ERIC F KOHN TD, BSc, FCIM, FIMgt, FInstD

ERIC F KOHN, TD, BSc, FCIM, FCMI, FInstD, born 1945, is a UK and Swiss citizen. He obtained a BSc in Natural Sciences from the University of Glasgow. He is a Fellow of the British Institute of Management, the Chartered Management Institute, the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Institute of Directors

He has had thirty years of experience in industrial marketing, manufacturing and management in Europe and the US. He worked for Sulzer AG in its medium-term planning department and subsequently became European Sales Executive for a division of J Lucas (Germany) GmbH before founding his own group of companies in 1972 in West Germany. The group specialised in manufacturing high powered servo and industrial positioning systems, eventually had factories in Los Angeles and Munich, and transferred its headquarters to Geneva in 1980. In 1983 he sold his Group to a US public company and remained Chairman until 1985.

He then joined Bankers Trust where he was responsible for Corporate Finance in Switzerland, Germany and Italy.

In November 1987 he founded Barons Financial Services and has continued to play a leading role in the company, originating and executing transactions. He has also been seconded to companies as a Chief Executive and Board Member.

In November 1987 he was elected to the Board of Holmes Protection Group, a Delaware Private Corporation fully listed on the London Stock Exchange. In November 1990 he relinquished that appointment to allow the CEO of Wormald International Ltd, the largest single shareholder, to be elected to the Board. Wormald was a corporate finance client of Barons Financial Services.

In September 1991, Eric Kohn was elected Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Holmes Protection Group, Inc., based in New York, which had defaulted on approximately $70 million of debt to seven North American institutions. Eric Kohn led the restructuring including the implementation of a new business strategy, conservative accounting policies and elimination of substantially all of the debt. The restructuring was completed, which took Holmes Protection Group, Inc. from a position of $27 million of negative net assets at the end of 1991 to $42 million of shareholders funds on 13th August 1992. He resigned as Chief Executive Officer in May 1993 and remained a Director until July 1994.

In March 2000 he was elected Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OmniLabs Group Ltd., a leading private pathology company headquartered in London, with operations in Stevenage, London, Dublin and Kuwait, which he restructured and recapitalised. He relinquished the Chief Executive Officer post, in March 2001 after arranging an investment with a private investor with industry expertise, and remained Chairman until Dec 2001, when OmniLabs Ltd was sold to Medical Imaging Australasia Ltd., an Australian publically quoted company.

He has been the Managing Partner at Barons Financial Services since its foundation in 1987, and Chairman of Omninet International Ltd. in Bermuda since its foundation until August 2004.

He has served on the Board of dba, a German airline based in Munich, from July 2003 until July 2005.

In November 2004 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Avcorp Industries Inc., a leading aerospace manufacturer, quoted on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

On 29th June 2009 he was appointed Director and on 9th July 2009 Chairman of Noventa Ltd, a Jersey LSE AIM listed Mining Company.

He served in the UK Reserve Army retiring with a rank of Lt. Col and was awarded the Territorial Decoration and then served in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force for two years in the rank of Wing Commander. He has a current multi-engine pilot’s licence with an Instrument Rating.

He is fluent in English, French and German. He is also a Freeman of the City of London, the City of Glasgow and a Livery man of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners and is a Council member of The Veterans Aid.

  MICHAEL J OATEN BSc (Econ), FCA, FSI
Born 1943 is a UK citizen. He obtained a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1965. He is a fellow of the Securities Institute; the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Institute of Directors.

From 1976 until the end of March 2002, when he joined Barons Financial Services, he was a partner in Arthur Andersen which he first joined in 1965. For years during the early 1980s he was the Managing Partner of the Arthur Andersen practice in South East Asia based in Singapore. Here he was responsible for the total operations in the region, including the audit, tax and consulting activities. Subsequently he built up a change management practice in the London office which he led for 5 years whilst simultaneously developing the new corporate finance practice, which he also led for 10 years to 1995 - the last 5 years as the global managing director. Since 1995 he has been the senior corporate finance partner in Arthur Andersen. Whilst based in London he led assignments in most continental European countries, the Middle East, Africa, India and other Asian countries and in both North and South America.

