John Held

Mr. Held is a legal executive with extensive expertise in mergers and acquisitions, corporate and securities laws and corporate governance. Mr. Held currently serves as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Omega Protein Corporation, a nutritional specialty oils and proteins products company, and has served in those positions since June 2006. Mr. Held has also served as General Counsel and various other positions with Omega Protein since 2000. In 2014, Mr. Held founded The Byzantium Group, a private security and investigations firm where he served as Chairman of the Board. In 1999, Mr. Held was a co-founder of Red Hawk Industries, a consolidator of the bank equipment services industry. In 1995, Mr. Held was a key founding team member of American Residential Services, a consolidator of the air conditioning, plumbing and electrical services industries. Prior thereto, Mr. Held practiced corporate and securities law with a large international law firm. Mr. Held holds a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Bucknell University and a Juris Doctor degree from Cornell Law School.