Daniel J. Standen has been a Manager of Colt since 2007 and was appointed Chairman in 2011. He has been a partner of Sciens Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm headquartered in New York City, since 2000. He has been employed as an executive of Sciens Capital Management or its predecessors since 1999. Prior to 1999, he was an associate in the Mergers & Acquisition/Capital Markets group of Clifford Chance LLP. Mr. Standen received JD and LLM degrees from Duke University School of Law and a BA from New York University. Mr. Standen is qualified to serve as a Manager and member of our Governing Board due to his fifteen years of experience with the Company and his experience with the private equity and debt markets.