His clients have included:
many of the major UK private equity institutions (including Candover; Electra; PPM, Cinven etc) Degussa AG Repsol SA Sam Ofer UK Companies AWG Rajistan State Electricity Board UK and US government agencies (including the General Services Agency in the US) State governments in India the Privatisation Agency in Bulgaria the Tata Group in India Royal Jordanian Airlines Thompson CSF Kuala Lumpur International Airport the Kuwait Investment Office PGN Indonesia the Royal Bank of Scotland Regional Independent Media Eversholt Holdings The General Heathcare Group Trebor Keadby Power Queen's Moat Hotels Kelt Energy Anglian Water GTE Chloride Hyder Kelda Godfrey Bradman’s various projects – from Rosehaugh to date

His activities for these clients have included:
acquisitions and divestments of many types and sizes in the UK, Europe and Asia MBOs and LBOs strategic, financial and accounting aspects of acquisitions and disposals stock exchange and takeover code regulation financing major projects privatisations in the Middle East, South East Asia, Eastern Europe, USA and Australia general business matters valuations

Specific transactions have included acting as lead adviser in a wide range of activities including:

Divestments/Sales
Lead Adviser:
Swissport – sold for CHF 1.002bn Hyperion Chemicals - sold for £65m plus contingent consideration Zahn Chemicals - sold for NLG95m Repsol Petroleum - sold for £15m Carless Refining and Marketing - sold for £47m Queens Moat France and Belgium - sold for £60m Eversholt Holdings Limited - sold to HSBC Group Limited for £962m MultiServis, Czech Republic - sold to GE Capital Corp Pemberton Hotels (Barbados) - 49% interest sold to Princess Hotels for US$35m Keadby Power Limited - sold to Scottish Hydro/Norweb for £33m RP Martin plc - sold to Trio plc for £21m Baysis Ltd & Baysis Inc - sold to Digital Equipment for £6m Ciba-Geigy (India) Limited - sold to Colgate Palmolive for US$60m Johnson Fluid Power - sold to a new company for £2m Woventex Textiles Limited - sold to an Indian interest for £10m Cordon Bleu School - sold to a French acquiror for £800k Charles Fulton Singapore Ltd - sold to International City Holdings plc for £20m Trebor Group plc - sold to Cadbury Schweppes for £140m Moffat Wholesaling - sold to Palmer & Harvey for £6m Divestment of downstream operations of Kelt Energy plc • Pentagon Chemicals Ltd - sold to Suter plc for £20m • Carless Petroleum Refinery and Marketing - sold to Repsol for £30m • Segas Limited - sold to Flogas for £10m • Carless Petroleum Lubricants - sold to Q8 for £30m • Carless Petroleum Fuels - sold to Repsol S.A. for £20m Division of Platignum plc - sold to various companies for £5m Schreiber Furniture Ltd - sold to MFI for £40m

Acquisitions
Lead adviser to acquirer:
INTRO GmbH – dba from British Airways for a reverse price of €117 million Goldman Sachs and Candover - United Provincial Newspapers from United Investments - News and Media PLC for £360 million Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC - Angel Train Contracts Limited from Nomura for £1 billion Sakura Corporation (of Japan) - Acquisition of Royal Talans BV from AKZO of Holland KAO Corporation of Japan - Acquisition of software companies in Europe Mitsubishi Corporation - Acquisition of Princes Foods Limited from Nestle GTE Corporation - in various lighting company acquisitions Stevens and Brotherton - acquisition of various food companies in the UK Cathay International PLC - in their acquisition of Stonehill PLC Kimball International Inc - acquisition of Herrberger Brooks PLC Alpha Credit Bank AE - acquisition of Commercial Bank of London PLC

MBOs/MBIs/LBOs
Advising the management teams:
Compagnie Générale de Santéand General Healthcare Group re Cinven's £1.1 billion MBO/LBO Eversholt Holdings Limited re Candover's £580 million BMO New World Pay Phones Limited re Phildrew's £60 million MBO Euro Asia Limited re Cinven's £15m MBO Charles Fulton Singapore re Natwest's £6m MBO

Public Transactions:
Nominated Adviser re AIM: Lancashire Enterprises PLC Western Selection PLC Delcam PLC NRP PLC
Sponsor re LSE listing: New London PLC India Trust Limited

Other
AWG : Hyder : Kelda - Financial restructuring of these three water and sewage companies Independent Newspapers PLC - Rule 3 adviser Alpha Credit Bank AE - Made offer on behalf of client for Commercial Bank of London PLC Cathay International PLC - Made offer on behalf of client for Stonehill PLC Kimball International PLC - Made offer on behalf of client for Herrberger Brooks PLC Colgate Palmolive (India) Limited - pricing of share interest and other rights on the Bombay Stock Exchange Beijing Datang Power Generation Company Limited - Advise to this Chinese company and sponsor and negotiations with London Stock Exchange ie. meeting detail listing requirements Chloride (India) Limited - Abortive preparation for listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange followed by sale to the SK Birla Group

