Mr. Denos has been Secretary of the Company since 2010 and Chief Compliance Officer of Equus Total Return, Inc. since July 2011. He has practiced securities law since 1996 and oversees regulatory filings for a variety of U.S. and international public companies. He specializes in securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and regulatory compliance. For the past 15 years, Mr. Denos has served as a director or principal for several small-cap public companies on the London AIM, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, and the OTC Bulletin Board, and has worked closely with many public and private emerging growth companies throughout the world. In addition to a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Finance and Political Science, he holds a Master of Business Administration and a Juris Doctor from the University of Utah.