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Mr. de la Gueronniere was Vice Chairman and Co-Founder of New Providence Asset Management (founded in 2003). Prior to co-founding New Providence Asset Management, Mr. de la Gueronniere was a Principal at the Mariner Investment Group, Chairman of the Discount Corporation of New York, and a Member of the Management Committee and Board at Paine Webber, Inc. Mr. de la Gueronniere began his career at J.P. Morgan & Co. where he was a Senior Vice President responsible for the fixed income and precious metals businesses. Mr. de la Gueronniere was a member of the Investment Committee of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. He formerly served as a Trustee and Investment Committee Chair for both the Taft School and the Far Hills Country Day School and was a longstanding member of the U.S. Treasury Debt Management Advisory Committee. He has more than 40 years of experience in fixed income, equity investing, foreign exchange, and the precious metals business. Mr. de la Gueronniere holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Brown University.