CRAIG NODDER, BCom, MBIA, ACA, CMA, is Executive Director of our New Zealand Office. Mr. Nodder has held senior positions at Citibank/Citicorp, Salomon Brothers and Bancorp in Europe and Asia. At Citibank, he was Vice President and Head of Investment Banking Operations for both New Zealand and Germany, with additional responsibility for the business support functions in the bank’s German, Belgium, Dutch, Austrian and Swiss trading centers and trading activities in 19 locations. He was Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Salomon Brothers AG’s Frankfurt, Berlin and Tokyo wholesale banking, interbank trading, funds management and capital markets activities. He served as Group Finance Director and Company Secretary for Bancorp Holdings, a NZ based merchant bank with a 32 company financial grouping, where he was also responsible for settlements, syndicated property business development and management, investments management, acquisitions due-diligence, technology, and administration. Mr. Nodder has developed PC based business systems for accounting functions, point-of-sale and manufacturing control functions, including software and hardware selection and installation, staff training, financial, management and taxation accounting, financial modeling, MIS design, manufacturing control systems installation, auditing, market strategy formulation, pricing. He was founding director and shareholder in a software company, whose product became the most successful accounting package in the New Zealand market and which introduced the first public electronic mail service, which was subsequently acquired by NZ Post. In addition to extensive experience in banking and software development, Mr. Nodder has a decade of experience in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors. He has a Bachelors of Commerce degree in Accountancy and Economics and a Masters in Business and Industrial Administration. His special skills include finance, operations, technology, legal & compliance, internal audit, administration and human resources. He is a Chartered Accountant, and a certified cost and management accountant. He is fluent in German and English.