Executive Team

Steven M. Shapiro

President and CEO

Mr. Shapiro is the founder of the Company. Previously, Mr. Shapiro was the President of MARK Partners LLC, a merchant banking boutique he founded in 2001. Mr. Shapiro has extensive experience in strategic consulting, investment banking advisory services, and private equity investing. Mr. Shapiro has held positions with several private equity and investment banking partnerships, including The Blackstone Group, LP and Centre Partners Management LLC. Mr. Shapiro holds a B.A. degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. in finance and entrepreneurial management from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Contact Steven Shapiro.

Paul E. Shapiro

Chairman

Mr. Shapiro joined the Company in 2004. Prior thereto, Mr. Shapiro held positions as Chief Administrative Officer of each of Revlon, Inc., and Sunbeam Corporation, and General Counsel of each of the Coleman Company, Inc. and Marvel Entertainment, Inc. He was an Executive Vice President of each of the aforementioned public companies. Prior thereto, Mr. Shapiro practiced corporate and securities law as a managing shareholder of the Palm Beach County office of Greenberg Traurig LLP (which acquired Shapiro and Bregman, a firm he co-founded) and was a partner in Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen. Mr. Shapiro was a founder and a Co-Director of the Institute for Paralegal Training, the first school created for the training of legal assistants. Mr. Shapiro holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Mr. Shapiro serves on the Board of Directors and is Chairman of the Audit Committee of Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE). He is also a member of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Contact Paul Shapiro.

John K. McCarroll

Vice President - General Counsel

Mr. McCarroll joined the Company in 2005. Mr. McCarroll has extensive experience in the area of corporate insurance law and has spent a significant portion of his career advising insurers and other insurance-related entities on a wide variety of regulatory, compliance, and licensing issues. Mr. McCarroll has worked at both Lord, Bissell & Brook and Leboeuf, Lamb, Greene & McRae, two of the country's leading insurance law firms. In addition to his insurance background, Mr. McCarroll has also represented clients in litigation, corporate and employment matters. Mr. McCarroll graduated with a B.A. from the University of Virginia and holds a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law. Since 2006, Mr. McCarroll has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Life Insurance Settlement Association (LISA), the life settlement industry's trade association, and is currently the Vice President of the association. Contact John McCarroll.

Howard A. Feldman

Vice President - Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Feldman joined Q Capital in 2004. Mr. Feldman is the former Managing Partner of the West Palm Beach office of Arthur Andersen LLP. His experience includes all aspects of financial management, strategic planning, equity and debt offerings, long-range planning, SEC and other financial reporting. Prior to joining Arthur Andersen, he was Regional Managing Partner of the Southeast eastern region of Laventhol & Horwath, responsible for the operations of seven offices in the Southeast United States and Puerto Rico. He served two three-year terms as a member of the firm's governing body. After retiring from the Public Accounting profession, he spent three years as a Financial Advisor with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. and Raymond James and Associates handling a wide range of services for individuals, trusts, and small institutional clients. Mr. Feldman's most recent experience was as the Chief Financial Officer of a non-profit entity. Mr. Feldman holds a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Contact Howard Feldman.