Robert is Chairman of the Board at Larta. He is an independent investor, has been a member of numerous boards and has undertaken a number of consulting projects, both domestic and international. He retired from TRW where he was Group VP and General Manager for all non-defense electronic equipment, software and services, worldwide. He served on the Board of Directors of fifteen TRW owned or affiliated companies in ten countries and helped found and manage many joint ventures with partners such as Olivetti (Italy), Matra (France), Fujitsu (U.S.), Canadian Development Corporation (U.K.), and Mitsumi (Japan).

Timothy has over 40 years of investment, management and strategic planning experience with companies ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. His career includes positions with IBM, E.F. Hutton, the Pacific Stock Exchange, Regis McKenna Inc., and Ernst & Young. He is a strategic business advisor and an expert in issues related to regional economic competitiveness. He is also the current Director of Capital Development at The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

Elliot served as a Senior Client Partner at Korn/Ferry International, the world’s leading executive search firm until he retired after working at the firm for 29 years. He has also published numerous articles and given presentations on various business topics. Currently, Elliot also serves on the board of directors at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California.

Shezad has been a global investor and financier for 29 years. He is Executive Chairman of The Interlink Group, a 29-year-old merchant bank with over $75 billion in transactional experience. Direct investment experience across multiple asset classes including financial services, real estate, healthcare, telecom, media, technology and energy where equity requirements range from $100 million to $1 billion per transaction. Counseled political leadership, foreign governments, sovereign wealth funds, and Fortune 100 CEO's on strategic and investment matters; In 2005, he was elected by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader, a forum chaired by Queen Rania of Jordan. He is a graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and the Said School of Business at Oxford University.