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Mark Holowesko is the founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Holowesko Partners Ltd. Mark launched the firm in the fall of 2000, under the name of Templeton Capital Advisors, to serve the needs of institutional and high-net-worth investors. Subsequently renamed Holowesko Partners Ltd., HPL now stands as a premier global equity firm.

Mark’s investment career began in 1985 when he joined Templeton Global Advisors as a research analyst. By 1987, he had assumed management of all portfolios previously managed by Sir John Templeton, including the Templeton Growth Fund and the Templeton Foreign Fund. In 1989, Mark was appointed Director of Research of the Templeton Global Equity Funds, and in 1996 assumed the role of Chief Investment Officer.

Mark served as a member of the Executive Committee of Templeton, Galbraith & Hansberger from 1987 to 1992 and the Executive Committee of Franklin Resources from 1992 to 2000. Mark was Director, President and Head of Investments of Templeton Global Advisors Ltd. from 1992 to 2000.

Currently, Mark is a Director of the Franklin Templeton SICAV Investment Funds, a position held for over 20 years and is the former Chairman of the Investment Committee of First Trust Bank, an offshore entity responsible for managing the assets of two of Sir John Templeton’s Foundations.

Mark was also a consultant to the former Prime Minister of The Bahamas, serving on economic and advisory committees and assisting with negotiations with European and multi-national organizations impacting domestic financial institutions. For his service to business and his country, Mark was given the honor of Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Mark received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The College of the Holy Cross, where he previously served as a Trustee and a member of the College’s Investment Committee, and a Masters in Business Administration from Babson University. He is a CFA charterholder.

An avid cyclist, sailor, and accomplished athlete, Mark represented The Bahamas in numerous international sailing events including the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and was the World Champion in the 5.5 Metre sailing class.

The HPL Annual Investor Conference, hosted by Mark Holowesko is a powerhouse event, with many of the speakers returning later as guests. Business, Academia and Military Leaders are key witnesses to events in history and provide unique insights from experience that other investors can learn from.

Leaders from around the world are eager to be a part of this conference, and share in the tremendous learning and growth that comes out of each one.

HPL Annual Conference hosted by Mark Holowesko — Mark Holowesko, the host of the HPL annual conference with other leaders

ANNUAL INVESTOR CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

2023:

Mr. Matthew Pottinger, Former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor

Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch (Ret.), Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine

Mr. Russell Napier, Independent Investment Strategist & Author

Mr. Chris Miller, Author of Financial Times’ Business Book of the Year 2022, Chip War, Assistant Professor, The Fletcher School, Director, Greenmantle

2021*:

Mr. Russell Napier, Author of The Solid Ground investment report, Chairman, Mid Wynd International Investment Trust Plc.

2020:

Mr. Niall Ferguson, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Senior Faculty Fellow, BelferCenter for Science, and Int’l Affairs, Harvard University

Mr. Ronen Bergman, Investigative journalist, historian, lawyer and author, Staff writer with The New York Times, and Senior correspondent with Yedioth Ahronoth

Mr. Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

2019:

Mr. Jonathan Taplin, Director Emeritus, University of Southern California

XigingGao, Yu-Tong Cheng Chair Professor, Tsinghua University of Law

Mr. Russell Napier, Consultant Investment Strategist

Hon. David Mulford, Vice Chairman Credit Suisse Intl,

Former U.S. Ambassador to India Ms. Karen Elliott House, Sr Fellow BelferCtr Science and International Affairs

2018:

Dr. Lawrence B. Lindsey,President & CEO, The Lindsey Group

Prof Nathan S. Lewis, George L. Argyros Prof of Chemistry, California Inst of Tech

Prof Michael Pettis, Finance Prof, Guanghua School of Management Peking University

2017:

Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH, Former Prime Minister of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Former US Secretary of State

Ms. Karen Elliott House, Former Publisher WSJ & Former Sr. VP Dow Jones & Co

Mr. Ken Sena, Sr. Managing Director, Evercore Partners

2016:

Hon. Kevin M. Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia

Ms. Emma Sky, Director Yale World Fellows & Senior Fellow Jackson Institute, former Advisor to Commanding General of US Forces Iraq

Mr. James Sweeney, Managing Director of Credit Suisse

Mr. Paul Greenberg, Author

2015:

The Rt. Hon. Lord Patten of Barnes CH, Former Governor of Hong Kong

Mr. Vladimir Pozner, Award-Winning Journalist & Author

Mr. Jesper Koll, Managing Director of Research, J.P. Morgan Japan

Members of Investment Advisory Group of Holowesko Partners Ltd.

