Mr. Christian L. Oberbeck, also known as Chris has been the Chairman, President, Investment Adviser and Chief Executive Officer at Saratoga Investment Corp. since 2010. Mr. Oberbeck was also President until February 2013. He has been the Managing Partner and Managing Director at Saratoga Partners since 1995 and is one of the Founders of the firm. He is also the Managing Member of Saratoga Investment Advisors, LLC. Mr. Oberbeck served as the President of Saratoga Investment Corp. until February 5, 2013. Prior to assuming management responsibility for Saratoga Partners in 2008, Mr. Oberbeck has co-managed Saratoga Partners since 1995, when he joined Dillon Read and Saratoga Partners from Castle Harlan, Inc. Previously, he served at Warburg Dillon Read Inc. and its predecessor Dillon Read and Co. Inc., where he was a Managing Director responsible for the management of the Saratoga funds. Mr. Oberbeck was also a Managing Director at Castle Harlan Inc. since its founding in 1987 where he led successful investments in manufacturing and financial services companies. Prior to that, Mr. Oberbeck worked in the Corporate Development Group at Arthur Young & Company and in corporate finance at Blyth, Eastman, Dillon & Co. He has been a Director of Saratoga Investment Corp. since 2010. He serves as a Director of Communications Software Consultants Inc. He has been a Director of CEMA Lighting, Advanced Lighting Technologies Inc. since December 2003, STC Wireless Resources, Inc., and Wireless Services Holding Corporation. Mr. Oberbeck's qualifications as a director include his extensive experience in the investment and finance industry, as well as his intimate knowledge of the Company's operations, gained through his service as an executive officer. He was Member of Advisory Board at Data Return, LLC. He served as a Director of Koppers Holdings Inc. from November 2004 to February 13, 2009 and Koppers Inc. from October 1997 to February 2009. Mr. Oberbeck was formerly a Director of Data Return, NAT, Inc., Scovill Fasteners Inc., USI Holdings Corporation and J&W Holding Corporation, EUR Systems Inc., Delaware Management Holdings Inc., MAG Aerospace Industries, Inc., and Truck Components Inc. He has been a director of numerous middle market companies while at Saratoga Partners and Castle Harlan. He has over 27 years of experience in leveraged finance, from distressed debt to private equity and has been involved in originating, structuring, negotiating, consummating, managing and monitoring investments in these businesses. Mr. Oberbeck received an M.B.A. from Columbia University in 1985, a B.S. in Physics and a B.A. in Mathematics from Brown University in 1982.