Marble Point Loan Financing : MPLF Share Buyback Authority and Programme

Mr. Brown is an experienced financial services professional with over 20 years experience in the U.K., Europe and the US. Mr. Brown's experience encompasses asset management, private banking and investment banking. During the course of his career Mr. Brown has served on the Senior Leadership Group of Barclays PLC (the most senior 125 executives), the Board of Directors of Markit Group Ltd. and the Board of Directors of Barclays Wealth Funds Ltd.

At Barclays, Mr. Brown was Head of Global Research and Investments and the Trust and Advisory Businesses in the wealth management group. These businesses involved managing approximately £250 billion in client assets in discretionary asset management, funds and banking services as well as trust services and client lending. Prior to joining Barclays, Mr. Brown was the Chief Operating Officer responsible for Global Financial Markets - the Global Trading business of ABN AMRO. Responsible for over 1,200 staff in 48 countries, he oversaw all aspects of the business. Initially at ABN AMRO, he was Chief Operating officer in North and South America where he was responsible for managing all aspects of investment banking.

Mr. Brown was previously an investment banker in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions at Goldman Sachs in New York. Before Goldman Sachs, Mr. Brown was the chief of staff to the CEO of Bankers Trust, also in New York. Mr. Brown began his career as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in London. Mr. Brown has a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, a Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from Cambridge University and a B.Sc. in Physics with Solid State Electronics from Exeter University.