Gary C. Klopfenstein Senior Managing Director, Currency Management 350 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60610 312-595-6003

Area of Focus: Currency Management

Profile:

• Head of Mesirow Financial's Currency Management group
• Head of Mesirow Financial's Commodities Management group
• More than 20 years experience in foreign exchange
• Formerly president and founder of GK Investment Management, where he developed the firm's proprietary trading and risk management programs, had overall responsibility for the investment management process and conceptualization and initiation of new research projects and investment products

Accomplishments:

• Recognized as one of the top practitioners in the world in the field of currency risk management
• A frequent lecturer at various conferences, including the World Economic Congress
• Author of Trading Currency Cross Rates
• Editor of FX: Managing Global Currency Risk
• Editor of several industry texts

Education:

• B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University, summa cum laude