Shengbei Guo is a Manaing Director of Deutsche Bank Absolute Return Strategy Group and the senior Portfolio Manager of the Noetic Global Diversified Trading Strategy, the Noetic Emerging Market Currency Strategy, and the Noetic U.S. Equity Long/Short Strategy. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in 1997, Mr. Guo worked for Morgan Stanley in NewYork, where from 1996 until 1997 he was a trader and researcher in the Proprietary Technical Trading Department andfrom 1994 until 1996 was employed by the Equity Division as a project manager of risk management and accounting systems. From November 1992 until February 1994, Mr. Guo worked for the Equity Division of Morgan Stanley inTokyo, where he developed portfolio management and risk management software systems for equity and derivative trading. Mr. Guo received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from Beijing University in July 1990, his M.S. degreein Computer Science from Columbia University in May 1991, and his MBA degree from Wharton School at Universityof Pennsylvania in May 1999.