Walter Berman — Executive VP & CFO at Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Mr. Walter S. Berman has been the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President at Ameriprise Financial, Inc. since September 2005. Mr. Berman serves as Treasurer of Ameriprise Certificate Company. He served as Executive Vice President, Market Risk of American Express Company since November 17, 2003 and also served as its Senior Vice President and Treasurer. He served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Ameriprise Financial Inc., from April 2001 to January 2004. He served as Chief Financial Officer of American Express Credit Corp. He also served as Chief Financial Officer at Walker Digital Corporation and Walker Digita LLC since 2000. Mr. Berman served as Treasurer of International Business Machines Corporation from February 1999 to February 2000. He served in various leadership positions since joining Ameriprise Financial Inc.'s previous parent company in 1965. He also served as Corporate Treasurer at Ameriprise Financial Inc. from 1995 to 1996, Chief Financial Officer of Travel Related Services from 1989 to 1995, Chief Financial Officer of American Express International from 1986 to 1987, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Travel Related Services from 1982 to 1985, President of Wholesale Travel from 1979 to 1981, Treasurer of Travel Group from 1977 to 1979, Wholesale Finance Director of Travel Related Services from 1974 to 1977. He also held various positions of increasing authority within Finance of American Express from 1965 to 1974. He served as Treasurer of IBM from 1999 to 2000 and served as Chief Financial Officer Global Vacation Group from 1997 to 1999. He has been a Director of Durango Apparel, Inc. since 1999. Mr. Berman served as a Director of American Express Certificate Co., Ameriprise Certificate Company and American Express Credit Corp. He holds a BS in Accounting from Brooklyn College.