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Board of Directors

GAIN's Board of Directors brings a wide range of experience and knowledge to the Company. It is the paramount duty of the Board of Directors to oversee the CEO and other senior management in the competent and ethical operation of the Company on a day-to-day basis, to monitor GAIN's financial performance and to evaluate overall corporate strategy. To satisfy this duty, the directors take a proactive, focused approach to their position, and set standards to ensure that the Company is committed to business success through maintenance of the highest standards of responsibility and ethics.

Mark Galant - Chairman of the Board, GAIN Capital Group
As Founder and Chairman of GAIN Capital Group, Mark draws upon 25-years of capital markets experience and a strong strategic vision. Under his leadership, the Company has grown into one of the largest and most successful companies in the online forex industry.

Prior to forming GAIN Capital in October 1999, Mark was the number two executive at FNX Limited, an international provider of trading and risk management systems. During his six year tenure, Mark was instrumental in transforming FNX into a world-class software and services firm and, according to Inc. Magazine, one of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the U.S. in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Before joining FNX in 1994, Mark served as global head of foreign exchange options trading at Credit Suisse. There, he expanded a small regional operation into one of the world's largest and most respected global foreign exchange options trading organizations, trading $4 billion per day. Prior to Credit Suisse, Mark ran the foreign exchange options desk at Chemical Bank. He also traded all financial products as a money manager for Paul Tudor Jones at Tudor Investment Corporation. During his early years on Wall Street, Mark was a floor trader, successfully trading his own account on several of New York's commodities exchanges. He holds a BS in Finance from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mark serves on the Board of Directors of FNX Limited and is a member of the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce Advisory Board.

Peter Quick, Former President, American Stock Exchange
Peter Quick is the former President of the American Stock ExchangeŽ (2000-2005) and formerly served on its Board of Governors. Prior to his appointment at the American Stock ExchangeŽ, Mr. Quick had been President and Chief Executive Officer of Quick & Reilly, Inc., a leading national discount brokerage firm, which was acquired by Fleet Bank (now Bank of America) for $1.6 Billion in 1998. Mr. Quick is currently the lead Independent Director of Reckson Associates Realty Corp. (NYSE: RA) and also sits on the Board of Medicure (AMEX: MCU). Mr. Quick has served on the Board of Governors of the Chicago Stock Exchange and was Chairman of the Midwest Securities Trust Company. He has also been a Director of The Options Clearing Corporation, CUSIP, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, the NASD Insurance Agency, and Alliance Money Market Fund. Mr. Quick received a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia and attended Stanford University's graduate school of Petroleum Engineering.

Roger Tarika, Former Global Head of Foreign Exchange Sales, Morgan Stanley
A 25-year veteran of managing FX trading desks, Mr. Tarika's career began in 1979 with First National Bank of Boston. In 1984, Mr. Tarika joined Morgan Stanley & Co where he began his 17 year tenure running various spot FX trading desks. In 1992 Mr. Tarika was appointed Head of trading for the New York spot/forward desk and in 1995 he was appointed to run the FX desk in London, managing 50 sales and trading professionals. His most recent position at Morgan Stanley was Managing Director- Global FX Sales Manager. Mr. Tarika holds BS from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.