Knightsbridge is honored to benefit from the advice and insight of the following:

Peter O. Crisp  Peter is formerly a vice chairman of Rockefeller Financial Services, Inc. He served as an associate of the Rockefeller Family for 45 years, and was a founding and managing partner of Venrock Associates, a Limited Partnership funded by members of the Rockefeller family and related institutions that invest in technology-based venture capital. He served as president of Venrock from May 1980 through March 1997, and as chairman from June 1995 through September 1997. Peter is a board member of: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, American Superconductor Corporation as well as several other private companies. Peter has served as an Advisory Council member of Knightsbridge vehicles since 1998 and is a member of the Advisory Councils of KIH IV, KIH V and KVC VI.

Phillip W. McCrury  Phil is a partner of the law firm Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, L.L.P., Fort Worth, Texas. From 1985 to 1988, he was a partner at Kutak Rock & Campbell. From 1978 to 1985, he was tax counsel to Phillips Petroleum Company and before that, general counsel of Susser Petroleum Group. Prior to this, he was a partner of Auforth, Bonniwell, Nebrat & Keas. His degrees are: LLM in taxation, Southern Methodist University School of Law; JD, University of Texas School of Law; BA, University of Texas. Phil has served as a member of the Boards of Directors and Advisory Councils of Knightsbridge vehicles since 1988 and is currently a Director of KIH I, KIH II and KIH III and a member of the Advisory Councils of KPV IV, KIH IV, KIH V and KVC VI. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Knightsbridge.

Jonathan A. Sweemer  Most recently, Jon founded and manages SPS Capital LLC, a firm established to manage globally diversified investment portfolios with an emphasis on risk management. From 1995 to 2000, Jon was a founding member of Nassau Capital LLC, a firm devoted exclusively to the management of Princeton University’s private assets. From 1992 to 1995, Jon served as vice president of the Princeton University Investment Company, responsible for managing outside advisers in all asset categories, and from 1989 to 1992, Jon was an investment officer for the endowment and the retirement plans at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At both MIT and Princeton, he led quantitative asset allocation studies. Jon has a BS in physics from Miami University and an MBA from the University of Chicago with a specialization in finance. He has served as a captain in the US Air Force, flying fighter aircraft in Europe, Asia, and the US. Jon has served as a member of the Boards of Directors or Advisory Councils of Knightsbridge vehicles since 2002 and is currently a Director of KIH I, KIH II and KIH III and a member of the Advisory Councils of KPV IV, KIH IV, KIH V and KVC VI. Since August of 2006 Jon has been serving a one year term as a member of Knightsbridge’s investment committees, sharing responsibility for making investment decisions. In August 2007, he will return to his role as a member of the vehicle Boards and Advisory Councils.

Mark R. Wellman  Mark is a director of RWS Energy Services. He served as chief financial officer of Nyack College in Nyack, New York from 1994 to 1997. From 1990, he has served as a director of Energy Enterprise Overseas Publishing Inc. He was president of Energy Ventures, Inc. from 1986 to 1990 and of Gulf Applied Technologies, Inc. from 1984. He was a first vice president at Shearson Lehman Brothers from 1982 to 1983. From 1978 to 1981, he was chief financial officer, Atlas Corporation and he was treasurer, American Independent Oil Co. from 1971 to 1978. From 1967 to 1971, he was employed by Arabian American Oil Co. as a financial analyst. Mark has a BA from Yale University and an MBA from the Wharton School. He has served as a member of the Boards of Directors or Advisory Councils of Knightsbridge vehicles since 1988 and is currently a Director of KIH I, II and III and a member of the Advisory Councils of KPV IV, KIH IV, KIH V and KVC VI.  

Each of the initial members of the Advisory Council is an American citizen.

Advisor to Knightsbridge Advisers

W. John Bishop FIA, ASIP On qualifying as an actuary in 1962, John became involved in the investment activities of Clerical Medical, a leading United Kingdom financial institution, where he was senior investment manager from 1982 until his retirement in 1999. Having had prime 47 responsibility earlier in his career for public market equity investment in both Europe and North America, he was, in the latter part of his tenure, substantially involved with the investment of alternative assets, including venture capital partnerships on both sides of the Atlantic and distribution management in the United States. John began serving as an advisor to Knightsbridge Advisers after his retirement from Clerical Medical in 1999, and he has various other consultancy relationships that are reflective of his wide range of investment experience. He is a British citizen.