Edward Hanson

Mr Hanson has been a director of Pacific Capital Partners & Associates, Ltd. since its inception and is also a principal of Global Partners Fund, a private equity fund investing in asset backed businesses.

Prior to this he was a director of Babcock & Brown (UK) Ltd., a principal investment firm headquartered in Sydney and Mr. Hanson worked in the London office from 1997 to 2009. He focused on Private Equity and Real Estate. He was also a director of Triplecrown Acquisition Corp., a blank check company, from June 2007 to October 2009, when it successfully completed a business combination with Cullen Agricultural Technologies, Inc.

He was also a director of Imperial Parking Corporation, the 4th largest parking company in North America which was successfully sold in 2011.

Mr. Hanson received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland in New Zealand.