Christopher S.

Van Riet January 2010 Christopher Van Riet (39 years old) is a finance entrepreneur engaged as both an operator and investor in investing intellectual and financial capital in Russian enterprises to build sustainable business franchises. Mr. Van Riet serves as the Managing Director of Giffels Management Russia (GMR) a realestate operating business providing transparent, high quality real-estate and supply chain infrastructure solutions to multi-national customers. Mr. Van Riet is responsible for the operations of GMR which has to date successfully completed over 2.2 million square feet of development properties in Russian and Ukraine serving high-quality customers such as John Deere the worlds largest agricultural machinery manufacturer. Mr. Van Riet is also an active investor in businesses positioned to benefit from the trends in the fast growing Russian consumer marketplaces. In December 2009, Mr. Van Riet participated as a sponsor and investor in partnership with management and Ms. Shari Redstone in a management buy-out of Rising Star Media (RSM) from National Amusements, the holding company of Mr. Sumner Redstone. RSM is the indisputable quality leader in the Russian multiplex cinema sector and will seek to take advantage of the growth in the cinema business in Russia and act as a consolidator of the Russian exhibition industry. Mr. Van Riet serves on the board of RSM and has responsibility for RSM M&A and strategic finance activities. Prior to founding GMR, Mr. Van Riet was the founder and CEO of Cube Private Equity (CPE) where from 2003 to 2007 he led private investments in the debt and equity of Russian retail, entertainment, gaming, logistics and real-estate initiatives generating substantial investment returns. Among other achievements, Mr Van Riet led a substantial private equity investment in Dixy Retail (Dixy), one of Russias largest food retailers, with participation from CitiGroup Venture Capital. During his 3 years involvement as Executive Chairman, Mr. Van Riet actively assisted management in substantially growing Dixy organically and inorganically prior to achieving an initial public offering in May 2007 at which juncture Mr. Van Riet exited the Dixy investment. Prior to founding CPE, Mr. Van Riet developed the European portfolio of Firebird Capital Partners, a merchant banking practice he founded in 1998. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Van Riet led investments in the technology intensive aspects of UK logistics sector including the acquisition and re-capitalization of the iForce Group, now the U.K.s leading e-fulfilment business. From

1998 to 2000, Mr. Van Riets activities were focused in Russia on merchant banking and asset recovery activities particularly after the August 1998 Russian financial crisis. Amongst other achievements, Mr. Van Riet successfully resolved a $100 million defaulted agreement between Daiwa Securities of Japan and Group Menatep while serving as a member on the Yukos Oil Company board of directors representing Daiwa Securities. Prior to founding Firebird Capital, Mr. Van Riet was the Chief Financial Officer of Transaero Airlines, Russias fourth largest airline where he was instrumental in restructuring the finances of the company. Mr. Van Riet joined Transaero in 1996 from his position in Group Menatep. Mr .Van Riet began his career in the U.S. as an investment banker for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Van Riet holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School, a BA in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Mr Van Riet is a U.S. citizen who speaks Russian and resides in Moscow, Russia.