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Natixis Funds Board of Trustees
The funds are governed by a board of trustees, which is responsible for generally overseeing the conduct of fund business and for protecting the interests of shareholders. The trustees meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the funds' activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the funds, and review the funds' performance.
 Graham T. Allison, Jr.
Dr. Allison is the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard University and Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. As Dean from 1977 to 1989, he built Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Dr. Allison has served as Special Advisor to the Secretary of Defense under President Reagan and as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy and Plans under President Clinton, where he coordinated DOD strategy and policy towards Russia, Ukraine and the other states of the former Soviet Union. He has the sole distinction of having twice been awarded the Department of Defense's highest civilian award, the Distinguished Public Service Medal, first by Secretary Cap Weinberger and second by Secretary Bill Perry.
Dr. Allison has served as a director of the Getty Oil Company and Belco Oil and Gas, and as a member of the advisory boards of Chase Bank, Hydro-Quebec, and the International Energy Corporation. Mr. Allison also currently serves on the board of Taubman Centers, Inc.
Dr. Allison earned a BA magna cum laude in history from Harvard College; a BA and MA first class honors in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University; and a PhD in political science from Harvard University. He has received honorary doctorates from Davidson College, Uppsala University (Sweden), and the University of North Carolina.
Dr. Allison's publications include: Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (1971), recently released in an updated and revised second edition (1999), which ranks among the best-sellers in political science with more than 400,000 copies in print; Realizing Human Rights: Moving from Inspiration to Impact (2000); and Avoiding Nuclear Anarchy: Containing the Threat of Loose Russian Nuclear Weapons and Fissile Material (1996). Dr. Allison's latest book, Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, was published in 2004 and is now in its third printing and was selected by the New York Times as one of the "100 most notable books of 2004."
 Charles D. Baker
Mr. Baker is president and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. Before joining Harvard Pilgrim in 1999, he was president and CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates. Prior to joining Harvard Vanguard, Mr. Baker spent eight years in Massachusetts state government, where he served as Secretary of Administration and Finance and Secretary of Health and Human Services. He is currently the vice chairman of the Board of the New England Council, and serves on the Boards of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, America's Health Insurance Plans, and the Kenneth Schwartz Center. He is the Treasurer of the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy.
Mr. Baker earned a BA in English from Harvard College and a master's degree in management, concentrating in public administration and finance, from Northwestern's Kellogg School.
 Edward A. Benjamin
Mr. Benjamin was a partner at Ropes & Gray, a Boston-based law firm he joined after graduating cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1961. He became a partner at the firm in 1969 and served as a member of the managing committee from 1981 to 1993. Mr. Benjamin's practice centered in Boston and Washington, D.C., where he was managing partner for ten years. He concentrated on financial and business matters representing clients ranging from private, family-owned businesses to publicly owned New York Stock Exchange-listed corporations, financial institutions, and mutual funds.
Mr. Benjamin is currently retired and serving on the boards of Coal, Energy Investments & Management, LLC. and Woodstock Corporation.
In addition to a JD from Harvard Law School, Mr. Benjamin earned a BA in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
 Robert
J. Blanding
Mr. Blanding is chairman of the board, CEO and President for Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. He is also a director of Natixis Global Associates Japan Co., Ltd. and Natixis Investment Services Japan, Inc. and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Loomis Sayles Funds.
Mr. Blanding started his career in the investment sector in 1971 and joined Loomis Sayles in 1977. At the start of his career with Loomis Sayles, Mr. Blanding served as a portfolio manager from 1977 through 1991. During this tenure, he was named a managing partner in 1989 and a director in 1990. In 1991, he was made an executive vice president. Mr. Blanding was president and chief operating officer from 1992 to 1995. Prior to joining Loomis Sayles in 1977, he served as a portfolio manager for Stein, Roe & Farnham.
Mr. Blanding earned a BA from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
 Daniel M. Cain
Mr. Cain is chairman of Cain Brothers & Company, LLC, a healthcare investment bank, and general partner of its private equity affiliates; CB Health Ventures, and Health Enterprise Partners. Prior to founding Cain Brothers in 1982, he held various positions at Salomon Brothers, Blythe Eastman Dillon, and Merrill Lynch.
Mr. Cain is a director of Sheridan Healthcare, Inc. and Brim Healthcare. He also serves as a volunteer board member of the American Heart Association and as a chairman of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Mr. Cain earned a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business (1972), where he serves on its Board of Overseers.
