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Connaught Real Estate Finance has established a highly qualified, extremely dedicated and diversely experienced team of professionals. Each individual team member collaborates across tasks and projects, ensuring that everyone’s perspective and creativity is utilized to its fullest no matter the endeavor. Connaught’s boutique size and horizontal management structure allows us to respond with the speed and flexibility necessary to successfully invest capital or to provide valuable advisory services. We pride ourselves on responding to any opportunity within the marketplace with a willingness to overcome complexity, to meet timing deadlines and to prove our expertise. The below profiles highlight each team member. Sean Conlon – Principal and Chairman Mr. Conlon serves as Chairman of Connaught Real Estate Finance. Mr. Conlon’s responsibilities include business strategy and investor relations. In 2000, Mr. Conlon founded an Illinois based real estate brokerage firm with an annual brokerage sales volume in excess of $2 billion. In 2006 he sold a majority interest to a Cendant sponsored group. Previously, Mr. Conlon was a very successful realtor, being recognized as one of the top producing real estate sales agents in the country, concentrating in new construction, with over $150 million in annual sales. Mr. Conlon, in partnership with Daniel P. Fowler, acquired Near North National Title ("Near North") in 2004. Near North is a national real estate title company, established in 1988 that handles over $4 billion in real estate transactions annually. The senior executives of Near North have over 50 years of collective service at the company. These executives manage the day to day functions of the business. Additionally, Mr. Conlon is involved in real estate development and has participated in over $100 million of projects in several locations across the United States. In less than a decade, Mr. Conlon has become recognized as one of the top real estate experts in the country. He is often the “voice of real estate“ for journalists and reporters and has been interviewed by CNN, The New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal to discuss the market and trends within the real estate industry. Mr. Conlon immigrated to the United States in 1991 from Ireland. Daniel P. Fowler – Principal and Chief Executive Officer Mr. Fowler serves as Chief Executive Officer of Connaught Real Estate Finance. Mr. Fowler is in charge of the oversight and management of the company’s operations including strategy, investor relations, legal and finance. In 2004, with Mr. Sean Conlon as his partner, Mr. Fowler acquired Near North National Title (“Near North”). Near North is a national real estate title company, established in 1988 that handles over $4 billon in real estate transactions annually. The senior executives of Near North have over 50 years of collective service at the company. These executives manage the day to day functions of the business. Prior to 2004, Mr. Fowler was the President of a Chicago development company focused on urban residential properties. Mr. Fowler was also a corporate attorney at Winston & Strawn focused on private equity and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Fowler graduated from Indiana University with honors, receiving his B.S. in Finance in 1992. He received a J.D., magna cum laude, from Indiana University Law School in 1994, where he was an associate editor of the Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. Mr. Fowler serves as a real estate industry delegate on the Chicago Federal Reserve Industrial Roundtable (“CFRIR”). The CFRIR provides vital input to the Federal Reserve’s economic Beige Book. Mr. Fowler was a past President and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago (“HBAGC”), the local chapter of the National Homebuilders Association (“NAHB”). Mr. Fowler previously chaired HBAGC’s influential Government Affairs Committee. Joseph Angelino – Chief Financial Officer Mr. Angelino is the Chief Financial Officer of Connaught Real Estate Finance. He manages the day to day financial operations of the firm including accounting, treasury, financial reporting and loan administration. Mr. Angelino is also responsible for budgeting, forecasting and originating sources of investment capital. Mr. Angelino has 12 years of real estate experience. Prior to joining the Investment Manager, he served five years at Capri Capital Advisors LLC (“Capri”) as Vice President and Controller, where he oversaw the accounting, treasury and financial reporting for a $2.5 billion mixed portfolio of real estate and mezzanine loan investments, primarily on behalf of institutional investors. Prior to Capri, he worked five years in public accounting at both American Express Tax and Business Services and KPMG, where he supervised the financial audits of real estate clients. Mr. Angelino holds a Bachelors degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Illinois and a member of the Illinois CPA Society, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries. Jeff Lindenmeyer – Executive Vice President Mr. Lindenmeyer is the Executive Vice President of Connaught Real Estate Finance. He manages the Asset Management division of Connaught and is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of the investment portfolio. Additionally, Mr. Lindenmeyer is responsible for evaluation of new investment opportunities for the firm. Previously, Mr. Lindenmeyer worked for Pulte Homes/Del Webb. Mr. Lindenmeyer and his team were responsible for sourcing all residential opportunities in the northern division of Pulte Homes along with project risk profiling, contract negotiation, financial structuring, and municipal entitlement procurement. In addition to the homebuilding industry, Mr. Lindenmeyer was also previously active in the office market as an Associate Vice President at Equis Corporation representing tenants in their real estate negotations. His clients included Abbott Laboratories, USG, SBC/Ameritech, American Family Insurance and the City of Chicago. Mr. Lindenmeyer started off his career in the Finance Strategy sector of Accenture (Andersen Consulting) assisting clients in evaluating their business processes and risk profiles, with special emphasis on supply chain issues. Mr. Lindenmeyer graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with an emphasis on Real Estate. Mr. Lindenmeyer attended the University on a full basketball scholarship. An active participant in the business community, Mr. Lindenmeyer currently serves as a board member of the Homebuilders Association of Greater Chicago (North Central Division) and holds a real estate broker's license. Christopher Doherty – Senior Vice President Christopher Doherty is a Senior Vice President of Connaught Real Estate Finance. His primary responsibilities include