Mr. Pinna was appointed the Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of Currency Exchange International, Corp. (“CXI”), EBC’s parent company, when it began operating in October 2007. From 1989 to 2003, Mr. Pinna was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Foreign Currency Exchange Corp., and remained in this role after the friendly acquisition by Bank of Ireland Group until October of 2007. Mr. Pinna was responsible for the growth of Foreign Currency Exchange Corp from a small, one-location operation in Tampa Bay, Florida, to being a multinational publicly-traded company on the TSX with over 30,000 customer and client bank locations.

At Bank of Ireland Group, Mr. Pinna was Chief Executive Officer for the North American Foreign Exchange Business and was involved in all aspects of the North American business, including asset management, lending, foreign exchange, and accounting.

Having graduated from the University of Central Florida with a bachelor’s degree in finance with a focus on international business, Mr. Pinna has over 30 years of experience in international banking with an emphasis on foreign exchange.