2014:

Dr. Andrew P. McAfee, Principal, MIT Sloan School of Management

Dr. Robert D. Ballard, Professor & Director, Center for Ocean Exploration and Archaeological Oceanography, University of Rhode Island

Mr. Jason DeSena Trennert, Managing Partner, Strategas Research

Mr. William Anderson, Jr., Partner, Goldman Sachs M&A Group

2013:

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Former US Secretary of State

Dr. Alan S. Blinder, Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University

Dr. Megan L. O’Sullivan, Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of Intl Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Dr. Andy Xie, Director, Rosetta Stone Advisors

Mr. James Aitken, Founding Partner, Aitken Advisors LLP

The names listed on this slide do not represent an endorsement by these individuals to invest in the Funds described in the presentation. *Held virtually due to Covid-19.

2012:

Mr. Alan Simpson, Former Co-Chair, US National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (2010)

Dr. Robert M. Gates, 22nd U.S. Secretary of Defense

Mr. David Scott, Founder & Chief Strategist, Cha-Am Advisors

Mr. Michael Goldstein, Managing Partner, Empirical Research

2011:

Dr. Donald Kohn, Vice Chairman of The Federal Reserve System (2006-2010)

General Stanley McChrystal (Ret.), Former Commander of U.S. & Intl Forces in Afghanistan Hon. Nicholas F. Brady, Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

Hon. David Mulford, Vice Chairman Credit Suisse Intl,

Former U.S. Ambassador to India Mr. Russell Napier, Consultant Investment Strategist Mr. Charlie Rose, Executive Editor and Anchor of Charlie Rose

2010:

Mr. Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve System

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Former US Secretary of State, Founder, Kissinger Associates, Inc.

Mr. Duncan L. Niederauer, Chief Executive Officer, NYSE Euronext

Dr. Edward I. Altman, Max L. Heine Prof of Finance, Stern School of Business, NYU

Dr. George Friedman, Founder & Chairman, Stratfor

Mr. Charlie Rose, Executive Editor and Anchor ofCharlie Rose

2009:

General Colin Powell, USA (Ret.), 65thSecretary of State

Sir John Bond, Chairman, Vodafone Group Plc

Mr. Joseph Rosenberg, CIO, Loews Corporation

Mr. Richard Ramsden, Head of Financial Services Investment Research, Goldman Sachs

2008:

General Peter Pace, Former Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff

Mr. James Stewart, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author

Mr. Marc Faber, Gloom, Boom & Doom Report

Mr. Tim Ryan, President & CEO of Securities Industry & Financial Markets Assoc (SIFMA)

2007:

President George H. W. Bush, 41st President of United States

Mr. KirilSokoloff, 13-D Research

Mr. Richard Bove, Punk, Ziegel& Co.

Mr. Claes Dahlback, Chairman StoraEnso Oyj

2006:

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Former U.S. Secretary of State

Dr. Bernard Duroc-Danner, Chairman, President & CEO Weatherford International

Mr. James McGregor, Author & Journalist

Mr. Amir Taheri, Author & Journalist

2005:

Dr. Glen Hubbard, Former Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisors

Mr. Morris Goldstein, Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics Prof.

Dr. Norbert Walter, Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank

Prof. F. Warren McFarlan, Professor, Harvard Business School

2004:

Mr. Stephen Roach, Chief Economist, Morgan Stanley

Dr. George Friedman, Founder & Chairman, Stratfor

Mr. Fred Hickey, Editor, High Tech Strategist

Mr. David Scott, Asia Strategist, Deutsche Bank

2003:

Mr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Former National Security Advisor to President Carter

Mr. James Grant, Founder & Editor, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer

Mr. Robert M. Teeter, Former National Chairman 1992 Bush Campaign

Mr. John Hess, Chairman & CEO, Hess Corporation

2002:

Mr. Paul A. Volcker, Former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve System

Mr. Russell Napier, Equity Strategist, CLSA

Mr. Mitchell L. Lieberman, Head of Prime Brokerage, Goldman Sachs

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