Rene-Pierre Pierre Azria

Mr. Azria serves as President and CEO of Tegris LLC, a private investment bank and has over twenty-five years of corporate finance experience, working generally on large size transactions with a high degree of complexity. His industry experience is concentrated in technology, media and telecommunications, and also includes healthcare and consumer goods. Prior to Tegris, Mr. Azria was from 1996 to 2007 a Managing Director at Rothschild, Inc. and a Rothschild worldwide partner. Prior to joining Rothschild, Inc. in 1996, Mr. Azria served as Managing Director of Blackstone Indosuez and President of Financiere Indosuez Inc. in New York. Mr. Azria also serves as a director of two privately held publishing companies.