Privatisations
Haryana State Electricity Board (HSEB) - pre privatisation restructuring, regulatory, legal and technical advice to HSEB and privatisation of one distribution company Bulgarian downstream oil business - privatisation of the five companies in the sector including the refining and retail marketing organisation. Enterprise values are between US$1 and US$2 billion General Services Agency of the US Federal Government (an agency with a budget in excess of US$60 billion). Development of a comprehensive action plan to involve the private sector in its activities through privatisation, public/private partnerships sub contracting etc Royal Jordanian Airlines Bulgarian Tourist Industry Trenhandanstatt - privatisation of former East German organisations ZCCM - strategic advice on privatisation of Zambian Copper Mining Corporation Consortium's acquisition of UK Ministry of Defence Married Quarters for £1.6 billion Eversholt Holdings Limited's acquisition of Eversholt Leasing for £580 million PGN Indonesia - privatisation of this integrated gas company Rajistan State Electricity - privatisation of its 3 distribution units and some generation capacity

Financing/Refinancing
European Parliament - Financing/refinancing of the Parliament buildings in Brussels and Strasbourg - total financing ECU 2 billion P.T. Marga Mandalasakati - Refinancing of Indonesian toll road - US$180 million Kuala Lumpur International Airport - Financing and other related matters including privatisation of support and other activities PT Bakrie Indonesia - Advice on refinancing

Other
GTE Corporation - advice on £300 million acquisition Thompson CSF/British Aerospace - £2 billion merger of their missile divisions including research, development and manufacturing operations Thomas Cook/Wagon Lits - merger of their international operations Conoco - strategic advice including assistance in arranging equity finance IBM - strategic advice in relation to development of the PC market Ford of Europe - strategic advice in relationship to purchasing activity Kuwait Investment Office - review of certain transactions initiated by the London office on behalf of the Minister of Finance MSI-International - lead the investigation and acted as an expert witness in a substantial successful claim by MSI-International against Maxwell Communications plc (ÏMCÓ) following its repudiation of its distribution agreement for the Middle East and Asia with MSI-International. This involved initially a significant amount of fact finding and evaluation of the facts followed by complex negotiations and subsequently court action and appearance as an expert witness when the negotiations failed to achieve the results envisaged Pakistan Ministry of Natural Resources - Advice on oil refinery investment policy

CLIVE JENNINGS MA, FCA
CLIVE JENNINGS, MA, FCA, was born in England and is a British citizen. Following his Postgraduate University Business School studies in Corporate Finance he was granted a Master’s degree in Strategic Financial Management. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAE&W) having qualified with the international accounting firm of Ernst & Young (E&Y) in London. He later spent a number of years as a member of the senior management team of Price Waterhouse (PW). He is a member of the Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Audit & Assurance and Taxation faculties of the ICAE&W.

He has both lived and worked for a number of years in the USA, Caribbean, Middle East and Continental Europe, working in the profession and financial services industry; and undertaken assignments in Africa, Asia, Canada, Central and South America.
He has particular and extensive Tax Haven experience having spent many years both in the profession and financial services, including living and working in the Cayman Islands. This includes the Banking, Trust, Securities, Insurance and related financial industry sectors as well as the Airline, Healthcare, Construction, Advertising industries and various other sectors.

After being headhunted by a PW client he went on to be CEO of this private international group operating in the USA, UK, Europe, Cayman Islands, Middle East, Africa and Asia. Initially a joint venture between a major US Bank and a group of wealthy private individuals, with headquarters in the Cayman Islands, its core activities included Banking, Securities, Insurance, Oil, Travel, and Healthcare. He was involved in the sale of its UK Insurance PLC, restructuring and refinancing of a premier London Private Hospital and ultimate disposal of various sectors of the group, including the management buy-out and merger of its developing consulting business. He was responsible for setting up the Securities and Investment Management operations of the group in the US, UK, Cayman Islands, Isle of Man and Luxembourg. In this connection he undertook several secondments in the City and on Wall Street with major Securities and Brokerage firms, including Merrill Lynch, EF Hutton, Bear Stearns and Prudential Bache. These were from between one and three months at a time and included front, middle & back office duties and training.

