Keith Ackerman

KEITH ACKERMAN is First Vice President of Instinet Corporation, a
subsidiary of Reuters Plc. Mr. Ackerman has oversight of Instinet’s
Research Unit, which has its own proprietary research teams and is
actively engaged in various business partnerships with third party
information/research providers on three continents. Prior to joining
Instinet Corporation, Mr. Ackerman served on the management team of
PriceWaterhouse Coopers’ strategy/business development unit and,
previously, as President of a wholly owned Price Waterhouse subsidiary.
In addition, Mr. Ackerman has worked for two New York Stock Exchange
member firms and was engaged in, among other things, initial public
offerings and bridge financings. He holds an MBA from the Fordham
University Graduate School of Business and a BA from Tufts University.