Martin J. Brand — Senior Managing Director of Private Equity at The Blackstone Group

Mr. Martin J. Brand serves as Senior Managing Director of Private Equity at The Blackstone Group L.P. Previously, he served as Managing Director of Private Equity and Principal of Private Equity Group at The Blackstone Group L.P. Mr. Brand serves as the Senior Managing Director of The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group. Previously, he served as the Managing Director of Private Equity at The Blackstone Group L.P, Private Equity Group. He leads Blackstone's private equity investments in financial institutions and co-leads private equity investments in technology. Since joining Blackstone in 2003, he has been involved in the execution of the firm's investments and is focused on international investments as well as strategies and finances of companies Blackstone owns. He was McKinsey & Company as a Consultant. He worked as a Derivatives Trader at FICC division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He serves as a Director at Ipreo, Kronos, Bayview Mortgage Capital, Inc., Bayview Asset Management, LLC, Travelport Inc., Exeter Finance Corp., Stearns, First Eagle Investment Management and Lendmark. He serves on the Board of Directors at The Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York, Inc. and The Harvard Business School Club of New York, Inc. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Hudson Union Society. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Park Avenue Armory, Watermill Center. He is a Member of the Board of the Hudson Union Society. He is a Trustee of the American Academy Berlin. He served as a Director of FIS Data Systems Inc. (also known as SunGard Data Systems Inc.) from November 2012 to May 22, 2014. He served as a Director of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. from March 2010 to September 17, 2015. He served as the Chairman of Exeter Finance Corp. until September 22, 2016. He served as a Director of Knight Capital Group Inc. since August 28, 2012. He served as a Director of SunGard Capital Corp. and SunGard from November 13, 2012 to May 22, 2014. He served as a Director of PBF Energy Inc. from November 2011 to June 26, 2014. He served as a Director of Optiv Security Inc. and Optiv Inc. since October 2015. He served as a Director of Performance Food Group, Inc. and PFG Holdings, LLC (also known as Performance Food Group Company, LLC). He served as a Director of Travelport Limited from March 2007 to April 25, 2013. He served as a Director of Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. He served a Director of SunGard Capital Corp. II from 2012 to May 22, 2014. Mr. Brand holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an M.A. and a B.A. in Mathematics and Computation, with First Class Honors, from the Oxford University.