As well as being a director of Barons Financial Services (UK) Ltd he is also currently the Managing Partner of EKAS, a group headquartered in London with international representation, which provides “strategic business solutions”. EKAS is a multi-disciplinary organisation. specialising in Accounting, Finance, IT and related fields including Outsourcing, Interim Management and Forensic Investigations. EKAS provides technical support in various areas, including Corporate Finance. Forensic assignments have included overseas contracts with the United States Department of Justice, Securities & Exchange Commission and Federal Bureau of Investigation resulting in the recovery of almost US$10 million. Current clients and ongoing assignments in the UK include the provision of a full raft of financial and related services to the UK subsidiary of one of the largest stockbrokers in the Far East and to a national UK company and its subsidiary – both are well known brands.

Dr. ADAM K. P. DRAB MSc (Econ), PhD (Mktg)
Dr. ADAM K. P. DRAB, MSc (Econ), PhD (Mktg), Polish citizen, is a graduate of K. Adamiecki Academy of Economics in Katowice where he received a Master of Science in Economics in 1980 and subsequently in 1991 a PhD in marketing and economic psychology. He is a native Polish speaker with a good command of English.

In 1989 he was awarded a grant from The British Know-How Fund, which enabled him to undertake post-graduate study at The British Institute of Management in Corby followed by teaching as a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Marketing at Strathclyde University in Glasgow in 1990.

Dr. Drab started his career as a Junior Brand Assistant in the Wispa ProductManagement team at Cadbury-Schweppes in Birmingham. He then moved to Curver B.V., a manufacturer of plastic consumer products, where he worked as a country Manager until 1988. In 1994, while working for an investment bank, he was seconded to the investment banking division of Bank Austria in Vi enna. He has also worked in London and Paris, where he gained valuable strategic management and advisory services experience by working with Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., a leading global strategic management consultancy. Since 2004 Dr. Drab has been employed by Barons Financial Services as a consultant with the responsibility for Poland.

Other important career milestones of Dr. Drab include:
INSTITUTE OF MARKET AND CONSUMPTION 1980 - 1991. Scholar, Institute of the Department of Trade, Transportation and Services at Karol Adamiecki Academy of Economics in Katowice.

CENTRAL EUROPE TRUST CO. LTD. 1990 - 1995. As a Senior Project Manager Dr. Drab evaluated and analyzed market entry strategies for British Gypsum, a global construction materials producer, by identifying potential partners and takeover targets. He also advised Heinz, a large US food producer, on entering the Polish market. Dr. Drab also worked on large-scale projects involving the confectionary industry and steel producers.

BUSINESS CONSULTING SP. Z O.O. 1995 - 2004. Employed as an Investment Director responsible for investment banking and training. The most important projects included:
Investment advice to a group of private investors on the acquisition of a major Polish silk producer, Silwana S.A., and its subsequent restructuring.
Development of the distribution network for Strzelec Breweries S.A. in conjunction with the acquisition of local brewery in Southern Poland.
Advising South African Breweries, majority stake holder of Kompania Piwowarska and Duke’s Brewery in Tychy, on assets disposal projects and related redundancy programs involving over 250 employees.
Formulating an entry market strategy for the Canadian packaging and custom manufacturing conglomerate CCL Custom Manufacturing and conducting negotiations with potential industry partners and suppliers.
Investment advice for an American investment fund interested in developing commercial ventures based upon alternative sources of energy in a number of power sectors.
Investment and marketing advice for the Dutch retail conglomerate Royal Ahold – initiating, taking part in negotiations and closing the acquisition of a Polish retail network for Royal Ahold.
Development of product portfolio strategy for pharmaceutical company Polfa Krakow S.A. (now Pliva S.A) and the training of it sales force.
Creation of an expansion strategy for shoe manufacturer Befado S.A.
Crafting a new marketing strategy for major player in confectionery market in Poland - Mieszko S.A. The assignment involved negotiations with foreign investors and finding partners for marketing alliances.
Establishing training program covering sales techniques, market psychology, negotiations, market communication and exhibition marketing for the following companies: Polifarb Cieszyn - Wroc_aw S.A. (part of Total Fina), Browary Tyskie S.A.(part of SAB), Zepter International, Orbis S.A. (part of Accor Group), Stamford Sp. z. o. o. (Polish subsidiary of a large US office supplies company), Icopal S.A. (Danish leader in roofing and other building materials), Woseba Sp. z. o. o. (leading coffee roasting company in Poland).

