– Western Asset Management Company, LLC – Head of Global Investment Grade Credit/Portfolio Manager, 2009- – Logan Circle Partners, L.P. – Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Manager, 2007-2009 – Delaware Investment Advisors – Co-Chief Investment Officer, Sr. Portfolio Manager, 2000-2007 – Conseco Capital Management – Vice President, Corporate Bond Trading, 1995-2000 – Dean Witter Reynolds – Analyst, Corporate Finance, Retail Products Group, 1993-1995 – Indiana University, B.S. Finance – Chartered Financial Analyst

Michael Buchanan is Western Asset's deputy chief investment officer and has been in the fixed-income industry since 1990. As Deputy CIO, Michael has direct oversight of Western Asset's Global Credit Team, which covers US and non-US investment-grade, high-yield and bank loan sectors. He also leads the Global Credit Committee, which ultimately determines overall firmwide credit themes. Prior to joining Western Asset in 2005, Michael served as Managing Director and Head of US Credit Products at Credit Suisse Asset Management and as Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Janus Capital Management. He also worked at BlackRock Financial Management as Managing Director and Portfolio Manager and at Conseco Capital Management as Vice President and Portfolio Manager. Michael graduated with honors from Brown University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, and is a CFA charterholder

Portfolio Manager and has been employed by Western Asset as an investment professional for at least the past five years.

Blanton Y. Keh, CFA, is a Portfolio Manager at Western Asset and has more than 18 years of experience. Prior to joining Western Asset in 2004, Mr. Keh was a Portfolio Manager at Banc of America Capital Management, and Market Risk Manager at Bank of America. Mr. Keh holds a B.S. from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, a M.S. from the University of California, and an M.B.A. from the Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

– Western Asset Management Company, LLC – Portfolio Manager, 2004- – University of Southern California, M.B.A. – University of Southern California, B.S. Finance – Chartered Financial Analyst