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Mr. Stern
has more than 33 years of experience in
the financial services industry. During
24 years at CIBC Oppenheimer and its
predecessor firm, he held numerous
executive and sales positions - most
recently as Managing Director and Head
of the Private Equity Group. In that
capacity, he was responsible for
originating, structuring, marketing and
overseeing CIBC Oppenheimer's private
equity investments on behalf of itself
and its clients worldwide. Mr. Stern
joined Oppenheimer in 1976 and served as
Director of Investment Management
Services, National Retail Sales Manager,
Director of Financial Services, and as a
member of the firm's Management
Committee. He served as a member of the
investment committees of the Argentina
Private Equity Fund II, the India
Private Equity Fund, Genesis Partners I
and II, the Brazil Private Equity Fund,
the Emerging Europe Private Equity Fund
III and CIBC Oppenheimer Private Equity
Partners. Prior to joining Oppenheimer,
Mr. Stern worked for both A.G. Becker
and Merrill Lynch.
Mr. Stern
is a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations and serves on the boards of
directors and investment committees of
several philanthropic organizations,
including UJA-Federation of New York,
United Jewish Communities and the
American Friends of Tel Aviv University.
An honors graduate of Yale University,
Mr. Stern is a trustee of the Slifka
Center for Jewish Life at Yale. He
chairs the international board of the
Institute for National Security Studies
at Tel Aviv University and is a trustee
of the Washington Institute for Near
East Policy.
Mr. Stern
and his wife, Susan, have two sons,
Michael and Peter.
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