Dr. Drab is the author of over 50 publications and co-author of three books. He is a member of Board of Directors of numerous Polish companies.

 MICHAEL P GRANT OBE, MDA, MA, LLB, DPLP, GCGI
Mike Grant, born in 1959, is a UK citizen. He holds a first degree in Law from the University of Aberdeen together with a Diploma in Professional Legal Practice. He also holds a Masters Degree in Defence Studies from Kings College London and a Masters Degree in Defence Administration from Cranfield University. He is also a Graduate of the City and Guilds Institute.

A qualified Scottish lawyer, he practiced in Aberdeen, focusing both on corporate and private clients. His case load encompassed company secretarial services and company formation, criminal cases, conduct of trials for the defence, family law including divorce and conveyancing.

In 1986, after serving in the Territorial Army he joined the British Regular Army, and was awarded the Queen's Medal as top graduate entrant. He was commissioned as an Officer into the Parachute Regiment. He served in Northern Ireland, Norway, Germany, France, Canada, the USA and Africa in both command and staff posts. In 1993 he was appointed Chief of Staff to the 5000-man 5th Airborne Brigade, coordinating day-to-day operations of one of the UK's premier combat formations. He supervised operational contingency planning and directed the development and implementation of one of the British Army's most rigorous training programmes, including several large-scale, multinational overseas exercises and the UK's largest parachute operation since WW2. In 1996 he returned to 3 PARA and commanded on operations in Northern Ireland, and in Norway, Gibraltar and Canada.

In 1999 he moved into defence equipment acquisition, first with the Directorate of Special Forces, specialising in surveillance and communications systems for the SAS and SBS, and then in the Ministry of Defence , coordinating an £11bn Army equipment programme. In 2002 he oversaw a series of urgent operational upgrades for UK forces committed to the campaign in Afghanistan, delivering a world-class close combat capability in the process. For this work he was awarded the OBE .

After taking his MDA, and being awarded the top student prize, he worked in the MoD's strategic acquisition planning unit, playing a pivotal role in the annual restructuring of UK's £70bn equipment programme. He also designed and implemented an innovative process for the medium and long term review of the UK's Defence procurement.

His skills include strategic planning and implementation of strategic plans in large, complex environments. He is accomplished in coordinating multi-disciplined teams working under tight resource and time constraints with the objective of identifying and bringing together critical project requirements dynamically and effectively. He is also skilled in communications, particularly the production of policy and strategy papers that simplify and clarify complex problems. He retired from the Regular Army as a Lieutenant Colonel. He joined Barons Financial Services in August 2005 as Vice President.

In his spare time he also assists his wife as the Practice Manager of her legal firm, Grant's Solicitors, which they set up together in 2002.

 MICHAEL SCHROTER BA, FCA, AIMC
Michael Schroter is a British citizen with Bermudian resident status and a Director and Vice President of Barons Financial Services Ltd. Bermuda. He graduated in 1963 in economics from the University of Manchester, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and an Associate Member of the Institute of Management Consultants (U.K.).

He began his professional career as a Director of his family’s international group of companies within the apparel industry, and was a member of both trade and UK government committees for the industry.

He subsequently formed his own management consultancy company, and consulted to numerous organisations including 3i (Enterprise Support), a subsidiary of 3i, one of the United Kingdom’s largest investment funds and The Arts Council of Great Britain.

Mr. Schroter relocated to Bermuda in 1991 and serves as a Director of several companies, both listed and unlisted. The companies quoted on the Bermuda Stock Exchange include British Security Group Limited, PVAXX Limited, Ashby Corporation and New Hibernia Holdings Limited. He is Executive Vice-President, Company Secretary and a Director of First Bermuda Group Ltd., Bermuda's largest Deposit Company, where he is responsible for the Group’s corporate finance division, the company being the island’s leading listing sponsor on the Bermuda Stock Exchange Mezzanine Market.

 ANTARES REIS BA, MBA
ANTARES REIS, born 1973, is a Brazilian citizen. He received his degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance at the FGV school of Business in São Paulo, Brazil in 1996 and completed his MBA at the London Business School in 2002. He has relevant experience in investment banking and corporate finance, with a focus on the Aerospace & Defence industry.

