Mr. Waters is the Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for the Investment
Manager. Throughout his thirty years of experience in global finance, he has held multiple
senior executive positions at several Fortune 100 financial institutions and investment banks,
including Senior Managing Director of HSBC’s US Debt Capital Markets team, Managing
Director in Debt Capital Markets at BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Senior Vice President at
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Corp., and Vice President at Citibank Securities Corp.

Mr. Waters has advised many Fortune 50 companies on financing their operations around the
globe. In recent years, Mr. Waters has assisted, through MKW Investments LLC, multiple US
start-ups and early growth companies to source new growth capital on a global basis. While the
Chief Investment Officer of MKW Investments LLC, Mr. Waters primarily assisted emerging
companies with Financial Modeling, Balance Sheet Projections, and Capital Formation.

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Mr. Waters graduated from the University of Vermont with a double major in English and Political
Science. He also received an Executive MBA from Columbia Business School focusing on Capital
Markets, Corporate Finance & Securities Law. Mr. Waters is a member of several financial
organizations, including FEI Colorado, The Financial Executive Networking Group, The
Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), 5280 Professional Alliance, The Association for
Finance Professionals (AFP), and The Rockies Venture Club.