Christopher Birck

Mr. Birck has been a Director of Arrowsight since May 2000. He was appointed Chairman in September 2003. Since May 1999, Mr. Birck has served as managing general partner of Oak Street Investments, L.P., a Connecticut-based venture firm. He also serves as President of his own real estate investment group, Birck Investments, Inc. A member of the founding family of Tellabs (NASDAQ: TLAB), an electronic communications hardware company, Mr. Birck was the Director of Treasury of that company from December 1988 to April 1999. He also serves on the board of directors of several companies, including Celtic Investment Corp., opexchange and Power-Clip Co. (formerly DoubleTime Corp.). Mr. Birck received an MBA in Finance from DePaul University and a BS from Benedictine University.