Richard G. Darman
Mr. Darman served with distinction on the funds' board from 1996 until his passing on January 25, 2008. The Board and management wish to recognize the friendship and camraderie shared with him over the last twelve years. The Trustees and management extend our most sincere condolences to his family and also convey our deepest appreciation for the years of outstanding leadership, dedicated service, keen intelligence, extraordinary humor, and insightful contributions provided by Mr. Darman to the Natixis Funds, Loomis Sayles Funds and Hansberger International Series.
 Kenneth A. Drucker
Mr. Drucker retired at year-end 2006 as vice president and treasurer of Sequa Corporation, a multinational industrial. He continued his affiliation with Sequa in 2007 as a consultant for various financial related services and projects. Prior to joining Sequa in 1987, Mr. Drucker was senior vice president and treasurer of JWT Group, Inc. Prior to that, he was with Stauffer Chemical Company for 12 years, where he held the title of treasurer as well as various other positions in the Treasury department. He was also with CIGNA Corporation and Price Waterhouse & Co.
Mr. Drucker is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Connecticut Society of CPAs. He received his BS in accounting from Long Island University in 1967 and has served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
In January 2008, Mr. Drucker was elected to the Board of Directors of M Fund Inc., where he also serves on the Audit Committee. From 1983 to February 2008, Mr. Drucker served on the Board of Trustees as lead independent trustee and chairman of the Audit Committee of Gateway Fund. From 2004 to 2007, he served on the Board of Directors and as chairman of the Audit Committee of Formica Corporation.
 John T. Hailer
Mr. Hailer, who heads up Natixis Global Asset Management North America, is a trustee for the Natixis Funds. Mr. Hailer started his career with the firm in 1998 as executive vice president and managing director.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Hailer was with Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company (FIIS), most recently as senior vice president – international, responsible for new business development in North America and Latin America. Before joining Fidelity, he was senior vice president and director of retail business development for Putnam Investments. Mr. Hailer is chairman of the board of directors for the Home for Little Wanderers, which was founded in 1799 and is the oldest continuous children's charity in the United States. He is also a co-chair member for the United Way of Massachusetts.
Mr. Hailer received a BA from Beloit College, where he currently serves on the board of trustees.
 Jonathan P. Mason
Mr. Mason is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Cabot Corporation, a multinational specialty chemicals company. Prior to joining Cabot, Mr. Mason served as vice president and treasurer of International Paper Company and chief financial officer of Carter Holt Harvey, a publicly traded forest products company based in New Zealand. Before these positions, Mr. Mason served in a variety of financial management roles at International Paper and Exxon Corporation.
Mr. Mason is a member of the advisory board of the University of Auckland and a trustee of Beloit College. He formerly served on the board of Carter Holt Harvey.
Mr. Mason received his BA, magna cum laude, in economics and international relations from Beloit College. He also holds an MA in international relations from Yale University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.
 Sandra O. Moose
Dr. Moose is a senior advisor of The Boston Consulting Group. She retired from The Boston Consulting Group at the end of 2003 after a career that spanned 35 years. She held the position of senior vice president and director of the firm. Previously she was a managing partner of the New York office (for over 10 years) and chair of the east coast region. Her experience before 1968 was with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and as a member of the faculty of Harvard University.
Dr. Moose is currently president of Strategic Advisory Services and a director of Verizon Communications, Rohm and Haas Company, the AES Corporation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. She serves on the board of the Boston Public Library Foundation as well as chairman of the Harvard Graduate School Council. She is a director or trustee of other charitable organizations, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Huntington Theatre, and the Museum of Science. She was formerly a trustee of Hampshire College and Wheaton College and a director of the Theatre Development Fund. She is also a member of the Committee of 200, a nationwide organization of women business leaders, and the Massachusetts Women's Forum. Dr. Moose was the 1999 recipient of the American Economic Association's Carolyn Shaw Bell award, which is given annually to an individual who has furthered the status of women in the economics profession. She also received the Outstanding Corporate Director of the Year Award in 2004.
Dr. Moose received her BA summa cum laude in economics from Wheaton College where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. She also earned a PhD and MA in economics from Harvard University and has studied at the University of Vienna.
 Cynthia L. Walker
Ms. Walker serves as Deputy Dean for Finance & Administration at the Yale University School of Management. She is responsible for all financial, budgetary, human resource, capital planning and other administrative support for the educational, research and clinical care missions of the school. She collaborates with academic leadership of the school and the university in setting priorities and directing resources. Prior to her current position at Yale, Ms. Walker was at Harvard Medical School for 24 years serving as Executive Dean for Administration and earlier as Dean for Finance/CFO. She began her professional career with Coopers & Lybrand where she managed numerous university ad non-profit engagements.
Ms. Walker's undergraduate degree is from Yale in Ancient Greek. She also holds an MBA and is a CPA.
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