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John Gidman is an executive vice president and chief operating officer at Loomis, Sayles & Company, where he is responsible for operations and technology. John joined Loomis Sayles in 2000 and is a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and management committee. He serves on the firm’s new product, pricing, ethics and trading oversight committees, and is a member of the risk management committee where he oversees credit, market, liquidity, compliance, legal, regulatory, valuation, financial, operational and reputational risk management. Additionally, John is president of Loomis Sayles Solutions, LLC. John has 32 years of investment industry experience and previously held executive leadership positions with Evergreen Investments, State Street Corporation and Fidelity Investments. Active in several industry efforts, he is a long-time member of the joint market calendar and emergency management committee, responsible for coordinating the opening and closing of the global bond markets. He is president

of the Association of Institutional INVESTORS, and is a director of DTCC Deriv/SERV, the Warehouse Trust Company, the Global Trade Repository, the Association of Institutional INVESTORS, and the Massachusetts Council on Economic Education. He is also a trustee of the INLY School. John earned a BA from the University of Connecticut and is a former commissioned officer in the United States Army Corps of Engineers.