Hiwot Nega is an entrepreneur with 20+ years experience in private equity, corporate finance and start-ups. She was a Principal at Solera Capital where she sourced, evaluated, executed and monitored investments across industries for a $250 million middle market growth equity fund. She has worked across industries in firms such as Bear Sterns, Pearson Inc, RSL Communications, Showtime Networks and AMI Capital, acquired by Wells Fargo. In addition to investment and finance roles, Hiwot has extensive experience as a CPA in corporate finance managing SEC reporting, internal management reporting, FP&A and KPIs. Hiwot holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.S. from SUNY New Paltz, in New York.

Ramon de Oliveira is the Managing Partner of the consulting firm RdeO Consulting LLC, based in New York city and currently serves as a corporate director with AXA, Antin Infrastructure and the Polish American Freedom Fund. Between 2002 and 2006, Mr. de Oliveira was an adjunct professor of Finance at Columbia University. Starting in 1977, Mr. de Oliveira spent 24 years at JP Morgan & Co. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. de Oliveira was Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Investment Management. Mr. de Oliveira was also a member of the firm's Management Committee since its inception in 1995. Previous directorship include: AllianceBernstein, Fonds de Dotation du Louvre -Chairman of the Investment Committee. Taittinger-Kobrand USA (United States). The Red Cross, Member of the Investment Committee. Friends of Education (a New York-based not-for-profit organization), Chairman of the Board of Directors; JP Morgan Suisse (Switzerland); American Century Company, Inc (United States), Sungard Data Systems (SDS) (United States). The Hartford Insurance Company (end of mandate April 29, 2009).