Board of Directors

Clarence Schmitz

Kishore Mirchandani

Venetia Kontogouris

Deepak Malik

Clarence T. Schmitz has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Outsource Partners International since 2002. He has extensive Finance and Accounting experience and an established track record in building and operating professional service businesses. In addition, his background includes considerable expertise in M&A and private equity transactions.

He was a co-founder of Golenberg Schmitz Capital Partners, a Los Angeles merchant banking firm that focused on early stage businesses and technologies with investments and strategic counsel.

From 1995 to 2000, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Jefferies Group, Inc. He also was a Director of Jefferies & Company, Inc. and chaired the credit committee. His responsibilities also included serving on the executive committee and the underwriting approval committee.

His career includes 25 years with KPMG, with numerous leadership positions in the United States and overseas, as well as serving on the board of directors and the management committee. Among his many responsibilities at KPMG, he was national Managing Partner of the Manufacturing, Retailing and Distribution line of business and chaired the International Manufacturing Committee from 1993-95. He was Managing Partner of the Los Angeles Business Unit from 1990-93, and Chairman of KPMG's International M&A Consulting Group from 1987-90.

He has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Case Western Reserve University and was elected Alumnus of the Year. He is actively involved in civic activities, including having served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Childhood Cancer Foundation.

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Based in New York, Kishore Mirchandani is President of Outsource Partners International and one of the founders of the company. He has more than 25 years of Finance and Accounting experience, which includes serving as Chief Financial Officer of a multinational apparel and textile company and as a partner with a large public accounting firm. He was a partner with MLZ Partners LLP, a Manhattan based accounting and management consulting firm, and also served with Deloitte & Touché, London.

He is a recognized expert on international trade issues and taxation, frequently speaking at international conferences on these topics.

He is an active member of American Institute of CPAs and the New York Society of CPAs.

Kishore has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Chemistry from City University, London (UK), and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales.

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Venetia Kontogouris joined Trident Capital in 1999 as a Managing Director. Before joining Trident, Venetia was an executive from 1983 to 1995 of Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and related entities including IMS Health Incorporated and Cognizant Corporation. She was also President of Enterprise Associates, LLC, the venture capital division of IMS Health Incorporated. Prior to that, Venetia was Senior Vice President, Venture Development, at Cognizant Corporation, where she represented Cognizant in the Information Partners Capital Fund formed by Dun & Bradstreet and Bain Capital. Venetia has held executive positions in new product development and marketing at D&B and sales management positions at AT&T and IBM. She has also launched her own start-up telecommunications company.

Venetia also serves on the boards of Advantec, Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Invention Machine Corporation, Microland, Odyssey Logistics & Technologies, People Business Network, Questra Corporation, Sphere, Teranode Corporation, Vidavee and WhenU, Inc.

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Deepak Malik is a Managing Director of Black River Asset Management based in New Delhi, India.

Deepak has broad global operational and strategy experience. Previously, Deepak was co-founder & Managing Director of Cargill Ventures, a venture capital firm associated with Cargill Inc. Deepak led the investment strategy around software and business process services. Prior to joining Cargill Ventures, he worked in Cargill's Strategy and Business Development Group where he managed corporate strategies and mergers and acquisition, following a year as an international merchant for phosphates. Before joining Cargill, he worked with the Tata Group managing export operations and was an investment associate for Merrill Lynch.

Deepak also serves on the Boards of KPIT Cummins (KPIT), OB10, and Microland. In addition, he led the investments in Intalio and Informance and remains on those Boards. He also led and oversees Cargill Ventures' investments in Sequoia Capital India and GEM Investment Advisors.

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