originating and underwriting new capital investment opportunities, providing advisory services to third party clients, and managing assets in Connaught’s current portfolio. Mr. Doherty brings over twelve years of both strategic and financial real estate industry experience to the Investment Manager. Prior to the Investment Manager, he served as Vice President within Mesirow Financial’s Development Services group with a focus on identifying, evaluating, and managing development opportunities, as well as performing strategic consulting for some of the firm’s most high profile projects. Prior to joining Mesirow, Mr. Doherty provided real estate advisory services for nine years as a manager in the Strategy and Operations Group at Deloitte Consulting. At Deloitte, he undertook real estate consulting for both corporate and investor clients, and specialized in a myriad of disciplines including portfolio strategy, transaction structuring, cost reduction, and in-depth financial analysis. Mr. Doherty began his career at HVS International where he performed market studies, feasibility studies, and appraisals for hospitality industry specific assets including hotels, casinos, spas, and conference centers. Mr. Doherty received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell University. Jamie Dougherty – Senior Vice President Mr. Dougherty is a Senior Vice President of Connaught Real Estate Finance. His primary responsibilities include originating and underwriting new capital investment opportunities, providing advisory services to third party clients, and managing assets in Connaught’s current portfolio. Prior to joining Connaught Real Estate Finance, Mr. Dougherty worked for Exclusive Resorts in New York City. Exclusive Resorts, owned by Steve Case, Perry Capital and the founders, is the world’s leading luxury residence club with a real estate portfolio valued at over $1 billon. Mr. Dougherty earned his MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University with a major in Finance and a specialization in Real Estate. A graduate of Ohio University, Mr. Dougherty received a BBA in Finance and was a member of the football team. Mr. Dougherty started his career with Horizon Medical Products in Charlotte, North Carolina. After turning around an underperforming territory, HMP promoted Mr. Dougherty to Denver to manage the Rocky Mountain region. Mr. Dougherty was later recruited and joined HealthAxis, a public healthcare software company in San Francisco. As Director of Business Development, Mr. Dougherty established channel distribution partnerships for the retail division and managed strategic projects. Mr. Dougherty later worked with PHT, a venture capital backed medical device company, where he managed the direct sales team and distribution partners. Mark Lecocq – Vice President Mark Lecocq is a Vice President of Connaught Real Estate Finance. His primary responsibilities include originating and underwriting new capital investment opportunities, providing advisory services to third party clients, and managing assets in Connaught’s current portfolio. Mr. Lecocq started his career with Marshall and Ilsley Corporation, a diversified financial services company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, working for their trust company and bank. Later, he worked as a securities broker in Chicago, holding both a Series 7 and Series 63 securities licenses. Prior to joining Connaught, Mr. Lecocq worked as an analyst for Geneva Capital Group, a Chicago-based commercial real estate lender. In his 6 years of experience in the commercial real estate finance industry, Mr. Lecocq has underwritten and managed diverse types of commercial real estate investments; including land development, multi-family residential, office, retail, industrial, hospitality and entertainment. Additionally, he has utilized various types of financing structures; including first mortgage loans, mezzanine debt, preferred equity investment and multi-tranche participations. While at Connaught, Mr. Lecocq has underwritten several hundred million dollars of commercial real estate investments in dozens of markets across the United States, incorporating his understanding of both the real estate and finance industries. Mr. Lecocq holds a bachelors degree in Philosophy and Mathematics, from Wheaton College, located in Wheaton, Illinois. Jim Dunne – Assistant Vice President Jim Dunne is an Associate Vice President of Connaught Real Estate Finance. His primary responsibilities include originating and underwriting new capital investment opportunities, providing advisory services to third party clients, and managing assets in Connaught’s current portfolio. Mr. Dunne began his career as a design engineer for the Burke Group, one of the largest Civil design firms in the Chicago area. In this role, he facilitated the design of residential development projects (multi-family and single-family), commercial development and industrial development. Subsequently Mr. Dunne ran land development for Pulte Homes/Del Webb’s Northern Illinois Division, the largest home builder in the nation and the Chicagoland area. In this role, Mr. Dunne and his team were responsible for the land development, contract negotiation, financial structuring, budget management, and entitlement procurement of 2700 units on 17 different projects consisting of over $300 million in assets. These projects ranged from dense, multi-family communities to large scale, highly amenitized active adult communities. Mr. Dunne has the distinction of developing the two most successful grand openings in Division history. Mr. Dunne also has the honor of sitting in on and presenting at the Chicago Federal Reserve Beige Book Roundtable discussions. These quarterly meetings host an elite group consisting of various industry leaders who present the current status of their area of business to the Chicago Federal Reserve Chairman. The Chairman, in turn, presents what was said at the United States Federal Reserve Beige Book Meetings which affects monetary policy for the entire country. A Purdue University graduate, Mr. Dunne earned his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. Mr. Dunne is also an active participant in the business community as a member of the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago and the Urban Land Institute. Evelyn Vela – Staff Accountant Evelyn Vela is a Staff Accountant of Connaught Real Estate Finance. Ms. Vela is responsible for assisting the Chief Financial Officer in the day to day accounting activities, loan administration, treasury and financial reporting. Ms. Vela recently graduated from DePaul University with a Bachelors of Science in Accounting and Finance. Prior to joining Connaught Real Estate Finance LLC, Ms. Vela served as an Accounting Intern for Near North National Title LLC.

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