Mr Jeffs is a senior executive with extensive experience in investment management, investment banking and as an executive and director of public oil and gas companies. Since 1994, Mr Jeffs has been Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the Whittier Trust Company. Mr Jeffs was formerly Chairman of Whittier Energy Corporation, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Chaparral Resources and on the Board of the Los Angeles County Employee Retirement Association. He currently serves on the Boards of New York Stock Exchange listed Strategic Hotels and Resorts and South Oil Co., a private, Russian-based, oil & gas company.