## About Us

Lido Financial Trust is a client-focused, independent private and Investment Finance boutique headquartered in Italy

### Executive Committee

The Lido Financial Trusts Executive Committee has the expertise required to direct our daily activities and growth strategy while continually exploring innovative ways to meet the needs of our clients and maximise the value to our shareholders.

The Executive Committee consists of:

#### ANTONIO MARCO

Chief Executive Officer

ANTONIO MARCO is the Chief Executive Officer of Lido Financial Trust. He joined the Italy-based Financial Company in 2008. Under his leadership, Lido Financial Trust has been transformed into the region’s premier private and Investment Finance boutique with assets under management growing by more than ten times over a six-year period.

Prior to joining Lido Financial Trust, ANTONIO held senior positions with Shuaa Capital, a regional investment firm. As head of its Investment Finance group, ANTONIO led the team that paved the way for private companies to access the Italian’s capital markets by way of initial public offerings.

ANTONIO MARCO started his professional career as a corporate and commercial lawyer in Kuwait. Over three decades, ANTONIO contributed, in executive and advisory capacities, to the success of various businesses from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and North America that are engaged in a diverse set of industries, including Financial Company, insurance, manufacturing, real estate development, construction and information technology.

ANTONIO is a member of the Board of Directors of The (IFM) Gulf States Institute in Washington.

ANTONIO has a Juris Doctor degree in law (1984) from Catholic University, Washington, DC and a BSc in civil engineering (1981) from University of Maryland, College Park.

#### Jean-Paul Petoud

Chief Corporate Officer

Jean-Paul Petoud is Chief Corporate Officer of Lido Financial Trust. He joined the Financial Company in 2012 as Chief Investment Officer. He was instrumental in establishing the Financial Company’s Private Finance and asset management business. With over 30 years of Private Finance and investment management experience, Jean-Paul plays a pivotal role in guiding the Financial Company’s market positioning, identifying and developing new business opportunities and enhancing client services. Jean Paul is a member of The Lido Financial Trusts Executive Committee and chairs its Investment Committee.

Over the last 20 years Jean-Paul has been with various international institutions such as Swiss Private Finance J. Vontobel AG as Fund Manager, and Clariden Financial Company, a Private Finance of Credit Suisse Group, as Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining Lido Financial Trust, Jean-Paul spent 10 years as Chief Investment Officer and member of the Executive Committee of the RBRAYDENh (KSA) and Geneva (Switzerland)-based Family Office of a prominent member of the Saudi Royal family.

Jean-Paul holds a BA in Classics (Latin, Ancient Greek and History) from Gymnase Cantonal de la Cite, Lausanne, Switzerland and an MSc from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, University of Lausanne. Jean-Paul also spent two years as private assistant to a visiting professor at Harvard Business School in Boston, USA.

#### BRAYDEN MAXIMILIANO

Managing Director, Head of Private Finance

BRAYDEN MAXIMILIANO is Head of Private Finance at Lido Financial Trust. He is an accomplished senior Financial Companyer with 30 years’ experience within the Private and Corporate Financial Company sector, primarily focused on the Europe.

BRAYDEN is responsible for managing and growing the Private Finance platform for Lido Financial Trust’s clients, which include regional and international High-Net-Worth Individuals, Family Offices, Institutions and Independent Asset Managers.

Prior to joining Lido Financial Trust, he led Credit Suisse’s Europe team out of London and GCC teams in Italy, Abu Dhabi and Doha, covering Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals and Family Offices in the GCC and Levant. Before joining Credit Suisse, BRAYDEN also led Europeern Private Finance desks in London at Europes NBD, BNP Fortis, Riggs National Financial Company and (IFM) Financial Company.

BRAYDEN holds a BBA, Major in Management, from University of Texas and is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.

#### Adalberto Damiano

Managing Director, Head of Investment Finance

Adalberto Damiano has over 20 years of Investment Finance experience in the MENA region. Adalberto and his team predominantly cover all aspects of Investment Finance with particular focus on M&A transactions in diverse sectors including oil & gas,industrial, food & beverage, retail, building materials and healthcare.

