Daniel Charles — Global Head of Business Development & Client Service at William Blair

Mr. Daniel P. Charles, also known as Dan, serves as Global Head of Business Development & Client Service at William Blair & Company, L.L.C. Mr. Charles served as Partner of William Blair & Co. LLC. Mr. Charles served as Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Janus U S Institutional Business of Janus Capital Group Inc. Mr. Charles served as an Executive Vice President of JCM since January 2009. He served as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Janus Capital Group Institutional of Janus Capital Group Inc. and oversee sales and relationships with corporations, endowments and foundations in the Midwest. He has more than 17 years experience in the financial services industry. Mr. Charles served as Managing Director of Institutional Business at Janus Capital Group Inc. since November 2007. He served as Senior Vice President of JCM from November 2007 to January 2009 and its Vice President from August 2005 to November 2007. He served as Vice President of Institutional Sales for Janus Capital Group Inc. since September 2005. He served as National Head of Sales for Bank of America Institutional Investment Solutions from 2004 to 2005. He served as an Eastern Regional Manager of Bank of America Capital Management from 2003 to 2004. From 1989 to 2002, he served as Managing Director of ING Aetna Financial Services, where he oversaw sales and client services operations in San Francisco, Chicago and New York. He served as a Director of Bank of America Capital Management. He serves on the board of Directors of Little Haven, a nonprofit serving abused children. Mr. Charles holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Rockhurst University, Kansas City.