Anthony George Gero — RBC Wealth Mgt Senior Vice President at CME Group

Mr. Anthony George Gero serves as Senior Vice President of Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc. Mr. Gero serves as Senior Vice President and Financial Consultant of RBC Dain Rauscher. He serves as RBC Wealth Mgt Senior Vice President at CME Group Inc. He served as Senior Vice President of COMEX and has been a COMEX member since 1981. He served as Senior Vice President of Investments and a First Vice President of the Futures Division at Prudential Securities Inc., since 1988. He serves as also the Chairman of the Commodity Floor Brokers and Traders Association, Vice Chairman of the NYMEX PAC. Mr. Gero serves as Co-Chairman of the Government Relations committee and Vice Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee. He serves as Director of the PBOT division of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. He has been a Director of COMEX since 1976, the American Stock Exchange since 1995. He serves as a Director of the New York Futures Exchange, International Precious Metals Institute and FINEX. Mr. Gero served as Director of NYMEX Exchange since 1976. Mr. Gero served as Director of Commodity Clearing Corporation. He served as a Director of CMEG NYMEX Holdings Inc. (alternate name is NYMEX Holdings Inc.) since 1999. He graduated from the New York University School of Commerce.