Abria hires two specialists

Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2004

The company announced today Dominic Staniscia, CA, CFA has joined Abria as Chief Financial Officer, and Michael Doran has joined as Senior Vice President, Investment Management. Prior to joining Abria, Mr. Staniscia spent the last seven years working at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, and was most recently responsible for all Investment Finance Operations of OTPPB’s $75 billion net investment portfolio. Mr. Doran was a Managing Director at University of Toronto Asset Management Corp. where he was responsible for all investments in North American equities, as well as hedge fund and commodities investments. Founded in 1999, Abria is an investment management company that provides investors with multi-manager, alternative strategy investment vehicles that focus on wealth preservation. Abria currently manages in excess of CAD250 million for Canadian and international investors. Source: company press release.