team and the Global Consumer, Retail & Healthcare Investment Banking team based in London. Previously, he worked in Moscow as a Management Consultant and also co-founded a mobile phone retailer in Russia. Mr. Enikeev holds a BSc in Economics with distinction from Moscow State University and a Masters in Financial Economics from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. He is based in London. Country of Origin: Russian Federation Office: London Years at Capital: 0.2 Years in the Industry: 7 Antonio Heredia is a Private Equity Investment Officer with primary responsibility in Latin America. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2011, Mr. Heredia spent four years with Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was an Associate in the Investment Banking Division working in Mergers & Acquisitions and Debt transactions in the Latin American region. Before that, Mr. Heredia spent two years working for J.P. Morgan Securities in its Asset Management Division, serving clients across Latin America. Mr. Heredia received a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM). He is based in London. Country of Origin: Mexico Office: London Years at Capital: 0.2 Years in the Industry: 6 Neo Zhang is a Private Equity Investment Officer with primary responsibility in Asia. Prior to joining the CIPEF team in 2011, Mr. Zhang spent 4 years with Morgan Stanley, later as an Associate with the Asia Pacific Real Estate Investment Banking Team, helping companies in Asia Pacific with capital raising and M&A. Prior to that, Mr. Zhang also spent one year with Bank of China International in its equity research team covering listed Chinese real estate companies. Mr. Zhang holds a BSc in Mathematics from Hong Kong University. He is based in Hong Kong. Country of Origin: China Office: Hong Kong Years at Capital: 0.2 Years in the Industry: 5

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