Nicholas Peters has served on our board of directors since 2007. Mr. Peters is a Managing Director at Parallel49 Equity, (formerly Tricor Pacific Capital), a private equity firm that makes investments in lower middle market companies in the United States and Canada, which he joined in 2002 and also began serving as Parallel49’s Chief Financial Officer in 2012. Prior to joining Parallel49, Mr. Peters was a Senior Manager at Arthur Andersen LLP in Chicago. Mr. Peters is the Chairman of BFG Supply Company LLC and Certified Recycling and has served on the board of several other Parallel49 investment companies. Mr. Peters holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Dayton in Ohio. He is a Certified Public Accountant and is affiliated with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Ohio Society of CPAs. Mr. Peters brings to the board strong finance and accounting skills, as well as valuable experience from his oversight of the management and operations of several of Parallel49’s portfolio companies.