Dr. Barzilai is a chaired Professor of Medicine and Genetics and Director of the biggest Center in the world to study the Biology of Aging and the principal investigator of the Einstein Nathan Shock Center and the Glenn center. He is the recipient of an NIH Merit Award aiming to extend the healthy life span in rodents by biological interventions. He also studies families of centenarians that have provided genetic/biological insights on the protection against aging. Several drugs are developed based, in part, on these paradigm-changing studies. He is the author of over 270 peer-reviewed papers and a recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the recipient of the 2010 Irving S. Wright Award of Distinction in Aging Research and is the 2018 recipient of the IPSEN Longevity award. He is leading the TAME (Targeting/Taming Aging with Metformin) multi central study to prove that concept that multi morbidities of aging can be delayed in humans and change the FDA indications to allow for next generation interventions. He is a founder of CohBar Inc. (now public company) and Medical Advisor for Life Biosciences.

As Co-Leader of Locke Lord’s Regulatory and Transactional Insurance Practice Group, and a member of the Firm’s Corporate, Capital Markets and Health Care Practice Groups, Brian focuses on corporate, merger and acquisition, corporate and structured finance and other transactional, and regulatory matters for corporate clients in the insurance, financial services and health care industries. His clients include insurance companies, insurance holding companies, managing general agents and insurance agencies, third party and claims administrators, banks and other financial institutions, investment banks and reinsurance companies.

Mr. Curry currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of PJC Investments, LLC. Previously, from 1997 to 2003, Mr. Curry served as Executive Vice President and a director of Central Freight Lines, Inc. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Curry was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Express Limited, LLC. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Curry served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lortex, Inc. Prior to these roles, Mr. Curry was also a licensed stock and bond broker for Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. and a financial analyst for Hercules Aerospace, Inc. Mr. Curry has previous experience in investing in entities in the life settlement business. Mr. Curry has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Texas A&M University.

Rudy is the Member of Ontario’s Provincial Parliament for Mississauga-Lakeshore. He currently serves on the Standing Committee on Estimates, and as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy, President of the Treasury Board of Ontario, with responsibility for Internal Audit. Rudy was first elected in 2018 (defeating the former Minister of Finance). He previously worked at Ford Motor Company of Canada for over 30 years, most recently as a vehicle auditor. He recently introduced Bill 219, the Life Settlements and Loans Act, 2020, which would modernize Ontario’s Insurance Act, and open a well-regulated secondary market in life insurance in Canada’s largest province. The Bill passed second reading on October 29, 2020, and was referred to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs for public hearings in early 2021.

Kurt is the CEO of Longevity Holdings, LLC, the parent company of ITM21st, Maple Life, Fasano Associates, Life Insurance Trust Company and PBI. The Longevity Holdings’ companies provide policy servicing, valuations, life expectancy underwriting, policy origination and distribution services, and data, analytics and risk models for the life settlement industry. Prior to joining the firm in 2012, Kurt was Managing Director of Credit Suisse’s Longevity Markets Group. He also served as the initial President of ILMA, a trade association founded by Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, UBS and other longevity market participants. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Kurt was a Partner in the Insurance and Financial Services Group of Sidley Austin LLP.

Perry Gillies is the President and founder of Lyric Services, a consulting and alternative asset servicing firm specializing in life settlements. He brings a diverse set of analytical, executive and operational experience in the areas of insurance, life settlements, lending and leasing, alternative asset investing, mergers and acquisitions, and information technology. Prior to forming Lyric, Mr. Gillies was the Chief Operating Officer of New Stream Capital, the general partner for several private investment funds, where he was responsible for day-to-day operating management and led the fund’s post-2008 restructuring efforts. Previously Mr. Gillies worked at GE Capital for 25 years in senior leadership positions in the US and Europe. Mr. Gillies has held Series 7 and Series 63 securities licenses, board seats for international companies including Finanzia (Spain), Northstar Financial Services (Bermuda) and GE European Equipment Finance (UK). He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University.

