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Gerald Kowalski is Chairman of the Board of '''International Industrial Bank one of the largest privately owned banks in Russia, He is also a member of the board of directors of OPK a Russian holding company with assets across industrial classes. Mr. Kowalski began his banking career at Bankers Trust where he became a partner running the derivitive origination business in Europe and then the emerging market investment bank. Kowalski then was president of Rose Square Capital a boutique advisory firm before joining Credit Suisse to run Emerging Market Investment Banking. Kowalski is on the board of directors of Shorts International, the owner of the world's largest short film library, and The University of Michigan "Rollicking Crew Endowment Scholarship fund" Mr. Kowalski grew up in Detroit, Michigan and is a graduate of the University of Michigan.