Adam Usdan, Non-executive Director, USA, holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University with majors in Finance, Marketing, and Accounting, and a BA in English from Wesleyan University. He is the President of Trellus Management Company LLC, an equity hedge fund based in the USA. Mr Usdan founded Trellus Management in January 1994 and has been in the investment advisory industry for over 30 years. Mr Usdan began his investment career in 1987 at Odyssey Partners where he was responsible for managing long/short U.S. equity (small to mid-cap) pools of capital.