Ann managed more than US$60 billion in her role at Credit Suisse as director of the Longevity Markets Group, with more than $10 billion in DB assets. Within this role, she made markets within the Life Settlements in traded options, notes and other derivatives linked to Life Settlement transactions. Ann has transacted in over $20bn longevity risk in swaps, notes, and bespoke indices on US, UK, and European longevity and mortality risk since 2003.

John A. Kelly‚ a Partner in the McPherson Group‚ LLP. Mr. Kelly is a highly regarded adviser on the management of public policy risk to national and multinational corporations. Previously‚ he has served as a political aide to two U.S. President’s‚ served in staff positions with Congress and in the New York and Federal courts. For 28 years until his retirement‚ Mr. Kelly served in active and reserve components of the United States Army and he was the commander of a Special Forces unit. His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit. From 2004 until 2018 he served as a member and Chairman of the U.S. Advisory Committee on National Cemeteries and Memorials. Presently, he serves as member of the U.S. Advisory Committee for Arlington National Cemetery and is a member of the Board of the Army Distaff Foundation and the Advisory Council on Graduate Studies and Research for the University of Notre Dame. An avid runner he has successfully completed a number of marathons including the New York‚ Marine Corps and Boston marathons.

Jonas Martenson is the Founder of Resscapital AB in Stockholm, Sweden. The company is regulated by the Swedish FSA as an alternative investment fund manager (AIFM).

The company manages Ress Life Investments, which is listed at NASDAQ Copenhagen. The fund was launched in 2011 and has gradually built a diversified life insurance portfolio through buying single policies.

Mr. Martenson received his Master of Science in International Economics from Gothenburg School of Economics in Sweden. He is married with three children, lives outside Stockholm and enjoys golf, wine and skiing.

He also serves on the board of the Institutional Longevity Markets Association (ILMA).

Bryan Nicholson serves as the Executive Director of the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA), a diverse group of stakeholders that promotes the development, integrity and reputation of the life settlement industry and advocates for a competitive marketplace for life settlement providers while advancing the highest standards of practice and professional development for the industry. In this role, Bryan provides strategic counsel and support to LISA’s Board of Directors and leads execution of the organization’s member-focused and industry-facing activities.

Bryan has a M.A. in International Affairs from the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at The New School for Public Engagement in New York City and a B.A in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh.

Jule, a partner at Arent Fox LLP in New York City, is an accomplished litigator with over three decades of experience and focuses his practice on insurance and reinsurance related matters and litigation. While he has experience advising clients on and representing them in matters related to the full range of insurance offerings and insurance-linked products, Jule has developed particular expertise in the life settlement business and with premium finance structures used in the purchase of life insurance. He regularly represents clients in all facets of this business, including policyholders, lenders, life settlement brokers, and providers as well as investment funds providing capital to the life insurance industry. Jule also advises clients on legal and regulatory issues relating to both pending and potential litigation with respect to life insurance portfolios.

Dan is an epidemiologist and digital demographer. He has led global multi-disciplinary research teams at Swiss Re and Willis Towers Watson for the last two decades in diverse areas including forward-looking risk models, behavioural science in insurance and the rapid development of digital ecosystems that will transform how insurance is distributed and how risk is assessed, managed and mitigated.

Dan introduced the concept of disease-based models of mortality using electronic health records and has led a succession of research projects on how electronic health records and health care claim databases can be used to predict future trends in claim experiences and high value claim pathways.

Dan has an MA in Medical Sciences from Cambridge University and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University. He is currently engaged in a DHealth at the University of Bath focused on modelling optimal management of hypertension.

Paul Tyers is President of Canadian Life Settlements, registered with the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, and is the Managing Director of Wealth Stewards Inc., a financial services firm providing bespoke advice to high net worth clients.

He is passionate about helping Canada’s seniors to utilize all of their assets, including their life insurance assets, to meet their lifestyle needs. To meet this objective his team provides life settlements and life advances to those who are over age 70, or who have a significant health impairment.

A Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Financial Planner® (CFP) and Chartered Investment Manager (CIM), Paul has both the education and experience to provide comprehensive life settlement services. Paul is a voting member of U.S. – based Life Insurance Settlement Association and a director of Cdn.- based Life Insurance Settlement Association of Canada.