Alan Boyce is CEO of Absalon, a joint venture between VP Securities and Soros Fund Management. Its purpose
is to educate and empower countries to adopt the beneficial attributes of the Danish mortgage system, and he is
currently working with George Soros on an initiative to restructure the U.S. mortgage market. He is also Director of
Adecoagro, a diversified agricultural production company operating in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay which is listed
on the NYSE (AGRO). He is co-founder and Director of Agrica Ltd, the founder and CEO of Westlands Solar Farms,
a California renewable energy company based in Fresno County, and is the founder and Chairman of Materra Farms,
a California based agricultural production company specializing in the production of animal feed. Before Countrywide
Bank, FSB was sold to Bank of America, Boyce was Senior Managing Director of Investment Strategies. While at
Countrywide, Boyce was responsible for management and leadership of the bank's investment and funding strategies
that produce the highest risk-adjusted returns and the lowest cost of funds. He also oversaw securities and loan
purchase activities, trades and strategies, as well as investment portfolio performance. Prior to joining Countrywide
in 2007, Boyce served as Director of Special Situations at Soros Fund Management LLC. During those years with
Soros, he managed a portfolio of assets of the Quantum Funds and had principal operational responsibilities for the
bulk of Soros' investments in Latin America. Boyce coordinated the establishment of Glacier Re, a Swiss Domicile
reinsurance company in 2004 and served as chief executive officer. Before joining Soros Fund Management, Boyce
served for fourteen years as Managing Director, in charge of Fixed Income Arbitrage with Bankers Trust. Prior to that,
he worked for the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. Boyce holds an MBA degree from Stanford University
and a B.A. in Economics from Pomona College.