In 1995 Antares started working at the HSBC Bank in São Paulo, advising institutional clients on market trends and conducting equities and derivative transactions, before joining Banco Pactual as Relationship Manager in the Private Wealth Management division, dealing exclusively with their high net worth individuals’ market segment.

He then joined PWC Consulting in 1998 as a SAP Finance Specialist Consultant, where he led a team on the SAP implementation at one of the country’s leading mobile phone companies, being promoted to Senior Strategy Consultant when he managed the e-business strategy project for one of Brazil’s major electricity suppliers. He also worked at McKinsey & Company in Lisbon as Corporate Strategy Associate.

From 2002 to 2004, Antares was part of the GE Experienced Commercial Leadership Programme, at GE Capital, where he was responsible for an array of projects across the world including process improvement and strategic initiatives, culminating in a promotion to Assistant Vice President of the Commercial Finance Group of GE Capital in London in 2005 where he was responsible for preparing the analysis for middle market structured financing transactions (€25-250 million) which were presented to the investment committee.

Between 2006 to 2009 Antares was Vice President with CIT Aerospace & Defence Finance, leading the European origination efforts of the team based in London, where he focused on generating investment banking transactions and new business ideas to investors across Europe. He successfully initiated mandates, assisted on both the buy and sell side of US led transactions and originated tailor-made financial solutions for clients and sponsors in the Aerospace & Defence sector. His particular areas of expertise are the MRO, Engine Parts, Subsystems, Aircraft Interiors, Aerostructures and Aerospace Distribution.

He is fluent in English and Portuguese and has a business level understanding of Spanish and Italian. He is SAP and 6-Sigma Black Belt certified. He was also sponsored by Rotary International on a Paul Harris Award for Community Service.

Antares joined Barons Financial Services in July 2009 as Vice President.

 CARL HENNING KRYSL BBA (Hons.), Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH)
CARL HENNING KRYSL, born 1980, is a Norwegian citizen. He obtained his double diploma in Business Administration from the ESB European School of Business, FH Reutlingen, Germany, and the Management School at Lancaster University, UK, in 2004. He has relevant experience in corporate finance and M&A, with a focus on small and mid-cap transactions in Germany and the Nordic region.

During his studies, Carl Henning gained first work experience through internships in a variety of sectors, ranging from telecommunications to M&A.

From October 2004 to December 2008, he worked with MCF Corporate Finance GmbH in Hamburg as a full-time M&A Executive and dealt with a wide range of transactions, mostly in the mechanical engineering sector. During this time, he was also seconded to their London offices, where he gained valuable UK experience.

In January 2009, Carl Henning joined Upsolut Sports AG, based in Hamburg, as Director Finance and Controlling. In this function, he was responsible for developing the financial reporting and controlling system for the whole group and supporting management in financial, strategic and legal issues. He was also responsible for advising management on investment plans and was actively engaged in the international expansion of the company. As part of the worldwide Lagardère Group, Carl Henning furthermore represented the financial link between Upsolut and its shareholder.

Some of the M&A transactions Carl Henning was involved in: the sale of Ruukki Stahlservice to Knauf Interfer AG, the sale of Peine Group to Steadfast Capital, acquisition of Ruukki Betonstahl GmbH and Ruukki Welbond BV by Al-Tuwairqi Group, sale of Sauer-Danfoss (Berching) GmbH to Aurelius AG and the sale of Upsolut Sports AG to Lagardère Sports.

He is fluent in Norwegian, English as well as German and has a good understanding of both Swedish and Danish. He also served with the command operations centre of the Norwegian Air Force, where he assisted with the coordination of the troops and teams.

Carl Henning joined Barons Financial Services in May 2010 as Vice President.

 EVAN FISHER BSBA
EVAN H. FISHER is an American citizen. He holds a BSBA in Finance and International Business from Villanova University. His international studies have included a full semester of Intensive Chinese Language & Cultural Studies in Shanghai, China; a summer work/study combination program in Business Studies in Geneva, Switzerland; and a summer semester of Intensive Italian Language Studies in Urbino/Florence, Italy.

Before joining Barons full time in 2009, Evan participated in a Villanova-sponsored summer work experience program with Barons Financial Services SA in summer 2008. Prior to his current position, he managed client relations at TD Bank (formerly Commerce Bank) as a branch representative while attending Villanova University. Before that, Evan worked as an intern at Cushman & Wakefield and as a bank teller at Commerce Bank.

Evan speaks fluent English, business-level Spanish, Italian and Chinese, and is learning French.