ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>AQR Capital</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="TITLE" CONTENT="AQR Capital"> <META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="XCELLENCEIT"> <META NAME="COPYRIGHT" CONTENT="XCELLENCEIT"> <META NAME="KEYWORDS" CONTENT="AQR, CAPITAL"> <META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="AQR, CAPITAL, NEWS, INFO"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="crimson"> <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="index"> <link href="layout/css/default.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body bgcolor="#DCDFE6"> <table width="100%" height="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="middle"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td align="right" valign="bottom"><img src="layout/bara_sus1.jpg" width="7" height="7"></td> <td class="top">&nbsp; </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom"><img src="layout/bara_sus2.jpg" width="7" height="7"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="12" class="left" rowspan="4">&nbsp; </td> <td width="776" height="107" background="layout/en/header1.gif">&nbsp; </td> <td width="13" class="right" rowspan="4">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td width="776" height="100%"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr height="5" bgcolor="#d7def1"><td colspan="3">&nbsp; </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="2"> <img src="layout/en/rb_15iun_01.jpg" border="0" width="776" height="64" alt="bios"> </td> </tr> <tr> <!-- the following bgcolor is the left menu column original color was #f0f0f0 !--> <td width="220" height="100%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e5e5e5"> <ul style="list-style:none;padding-top:30px"> <li class="space"><a href="home.htm" class="leftmenblu" >HOME</a> </li> <li class="space"><a href="about.htm" class="leftmenblu" >ABOUT AQR</a> </li> <!--<li class="space"><a href="http://www.google.com" class="leftmenred" >Search Google</a></li>--> <li class="space"><a href="principal_bios.htm" class="leftmenred" >PRINCIPAL BIOS</a> </li> <li class="space"><a href="research.htm" class="leftmenblu" >RESEARCH LIBRARY</a> <li class="space"><a href="RecruitingHome.htm" class="leftmenblu" >CAREER OPPORTUNITIES </a> </li> </li> <li class="space"><a href="legal.htm" class="leftmenblu" >LEGAL </a> </li> <li class="space"><a href="contact.aspx" class="leftmenblu" >CONTACT US</a> </li> <li class="space"><a href="directions.htm" class="leftmenblu" >DIRECTIONS</a> </li> </ul></td> <td width="556" height="100%" bgcolor="white" valign="top"> <table><tr><td style='padding-top:12px; padding-left:12px;padding-right: 15px;padding-bottom: 12px;'><span class=titlu_albastru>Stephen Mellas<br />Principal </span><br><br> <br><span class=scris_gri><font color="#000000"> <p>Steve joined AQR in March 2005 as the Head of Operations. Prior to joining AQR, Steve worked for Goldman Sachs. He joined Goldman in 1997 as a Managing Director in the Investment Management Division with responsibility for Asset Management Operations worldwide. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Steve had been with Morgan Stanley from 1985 to 1997 where he managed fixed income trading operations. Steve was a founding member of the Asset Manager's Forum and acted as Chairperson of the Operations Steering Committee from 2002 to 2004. In addition to his responsibilities at AQR, Steve is a faculty member of NYU s Stern School of Business where he teaches an advanced topics course in management communication. Steve graduated with a B.A. from Villanova University and holds an M.B.A. from Pace University. </font></p></span></td></tr></table> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#d7def1" height="15"><td colspan="2">&nbsp; </td></tr></table></td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#b0b3ba" style="padding-top:2px;padding-right:10px;" align="right" valign="top"> <a href="home.htm" class="white">HOME</a><font color="white">|</font> <a href="about.htm" class="white">ABOUT AQR</a><font color="white">|</font> <a href="principal_bios.htm" class="white">PRINCIPAL BIOS</a><font color="white">|</font> <a href="research.htm" class="white">RESEARCH LIBRARY</a><font color="white">|</font> <a href="RecruitingHome.htm" class="white">CAREER OPPORTUNITIES </a><font color="white">|</font> <a href="contact.aspx" class="white">CONTACT US</a><font color="white">|</font> <a href="directions.htm" class="white">DIRECTIONS</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="top"><img src="layout/bara_sus3.jpg" width="7" height="7"></td> <td align="right" style="padding-right:20px;" class="copyright1">2004 &copy; AQRCapital.com. All Rights Reserved </td> <td align="left" valign="top"><img src="layout/bara_sus4.jpg" width="7" height="7"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>