John E. Bates

Mr. Bates has been Chairman and CEO of Bates Private Capital and Bates Private Capital Advisors from 1988 to 2005. Presently he is the CEO of Oswego Partners, Inc, a financial holding company.

Mr. Bates was a senior officer of a major New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) firm. He has served as a litigation consultant and expert witness to most major NYSE brokerage firms, and the Enforcement Division of the NYSE.

Mr. Bates served as Associate Professor of Finance at Lewis & Clark College from 1975- 1981, and Adjunct Professor of Finance from 1985-1986.

Mr. Bates graduated from Oregon State University in 1956 with a B.S. in Finance. He received his M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Oregon in 1967.

Mr. Bates and his wife, Susan, reside in Portland.