Mr. Usher has served as a director of the Company since March 2021. Mr. Usher is a Managing Director at BC Partners Credit Investment team. Mr. Usher previously held the position of Managing Director and Head of Distribution at Lafayette Square overseeing the business development activities across all the firm s investment products. Prior to joining Lafayette, Mr. Usher was a partner at Standard General, an investment firm that manages event driven opportunity funds. He was formerly a Founding Partner of Serengeti Asset Management. Mr. Usher worked at Goldman Sachs ( Goldman ) from 1996 to 2005, during which time he built out Goldman s European bank loan sales and sourcing effort in London and worked for Goldman s distressed bank loan and bond sales and trading group in New York. He began his career at Citibank s leveraged loan sales group. Mr. Usher currently serves on the board of directors of Mount Logan Capital (MLC.NE). He has served on several not-for-profit boards and is currently a member of the board of directors of The Harlem School of the Arts and is an advisor to the Investment Committee for the California Endowment. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, where he is currently a member of the President s Council. We believe Mr. Usher is well-qualified to continue to serve as director of the Company because of his extensive experience in business development, which will help the Company with strategic decisions and decision-making.