Board of Directors

Nikola Andersson
Nikola Anderssson was most recently Executive Vice President of Structured Investment Management before leaving to spend more time with her family. Before joining Structured Investment Management, Nikola Andersson, a native of Australia, was Director, Electronic Trading, for UBS in Tokyo. Prior to UBS, she spent two years with Bloomberg LP Trading Systems in Tokyo. Earlier in her career, she worked in risk management at BZW in London.

Vladimijr Attard
Mr. Attard is a Principal at Lydian Asset Management, a hedge fund sponsor with operations in New York and London. He specializes in global convertible arbitrage, relative value credit, and capital structure arbitrage strategies. Mr. Attard was educated at Cambridge University.

Charles S. Foster
SIM's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Accumulated over 17 years of experience in investment banking and structured finance, nine as Managing Director. Formerly at Barclays Capital, was instrumental in building the firm's investment banking business in the technology, media and telecommunication sectors. Previously, held various positions with Citigroup, Citicorp Securities, and Citibank Canada.

Meera Gandhi
Mrs. Gandhi is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, CEO of MTG Productions, a well known community leader, committed humanitarian and philanthropist dedicated to solutions to human suffering and deprivation around the globe. In 2008, Meera Gandhi launched her own Television and Internet production company, MTG productions, where she is producing content for TV, Internet and the 4th Dimension. Ms. Gandhi has worked for Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Credit Suisse.

Ziad Malek
Founder and Senior Managing Partner of Malek Partners LLC, an investment management marketing and strategic advisory firm specializing in investment product marketing to global financial institutions. Former President of MFS International, responsible for building the international business for the Massachusetts Financial Services (MFS) mutual fund complex. Built the international structured note business at Putnam Investments. Accumulated more than 25 years of experience in investment management and investment banking.

Ramesh K. Menon
SIM's Founder. Accumulated over 17 years of large-firm experience in equity derivatives and structured products, eight as Managing Director. Was instrumental in building and managing Citigroup's structured products business. Also held positions with Salomon Smith Barney, Salomon Brothers, Bear Stearns & Co., County Natwest Securities, and Kidder Peabody & Co.

Narayan Nair
SIM's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Narayan Nair has over 30 years experience in Finance and Accounting. Most recently, Mr. Nair was Managing Director, Finance at RAM Reinsurance Company Ltd. In addition to preparing the company for an initial public offering, he was also responsible for all accounting, financial management/controls and IT operations. Previously Mr. Nair was Managing Director and Chief Internal Auditor of Ambac Financial Group. In this capacity, he reported directly to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors while reporting to the CEO for administrative matters. Prior to this position, he was First Vice President and Controller of the company. Mr. Nair was previously an Audit Director at Continental Insurance Companies. Mr. Nair is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an MS in Business Administration from Columbia University and a B.S. in Business Administration from the State University of New York.

Kevin Orr
SIM's Executive Vice President and Head of Sales and Distribution. Mr. Orr is a senior product and marketing executive with extensive product development and global institutional and retail channel expertise, including senior relationship and joint venture management experience. Formerly Director of Marketing at Loomis Sayles & Company L.P. a $135 billion diversified, multi-product asset management organization. Prior to that was Managing Director of Business Development & Investment Services at PanAgora Asset Management, overseeing global product development and business strategy for $23 billion quantitative investment firm. Prior to that held various senior positions at Putnam Investments over the course of 16 years including , Managing Director, Director New & Alternative Product Development, Director, International Product Development & Management, Product Engineer and Investment Specialist roles. Former Senior Auditor at Marsh & McLennan Companies and Analyst at Marsh & McLennan Inc.

Andrzej Rojek
A founding principal of Lydian Asset Management, leading the firm's business development and investor relations activities. Active in global equities since 1986, managed a broad range of equity-oriented operations including cash equity sales and trading, private equity and derivative products as Managing Director and Partner at Bankers Trust. While at Bankers Trust, served as global head of various groups including Equity Products, European Equity Derivatives, U.S Equity Derivatives, and Convertibles Products. Prior to that, was with the convertibles groups at Merrill Lynch and Cresvale Securities.