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David Alexander Segel
(born April 10th, 1964 in New Haven, CT)

David Segel is an American businessman, currently resident in the State of California with his wife and three children. He is an active investor in financial services and media assets. He has a history of entrepreneurial business activity and a commitment to philanthropy and culture reform.

Life
Mr. Segel grew up in Connecticut, Chicago and New York. He graduated from Yale University in 1986 with a B.A. in Physics and Philosophy. In 1992 he relocated to London, England, where he lived for 16 years with his wife Tina. The Segels have three children, ages 16, 13 and 12, who each have dual citizenship (British and American). The Segel family returned to the USA in 2008 and settled in Los Angeles. Mr. Segel is a committed Christian and has been an active member of the Church of England. The Segels currently attend Bel Air Presbyterian Church.

Financial Services Businesses
Mr. Segel is an options market maker and open outcry trader by training. He traded as a member of the Coffee Sugar Cocoa Exchange, the Pacific Stock Exchange, the CBOE, LIFFE, and Eurex Exchanges during his trading career. In 1999 Mr. Segel launched a London based derivatives trading firm, the Mako Group (www.makoglobal.com) which has become one of Europe’s leaders in options market-making.

In 2007 Mr. Segel and his peers at Mako partnered with Bruno Usai to set up The Pelagus Fund, a fixed income relative value hedge fund. The Pelagus Fund was awarded the 2008 European Fixed Income Hedge Fund of the Year by EuroHedge.

Mr. Segel currently operates Arrabon Management Services (AMS) as a family office to serve the various investments of the Segel’s portfolio. George LeBeau is business manager responsible for all activity of AMS. Media Businesses

Mr. Segel is active in growing media interests. In 2007 he founded Mpower Pictures (www.mpowerpictures.com) with Steve McEveety and a leadership team. Mr. Segel is credited as Co-Executive Producer on the The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008), and Producer of the film Snowmen (2009).

In 2007 Mr. Segel also launched Mpower Media (www.mpower.net), a cable television and internet content management technology company that is committed to empowering homes to manage their intake of media by filtering out unwanted content and finding appropriate content for easier viewing.

Philanthropy
Mr. Segel is committed to philanthropy and exercises this through the Arrabon Promise Trust, managed through National Christian Foundation. APT is committed to supporting social and cultural causes. APT also invests in evangelism and other Christian causes. Jen Alt manages philanthropic activity for the team.

Other interests
Mr. Segel is an avid sailor. He leads a racing campaign in Swan class of yachts out of Southampton. His yacht “Christina” placed 4th in the Swan Worlds Regatta in Sardinia in September of 2008, and 3rd in the Swan Europeans Regatta in Cowes in July of 2009. Mr. Segel is also an avid adventurer. In 2004 he trekked on skis 100 miles across the polar ice cap with adventurer Alan Chambers MBE and team to reach the geographic North Pole. He is currently planning a 2010 expedition to traverse the North West Passage in an open Rigid Inflatable Boat with friend and adventurer Bear Grylls.

Board Affiliations
Chairman – The Mako Group (Los Angeles, New York and London) Chairman – Arrabon Media Capital and Arrabon Investment Services (Los Angeles) Chairman – Mpower Worldwide Chairman – Alpha USA (US 501c3 registered charity) Board Member – Alpha International (UK registered charity) Patron – Hope HIV (UK registered charity) Board Member – Call To Business UK (registered charity) Board Member – NJ Nets Basketball Team Member – NBA Owners Association