Mr. Helvey co-founded Cassia Capital Partners, LLC, a registered investment advisor, in 2011 and has served as a managing partner since its formation. From 2005 to 2011, Mr. Helvey was a partner and the Risk Management Officer for CMT Asset Management Limited, a private investment firm. From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Helvey was a candidate for the United States Congress in the 5th District of North Carolina. Mr. Helvey served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cygnifi Derivatives Services, LLC, an online derivatives services provider, from 2000 to 2002. From 1985 to 2000, Mr. Helvey was employed by J.P. Morgan & Co., a financial services company, serving in a variety of capacities, including Chairman of J.P. Morgan s Liquidity Committee, Vice Chairman of J.P. Morgan s Risk Management Committee, Global Head of Derivative Counterparty Risk Management, head of the swap derivative trading business in Asia and head of short-term interest rate derivatives and foreign exchange forward trading in Europe. Mr. Helvey graduated magna cum laude with honors from Wake Forest University. Mr. Helvey was also a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Cologne in Germany and received a master s degree in international finance and banking from Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, where he was an International Fellow. Mr. Helvey is a director of Piedmont Federal Bank, a community bank headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and serves as an advisory board member of Verger Capital Management LLC, an investment management company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he previously served on the board of directors. Mr. Helvey was a director of Computer Task Group, Incorporated, an information technology solutions and services company, from 2015 to 2023, where he served as Chairman of the board of directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee, and a director of Pike Corporation, an energy solutions provider, from 2005 to 2014, where he served as Lead Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Helvey also previously served on the boards of Wake Forest University and the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Mr. Helvey s experience in international business and finance and executive management and as a director of other organizations brings a valuable and necessary perspective to the Board and qualifies him to serve as a member of the Board.