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 MARY JANE POTTER

VICE PRESIDENT & AFRICAN FUND PORTFOLIO MANAGER AIG GLOBAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION

Ms. Potter serves as Vice President of AIG Global Investment Corporation and is Portfolio Manager for AIG's private equity fund for Africa, the AIG African Infrastructure Fund, L.L.C.  Ms. Potter regularly travels with her team to both Sub-Saharan and North Africa, seeking large scale ($7 to $40 million) investments in the telecommunications, transportation, natural resources, and agro-business sectors.  Ms. Potter helped establish the Africa Fund and 2 other large scale private equity funds for AIG.  Earlier, Ms. Potter invested for AIGGIC in global telecommunications companies and serves as AIG's director on several corporate boards.  Previously, she was a Vice President handling telecommunications project finance in emerging markets at Chase Securities Inc. (Chemical Securities, Inc.)  Prior to that, she managed East Asian and South East Asian corporate and corresponding banking, and served in Manufacturers Hanover Trust's problem loan department.  Ms. Potter holds a BA in Government from St. Lawrence University, and a Masters in International Affairs, focusing on East Asia and Japan, from Columbia University.

 

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