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Principals with a Focus on Alternative Investments

Finding true leadership and deep experience in hedge funds and other alternative investments is difficult. The Altegris principals are unique in their focus on and experience with this industry. Together they bring over 60 years of experience in the alternative investment industry to bear on helping our clients with their alternative investment needs.

Jon Sundt - President and CEO

Mr. Sundt has been in the alternative investments industry for over 18 years. Prior to forming Altegris Investments, Inc., for six years Mr. Sundt served as Director of Managed Accounts and Senior Vice President of the Managed Investments Division of Man Financial, a subsidiary of the Man Group - the world's largest hedge fund provider, publicly traded on the FTSE 100 based in London. Mr. Sundt is also the founder and President of International Traders Research Inc. (ITR), a highly acclaimed Altegris affiliate that provides performance information on alternative investment programs worldwide. ITR's research has been used and quoted by a variety of financial publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Alternative Investment Management Association, and Financial Times, among others. ITR provides a variety of software-based analytical tools to Altegris customers to aid in the identification and tracking of alternative asset managers.

Mr. Sundt is a Director and President of Altegris and a managing member of Altegris Capital. He currently serves as President and Director of APM, an Altegris company that acts as a General Partner to several hedge funds and commodity pools.

Mr. Sundt is the Founder and President of the Sundt Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the hearts and minds of young people, inspiring them to make healthy choices and not use drugs. The Sundt Memorial Foundation produces a DVD series called Natural High ® which are sent free to every middle and high school in the US. The Natural High DVDs use kids’ icons and heroes to deliver a powerful anti-drug message.

Mr. Sundt is an active member of the Young Presidents' Organization, a peer network of global business leaders in more than 80 nations, and Vistage International, the world's largest CEO membership organization. He majored in computer science and minored in economics at the University of California, San Diego. He lives in La Jolla with his wife Kathliene and his children, Ariel and Van. His hobbies include surfing and horse back riding.

Robert Amedeo - Executive Vice President

From 1978 to 1980, Mr. Amedeo was employed by the SEC, Division of Enforcement. In March 1980 he joined a Chicago law firm, where he was made a partner in June 1985. In August 1985, he withdrew from this law firm and became "Of Counsel", a position he held until joining Altegris in June 2002.

Beginning in 1985, Mr. Amedeo was President and a director of Rockwell Futures Management, Inc. (now APM), and until July 2002 was President of Rockwell Investments, Inc. (now Altegris Investments Inc.).

Mr. Amedeo is the past chairman of an advisory committee to the North American Association of Securities Administrators (NAASA) with respect to their Omnibus Committee's review of the NAASA Guidelines on Commodity Pool Programs. He has acted as a member of the NFA Hearing Committee and is currently a member of its CPO/CTA Advisory Committee.

Mr. Amedeo is a Director and an Executive Vice President of Altegris and a managing member of Altegris Capital. He currently serves as a Vice President and Director of APM.

Mr. Amedeo is a 1975 graduate of Northwestern University and received a Juris Doctor degree from DePaul University in 1978.

Matthew Osborne - Executive Vice President and CIO

Mr. Osborne brings 20 years of business and financial market experience to his role at Altegris Investments. He leads the research team's efforts to discover new alternative investment talent, and oversees the product review process. Prior to forming Altegris with Jon Sundt and Robert Amedeo, Mr. Osborne was Director of Research for Man Financial's Managed Investments Division in La Jolla, California.

Before moving to the United States, Mr. Osborne had a 12-year career with a preeminent family office in his native New Zealand. In his role as Investment Manager, he was responsible for formulating investment policies and implementing a global asset allocation program that specialized in alternative investment strategies such as hedge funds and managed futures. He also gained significant trading expertise in foreign currencies, stocks, fixed income, global futures and options. In his role as Corporate Treasurer for the family's manufacturing company, he was responsible for risk management in interest rates and foreign currencies as well as debt portfolio management.

Mr. Osborne is a Director and an Executive Vice President of Altegris and a managing member of Altegris Capital. He currently serves as a Vice President and Director of APM.

Dick Pfister, CAIA - Executive VP, Institutional Research and Sales

Mr. Pfister has over 13 years of experience in the alternative investments arena. Over the course of his professional career, he has gained knowledge in trading and systems analysis. His research and commentary have been quoted in a variety of news publications. Throughout his career, he has established relationships with internationally known hedge fund and managed futures managers.

Mr. Pfister began his career as a technical analyst and trader on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. After trading in the currency and stock index futures markets for several years, he managed the Global Macro CTA Trade Desk for Dean Witter Reynolds. Later, Dick became the Managing Editor of International Traders Research Inc. (ITR), a La Jolla, California based subsidiary of Man Financial's Managed Investment Division.

Mr. Pfister is a Director and an Executive Vice President of Altegris Investments, and a managing member of Altegris Capital. He currently serves as a Vice President and Director of APM. Mr. Pfister's primary responsibilities include researching alternative investments, product review, and providing support to institutional clientele. He earned his degree at the University of San Diego, graduating with a concentration in Finance.

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Alternative investment products, including hedge funds and managed futures, involve a high degree of risk, often engage in leveraging and other speculative investment practices that may increase the risk of investment loss, can be highly illiquid, are not required to provide periodic pricing or valuation information to investors, may involve complex tax structures and delays in distributing important tax information, are not subject to the same regulatory requirements as mutual funds, often charge high fees which may offset any trading profits, and in many cases the underlying investments are not transparent and are known only to the investment manager. Alternative investment performance can be volatile. An investor could lose all or a substantial amount of his or her investment. Often, alternative investment fund and account managers have total trading authority over their funds or accounts; the use of a single advisor applying generally similar trading programs could mean lack of diversification and, consequently, higher risk. There is often no secondary market for an investor's interest in alternative investments, and none is expected to develop. There may be restrictions on transferring interests in any alternative investment. Alternative investment products often execute a substantial portion of their trades on non-U.S. exchanges. Investing in foreign markets may entail risks that differ from those associated with investments in U.S. markets. Additionally, alternative investments often entail commodity trading, which involves substantial risk of loss. PAST RESULTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

Altegris, a FINRA and NFA member, offers various alternative investments, including hedge funds, futures funds and managed futures and commodities accounts, that may operate in commodities markets and foreign markets, among others. Altegris and/or its officers/partners may have a financial interest in such alternative investments. In working with clients, Altegris acts in its capacity as an SEC-registered Broker-Dealer and/or as a CFTC-registered Introducing Broker. Although Altegris may give advice that is incidental to its brokerage services, it is not an Investment Adviser. When acting as an Introducing Broker for individually managed accounts, Altegris receives a portion of the commodity brokerage commissions you pay in connection with your futures trading and/or a portion of the interest income (if any) earned on an account's assets. CTAs may also pay Altegris a portion of the fees they receive from accounts introduced to them by Altegris. When acting as a Broker-Dealer, Altegris enters into selling agreements with hedge funds and futures funds that it offers (including funds sponsored by affiliates), pursuant to which Altegris, with respect to the interests it sells, is paid a portion of the management and/or performance fees charged by the funds or their managers in respect of those interests. This enables Altegris to offer hedge funds, futures funds and individually managed accounts without charging fees above those charged by the CTAs, funds or managers.