SENIOR PROFESSIONALS

dmeachin@crossborderent.com

David J. P. Meachin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Founded Cross Border Enterprises in 1991. Prior to this, Mr. Meachin was: Managing Director, Investment Banking Division, Merrill Lynch & Company in New York from 1981 to 1991; Vice President and General Manager of International Corporate Finance in New York and London, Salomon Brothers; Second Vice President in New York and Tokyo, Smith Barney and Co. From 1966 to 1969, he was employed as a Project Engineer for Humphreys and Glasgow Ltd., a London-based international chemical plant contracting company. Affiliations and interests: David Meachin has served on public SEC-reporting company boards for 15 years, during which time he has been a Member of the Executive Committee of the Board, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Member of the Compensation and Governance Committees. Lyondell Chemical Company, the Fortune 100 Company of which he was most recently a board member, was sold in December 2007 in a going private transaction for $19 billion in cash. Mr. Meachin was previously a Director of Millennium Chemicals Inc. (MCH - NYSE), The Ground Round Inc. (NASDAQ), and The Spartek Emerging Opportunities of India Fund. He is Vice Chairman of the University of Cape Town Fund in New York and a Director and past Chairman of the British American Educational Foundation. He is an Advisory Board Member of Gow & Partners, an international executive recruiting/board advisory firm, an Advisory Board Member of Structured Credit International Corp. (SCIC), and an Advisory Board Member of the South African Chamber of Commerce America (SACCA). David Meachin is a frequent speaker and forum participant on issues of corporate governance, private equity and investment banking. He has lived and worked in New York, Tokyo, London, Paris, South Africa, and Zimbabwe and traveled extensively on business in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, India, the Middle East, Latin America, Southern Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Education: MBA with Distinction, Harvard Business School, 1971; graduate qualifications from Cambridge University and the French Petroleum Institute, Paris (1964 Total Oil Company Postgraduate Scholar); BS Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town; and BS Physical Science (First Class) University of Natal in South Africa.

nbrenner@crossborderent.com

Nancy L. Brenner, Managing Director Prior to joining Cross Border Enterprises in 2001, Ms. Brenner was a consultant to companies in the financial and IT-related sectors, including a healthcare-related Internet company, a boutique investment banking firm, and the financial services practice of a major accounting firm. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President at Financial Market Research (a firm conducting consulting/market research for the financial sector), First Vice President at Bond Investors Guaranty (a leading insurer of municipal bonds), and Assistant Vice President/Director of Advertising & Sales Promotion, Chemical Bank Trust & Investment Division (including dealing with pension funds and institutional investors). Ms. Brenner has also built businesses in the new media and consumer sectors at The Art Institute of Chicago, Grey Advertising, Doyle Dane Bernbach, Lever Brothers, General Foods, and Columbia Pictures. Education: MBA, Harvard Business School, 1971; BA, Wellesley College, 1969 (Pendleton Scholar).

flbecker@crossborderent.com

Frants Lasse Becker, Senior Marketing Consultant - Greater Washington DC Region and Europe Mr. Becker has over 30 years of experience in international business, finance, and economic development in the private and public sectors, focusing on Mid-Atlantic U.S. and on Europe. He has provided management/project management, project finance, strategic planning, and sales and marketing expertise to companies seeking to expand from the U.S. to Europe and vice versa. Mr. Becker is Chairman and Founder, BSBI & Associates LLC and Goodwill Ambassador for Copenhagen and the Oeresund Region. He has been: Senior Management Consultant, Caithness Resources Inc.; Investment Consultant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Danish Embassy, Washington, DC; Director of Marketing, Rhode Island Department of Economic Development. He spent 15 years with Semperit AG, in Austria and as Executive Vice President, Semperit of America Inc., and was an investment banker at Barclay Investments, Inc. Affiliations and interests: He is a member of The Greater Washington Board of Trade, the Harvard Business School Alumni Association, the Niels Brock Graduate School of Business Alumni Association, and the Royal Danish Guard Association. He served in the Royal Danish Guard. He is a Lay Delegate, the Diocese of Virginia. Education: PMD, Harvard Business School. Graduate qualifications, Hochschule fuer Welthandel (Vienna, Austria). B.S. Business Administration, Niels Brock Graduate School of Business (Copenhagen, Denmark).

jjohnston@crossborderent.com

John W. Johnston, Senior Marketing Consultant - U.S. South Mr. Johnston was previously with Eastco Capital Management, where he raised investment capital for several small corporations, in which he then took an active management role. These companies included Memry Corp. (Exec. V.P.) and the AIM Group (Executive Vice President & Director). Mr. Johnston previously spent over 20 years in the metals and mining business, including affiliations with Royal Dutch Shell Group. He was Executive Vice President & Director of Billiton Metals & Ores; Vice President of Metals Marketing, Falconbridge International, Hamilton, Bermuda; Vice President of Metals Marketing, Director of Western Platinum Mines, Johannesburg, RSA; Director, Falconbridge Europe, Brussels, Belgium; Vice President & General Manager of Consolidated Minerals, New York. He also held positions at AMAX, Inc. and J. Aron & Co. Mr. Johnston has extensive business experience in Europe, North America, and Africa. Affiliations and interests: Mr. Johnston previously was an outside Director of Synalloy Corp, Spartanburg, SC (NASDAQ) 1988-1991 and of Molycorp Inc., New York, NY (NYSE) 1973-1977. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Education: BS, Columbia University.

jwilliams@crossborderent.com

James T. Williams, Senior Marketing Consultant - U.S. East Mr. Williams spent 15 years in Silicon Valley high tech manufacturing and equipment industry with Motorola Corporation, Tegal Corporation, and KLA-Tencor Corporation. He also provided sales and marketing management consulting services for AIO Corporation, Thermo Instruments Corporation's ThermoMicroscope Division, and Zygo Corporation. Mr. Williams has extensive business and consulting experience in Asia, North America, and Europe. Affiliations and interests: Mr. Williams was Director and Secretary of WebEclipse Corporation and Advisor to L-Tech Corporation and SmartMatter, Incorporated. He is Treasurer of the Northern California Alumni Association of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and a Member of the California Alumni Association, New York. Education: University of California, Berkeley, BS Chemistry (Minor in Electrical Engineering and Business Administration).