People: Life Partners Holdings Inc (LPHI.O)

LPHI.O on Nasdaq

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22 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Brian Pardo

69 2010 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer; Chief Executive Officer of LPI

Colette Pieper

58 2012 Chief Financial Officer

R. Scott Peden

48 2010 General Counsel, Secretary, Director; President of LPI

Deborah Carr

41 1995 Vice President - Administration of LIP

Kurt Carr

42 1996 Vice President - Policy Administration of LPI.

Mark Embry

56 2004 Chief Operations Officer, Chief Information Officer of LPI

Tad Ballantyne

57 2001 Independent Director

Fred Dewald

67 2003 Independent Director

Harold Rafuse

69 2006 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Brian Pardo

Mr. Brian D. Pardo serves as Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Life Partners Holdings, Inc., and Chief Executive Officer of LPI, a subsidiary of the Company. He has served as the CEO of LPI since its incorporation in 1991. Mr. Pardo is one of the pioneers of the life settlement industry. He has been certified as in the field of life settlements and has testified on that subject on numerous occasions. Mr. Pardo served the company Nation from 1964 through 1966 as a helicopter gunship pilot in Vietnam.

Colette Pieper

Mrs. Colette C. Pieper has been appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Life Partners Holdings, Inc., effective November 19, 2012. Mrs. Pieper brings 32 years of financial accounting, treasury management, tax compliance and financial management experience to Life Partners, including 13 years of public accounting experience and 19 years of experience as Accounting Financial Director and CFO/VP of several private companies with sales revenue in excess of $500 million. Before joining Life Partners, Mrs. Pieper served as Accounting Financial Director for USAA, a San Antonio based insurance and financial services provider to members of the military and their families from 2006 to 2012. Mrs. Pieper holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Trinity University in San Antonio and a Master in Professional Accounting degree with a specialization in taxation from the University of Texas at Austin. She is licensed by the State of Texas as a Certified Public Accountant and by the American Institute of CPAs as a Chartered Global Management Accountant.

R. Scott Peden

Mr. R. Scott Peden serves as General Counsel, Secretary, Director of Life Partners Holdings, Inc. and President of LPI, a subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Peden has served as the General Counsel and Secretary of Life Partners and the President of LPI since 2000. Before 2000, Mr. Peden served as Vice President and General Counsel for LPI since its incorporation in 1991. Mr. Peden has been certified as in the field of life settlements and has testified on that subject on many occasions. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity University and a Juris Doctor from Baylor University School of Law.

Deborah Carr

Ms. Deborah Carr serves as Vice President - Administration of Life Partners Inc., a subsidiary of Life Partners Holdings Inc., since 1995. Ms. Carr has worked for Life Partners, Inc., since 1992.

Kurt Carr

Mr. Kurt Carr serves as Vice President - Policy Administration of Life Partners Inc., a subsidiary of Life Partners Holdings Inc., since 1996. Mr. Carr holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in finance and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Baylor University Hankamer School of Business.

Mark Embry

Mr. Mark Embry serves as Chief Operations Officer and Chief Information Officer of Life Partners Inc., a subsidiary of Life Partners Holdings Inc., since 2004. Mr. Embry previously served as the Director of Executive Advisory Practice at APPSConnect in Austin, Texas, from 2003 to 2004. His prior experience includes seven years of service at Centerpulse/Sulzer Orthopedics, where he progressed from Manager of systems support/information systems to Chief Information Officer. Mr. Embry holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Dallas Baptist University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Baylor University Hankamer School of Business, where he currently serves as a part-time lecturer in the Masters of Business Administration degree program.

Tad Ballantyne

Mr. Tad Mackay Ballantyne serves as an Independent Director of Life Partners Holdings Inc. Mr. Ballantyne is an officer and/or director of several private companies including Hoopeston Foods, Inc. (Chief Executive Officer), Mackay Limited Partnership (Director), and Thomsen Group, LLC (Director). Mr. Ballantyne also serves as the Deputy Chairman, a non-executive director, and a member of the audit committee and the remuneration and nomination committee of Creat Resources Holding Limited, an Australian mining company (listed on the LSE/AIM as: CRHL.L); as a director of Jilin Jimei Foods Ltd., a private company in Changchun, China; as an advisory board member of TCIB Investment Company, Ltd., a private company in Beijing, China; as Chairman of Capsalus Corporation, a health and wellness company (OTCBB: WELL.OB); and as a non-executive director of American Lorain Corporation, an integrated food manufacturing company located in Shandong, China (AMEX: ALN). During 2003, Texas Steel Partners Inc., a Texas-based steel foundry, filed for reorganization and was liquidated pursuant to a bankruptcy Chapter 7 conversion. During the last 17 years, Mr. Ballantyne has been active in acquiring and operating troubled companies or assets being divested by public and private companies and has focused over the last five years in food processing plants in both the United States and Asia. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from the University of Wisconsin.

Fred Dewald

Mr. Fred Dewald serves as an Independent Director of Life Partners Holdings Inc. Mr. Dewald has been a builder and property developer in the Waco/McLennan County, Texas area for over 30 years. He is a director of the Heart of Texas Builders Association and serves as President or principal of 17 different property development companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Southwest Texas State University.

Harold Rafuse

Dr. Harold E. Rafuse serves as an Independent Director of Life Partners Holdings Inc. Dr. Rafuse was the co-founder and former Managing Director of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International (ACT I) headquartered in Waco, Texas. He was also co-owner and Managing Director Aurora Aviation and Aurora Avionics. He retired from all three companies in June 2008. Dr. Rafuse has over 46 years of experience in aviation, aerospace, scientific, engineering, technology, educational, senior program management, information resource management, and administrative positions. While with his three companies, he managed daily program and project operations as well as all of ACT I’s headquarters operations, including accounting and finance, human resources, information systems, legal, and contracts management. He served as a senior science team leader and contracts negotiator to the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency in connection with the dismantlement and destruction of Russian intercontinental ballistic and sea-launched ballistic missiles. Dr. Rafuse holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Management from Hamilton University, a Masters in Business Administration from Texas Tech University, a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from St. Joseph’s University and an Associate in Technology degree in Chemical Technology from Temple University.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Brian Pardo

525,836

Colette Pieper

--

R. Scott Peden

170,571

Deborah Carr

112,323

Kurt Carr

150,752

Mark Embry

143,005

Tad Ballantyne

--

Fred Dewald

--

Harold Rafuse

--
As Of 28 Feb 2012

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