Our Business Services Team, led by Thomas Trala, Chief Operating and Financial Officer, handles the day-to-day administration of our business -- staff functions such as account operations, legal, compliance, accounting, information systems, and human resources. As a result the Business Services Team helps free our investment teams to do what they do best -- manage money. Our investment teams may be highly visible, but the people on our Business Services Team, who provide less-visible staff services, are just as critical to our firm. In short, they are key contributors to our efforts to do right by our clients.