Robert W. Francess

EXECUTIVE FINANCE PROFESSIONAL

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CPA with 25 years of experience in building and leading all stages of finance, accounting, operations, and reporting within financial service organizations ranging from start-ups to seasoned companies, including Private Equity, Hedge Funds and Family Offices. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OMA CONSULTING, LLC 2018 – present Consultant / Advisor: Provide hands-on CFO, controlling, accounting, tax, financial reporting, business strategy and management services, including ERP system implementation and control and process reengineering to small and mid-sized companies. HUMINN (formerly Impact NRS, LLC) / miR Scientific, LLC 2019 – June 2022 EVP – Global Controller (Interim CFO): Pre-IPO Venture Global Life Sciences Bio-Tech company

• Served as the organizations first finance resource, implemented global system, reporting and accounting policies and procedures.

• Implemented NetSuite ERP Systems, finance infrastructure and developed finance team to manage the business and in preparation for an institutional funding round.

• Helped grow the company from 11 to 83 employees.

• Managed and administered company-wide annual audits and tax filings.

• Treasury management – managing a current monthly burn rate more than $4.5m.

• Other areas of responsibility included: Human Resources, Payroll, Information Technology, and the Finance Group.

• Member of the firm’s Leadership Committee.

• Responsible for the CEO’s family office needs, including personal cash management, tax planning and preparation, personal insurance, automobile concerns and bill payments. VANTAGE POINT ADIVISORS, LLC 2018 – 2019 Financial Due Diligence Senior Manager: West coast based financial consulting firm who forged a presence in New York City in 2018 – shut down office in late 2019.

• Sourced and performed acquisition and valuation due diligence supporting client purchase agreements.

• Other work included: Forensic Accounting and litigation support, Financial Modeling and Analysis, Fair Value (ASC 820) Measurements, Deferred Compensation (409A) & Intangible Impairment (ASC 350).

• Responsible for New York Office management.

WORLD GOLD COUNCIL 2014 – 2018 Controller – Head of Global Fund Operations & SEC Financial Reporting: The World Gold Council is the market development organization for the gold industry.

• Charged with the reporting, accounting, and operations for the SPDR Gold Trust (“GLD”)

– listed on NYSE Arca and foreign exchanges.

• Completed SEC registration statements and launched new family of currency-based Gold Funds.

• Prepared SEC and foreign regulatory reporting including 10Q quarterly filings, 10K annual filings, and ongoing maintenance, development, and compliance with SOX.

• Responsible for the accounting books and records for all U.S. Legal Entities (Sponsor, Investment Advisor registered with CFTC) and consolidation into London parent company including revenue and expense allocations.

• Led SOX implementation, internal control processes and performance improvements. BONDS.COM GROUP, INC 2012 – 2014 Financial Controller, FinOp: Publicly traded riskless principal broker/dealer that owned and operated an electronic fixed income trading platform.

• Served as the organization’s first financial controller, spearheaded the development and oversight of the Corporate Finance team.

• Managed SEC Reporting including consolidated 10Q quarterly filings, 10K annual filings and development, implementation, and compliance with SOX.

• Led FINRA Reporting including monthly FOCUS preparation, review and filing. Registered FinOp and financial liaison to FINRA.

• Implemented Microsoft Solutions ERP system, management reporting processes, corporate equity management system (ESOP) and accounting policies and procedures. GTI GROUP, LLC/Michael P Schulhof Family Office 2007 – 2011 Chief Financial Officer: A private equity firm managing $150M+ in assets which closed its New York office in 2011.

• Served as the company’s first CFO, tasked with the monitoring and reporting on Venture Capital / Growth Equity portfolio companies under the firm’s management.

• Responsibility for cash management, planning and investment activities for several Family Office related entities and Offshore Trusts.

• Responsibility of tax preparation and planning for all Family members and related entities within the Family Office organization.

• Responsibility for the management and administration of the Family’s estate which included fully staffed locations in New York, West Palm Beach, FL and Paris, fully staffed 93ft Yacht, Dassault Falcon 50X corporate jet and Sikorsky S-76b Helicopter with fully staff flight and maintenance groups.

