Moerus Worldwide Value Institutional (MOWIX)

Mr. Wadhwaney is the Chief Investment Officer, portfolio manager and founding partner of Moerus Capital Management LLC. he has many years of experience researching and analyzing investment opportunities in developed, emerging, and frontier markets worldwide, and has managed global investment portfolios since 1996. Prior to founding Moerus, Mr. Wadhwaney was a Portfolio Manager and Partner at Third Avenue Management LLC where he founded the international business at the firm, and was the portfolio manager for several Third Avenue mutual funds. Mr. Wadhwaney also served as portfolio manager and/or research analyst to several other mutual funds managed by various advisers. Mr. Wadhwaney holds an M.B.A. in Finance from The University of Chicago (1982 through 1983). He also holds a B.A. with honors and an M.A. in Economics from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada (1977 through 1980). At Concordia, he was awarded the Sun Life Prize and the Concordia University Fellow in Economics, and he subsequently taught economics classes there. He also holds B.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Minnesota (1970 through 1974).