Allan R Tessler

Mr. Tessler has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of International Financial Group, Inc., an international merchant banking firm, since 1987. He has been Chairman of the Board of Epoch Investment Partners, Inc., formerly J Net Enterprises, since 2004. He was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of J Net Enterprises from 2000 to 2004. He was Co-Chairman of the Board of Data Broadcasting Corporation (now named Interactive Data Corporation, a member of the Pearson PLC group of companies), a provider of financial and business information to institutional and individual investors, from June 1992 until May 2000 and Co-Chief Executive Officer of that company from June 1992 until November 1999. Mr. Tessler was Chairman of the Board of InterWorld Corporation from 2001 to 2004. Since January 1997, Mr. Tessler has also served as Chairman of Checker Holdings Corp. IV. Mr. Tessler has served as a director of TD Ameritrade since November 2006.