• Responsible for the monitoring negotiation and facilitation of debt covenants, lines of credit, mortgages, leases, insurances, vendor management and payment of all accounts payable.

• Administered fund accounting, control, and reporting of multiple domestic and offshore entities (LP’s, LLC’s and Ltd.’s.) that held the firm’s investments as well as General Partner entities.

• Coordinated with the firms outside counsel on all LP/LLC agreements, investor subscription documents and all other legal/regulatory filings.

• Accountable for administering the investing activities, accounting, tax planning and reporting and general oversight of the Schulhof Family Office.

• Responsibility for the monitoring and facilitation of debt covenants, lines of credit, leases, mortgages, property, and casualty insurance of all fixed assets.

• Coordinated, prepared, and reviewed all partnership tax filings, including the preparation and distribution of periodic tax estimates, capital account allocations and Schedule K-1’s.

• Managed and oversaw accounting and operational due diligence on target acquisitions.

• Coordinated the firm’s annual audit and tax return filings with respective accounting firms.

• Managed the Human Resource, Administrative Staff and Facilities for a 15-person office. M.D. SASS INVESTORS SERVICES, INC/M.D. Sass Family Office 2003 – 2007 SVP - Chief Financial Officer 2005-2007 / Controller 2003-2005: A leader in investment management with $13B AUM.

• Directly supervised the entire organizations support staff including back office, controllers, fund/portfolio administration, human resources, information technology and client service/marketing support personnel – 48 employees spanning 4 locations.

• Responsible for all financial aspects of the CEO’s and President’s Family Office operations, including the maintenance and monitoring of several offshore trust vehicles, debt covenants, cash flow management, budget and forecasting and personal insurance programs, tax planning, reporting and filings.

• Responsible for the financial aspects and served as CFO of the Martin D. Sass Charitable Organization.

• Responsible for books and records, financial, tax and client reporting for 250+ separate accounts and 25+ limited partnership’s consisting of private equity and hedge fund vehicles.

• Led the coordination, partial preparation, review and filing of individual, trust and corporate tax returns for the global organization and ownership group.

• Responsible for the books and records, financial and tax reporting for several Registered Investment Advisors, numerous privately held LLC’s and a single Broker-Dealer.

• Managed the LP and Corporate audits as well as the preparation of related tax returns.

• Charged with developing and maintaining firm-wide vendor relationships and handling all aspects of facilities management at two locations totaling twenty-nine thousand square feet.

• Member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

• Other areas of responsibility included: Human Resources, Payroll, Information Technology, and Investor Relations

• Firm-wide resource for related needs including, but not limited to new business ventures, high level compensation modeling for potential new-hires and product level marketing analysis.

Moore Capital Management, Inc/Louis Bacon Family Office 2002 - 2003 Assistant Controller-Accounting Manager

• Responsible for the Accounts Payable function for the Louis Bacon Family Office (aka

“Belvedere”) encompassing 22 fully staffed locations around the world.

• Responsible for the books and records of 8 corporate entities, including the foreign currency trading entity registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

(“CFTC”) – maintained monthly CFTC reporting requirements and quarterly Financial Conduct Authority reporting requirements (UK compliment). KPMG, LLP 1995 – 1999 Supervising Senior Accountant II

• Performed/planned several financial statement audits within the Investment Companies/Brokerage, Insurance and Real Estate Practices, including financial statement analysis, controls reviews, internal system reviews and annual/quarterly SEC report presentation.

• Initial public offering (S-1) reviews, prospectus, 10Q and 10K audit experience. PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Ramius Capital Group, LLC, Director – Global Controller, Feb 2007 – Aug 2007 Zurich Scudder Investments, Inc., VP – Assistant Controller, 1999 – 2002 EDUCATION / LICENSES

Iona University – Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting Certified Public Accountant, New York, Inactive

Former Financial Operations Principal – Series 27

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