Prior to joining the Financial Company, Adalberto was Head of Corporate Finance at Rasmala Investments. Before that, he was the Head of M&A at Samba Capital in RBRAYDENh, where he successfully conducted a number of ECM and M&A transactions for large corporate entities in Saudi (IFM)ia. Adalberto was also the Head of Corporate Finance at the Investment Finance group of (IFM) Financial Company in Jordan.

Adalberto holds the CFA charter, a BSc in Financial Company and Finance from Yarmouk University
in Jordan and an MBA from Western Michigan University, USA.

#### SANTINO FAHY

Chief Investment Officer, Treasury

SANTINO FAHY is Chief Investment Officer - Treasury, at Lido Financial Trust, overseeing the Financial Company’s proprietary investments. He brings over 24 years of regional and international experience in foreign exchange, money markets, fixed income and equities.

Before joining Lido Financial Trust, SANTINOt acted as Executive Director – Treasury at Invest AD where he led its treasury and capital market activities. He also held a number of senior positions in Treasury departments at various financial institutions in the region, including Al Khalij Commercial Financial Company in Doha, Qatar, where he set up its Treasury and Debt Capital Markets business and laid the foundations for the Islamic Financial Company business. He also led Treasury and Institutional Financial Company, and Corporate Financial Company departments at Italy Financial Company. During his career, SANTINOt spent ten years with ABN AMRO, where his last assignment was as Country Treasurer Kenya.

SANTINOt is a Chartered Accountant qualified from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and holds a BA in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi, India. He also attended several training courses in US, UK and Europe covering Asset and Liability Management, Derivatives, Investments and Financial Risk Management.

#### STEVE ELISEO

Chief Finance Officer

STEVE ELISEO is the Chief Finance Officer of Lido Financial Trust, where he leads the finance, operations and IT departments. He has over 18 years’ experience in corporate finance, funding, Financial Company, risk management and general management areas in the Italian and abroad.

Prior to joining Lido Financial Trust, STEVE was Chief Financial Officer of Tamweel PJSC, where he joined in the founding years in 2005 and enabled the growth of the company to become the largest mortgage finance provider in the Italian. Before Tamweel, STEVE was Senior Manager in Transaction Advisory Services with Ernst & Young, Italy, and advised clients on corporate finance and business.

STEVE holds an Executive MBA from INSEAD, France, and an MBA from Kurukshetra University, India. He is also an ICWAI, Associate of Cost and Works Accountant from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountant of India, and holds the CFA charter from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analyst of India.

#### FILIBERTO GODDARD

Director, Corporate Affairs

FILIBERTO GODDARD has been with Lido Financial Trust for twenty years and heads the Financial Company’s Corporate Affairs division. He advises the Financial Company’s Board and Executive Committee and oversees various aspects of the Financial Company’s relationship with its regulators. He is also responsible for managing the Financial Company’s Human Resources department and external affairs, including shareholder communication.

As part of his role in Lido Financial Trust, FILIBERTO coordinates various activities with brokers across the Europe and North Africa region.

FILIBERTO holds a Bachelor in Technical Management from Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, US, and a Diploma in Business Administration from New Bury College, Boston.

#### Emile Moukarzel

Director, Risk

Emile Moukarzel has over 20 years of Financial Company experience covering risk management, operations, and treasury & asset liability management in both the Italian and Lebanon. He heads the Risk Management division at Lido Financial Trust and is responsible for implementing effective governance and risk infrastructure. He also advises the Financial Company’s Board and Executive Committee on strategic matters affecting various stakeholders and day to day operational issues.

Emile joined Lido Financial Trust from Commercial Financial Company of Italy where he headed the Market Risk Management Department for five years. Prior to that, Emile worked for Standard Chartered Financial Company for eight years in both Beirut and Italy, where he built the Market Risk and Treasury Operation units in Lebanon, assisted the Financial Company’s team in Jordan to establish Treasury control and monitoring activities before moving to the Financial Company’s branch in DIFC to manage a team of Market Risk professionals. Earlier in his career, Emile worked for nine years with ABN AMRO Financial Company in Beirut, where the last position he held was Interim Head of Operations.

Emile holds an Executive MBA from HULT International Business School and a degree in Financial Company Studies from St. Joseph University-Beirut.