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asset-backed securities underwritten by First Boston. In 1982, Mr. Kapito worked as a strategic consultant
with Bain & Co. and with two other private companies in Europe. Mr. Kapito currently serves as Chairman
of the Hope & Heroes Children's Cancer Fund and as President of the Board of Directors of Periwinkle
National Theatre, a national non-profit arts-in-education organization with programs designed to be an
effective tool to aid counselors and educators in their efforts to reach young people about difficult and
socially relevant issues such as substance abuse prevention. Mr. Kapito earned a B.S. in economics from the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1979, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in
1983.
Sacha M. Bacro, Managing Director, is Head of Structured Products and Collateralized Debt Obligations
("CDO"). In this role, Mr. Bacro is responsible for evaluating, structuring, marketing and servicing
BlackRock's structured and securitized transactions. Mr. Bacro is a member of the Alternatives Operating
Committee and the Investment Committee for each CDO transaction. Mr. Bacro has been directly involved
in the development of BlackRock's CDO business since its inception at the firm in 1998. Previously, Mr.
Bacro was a founding member and served as head of product development and investment management and
a member of the management committee at Nomura BlackRock Asset Management Co., Ltd. ("NBAM"),
BlackRock's Tokyo-based joint venture, from 1999 until 2002, and as a member of the Board of Directors of
NBAM from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Bacro also served as a Board Member of BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd., from
its inception in 2002 to 2004, and as product manager for BlackRock's real estate debt business. Mr. Bacro
joined BlackRock in 1995 as an account manager for institutional clients in the U.S. and internationally. Mr.
Bacro began his investment career with Eagle Asset Management where he developed quantitative models
for the firm's new institutional equity products. Mr. Bacro earned a B.A. in mathematics and economics
from Bowdoin College in 1994.
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