Zach Hamel

Corporate Officer/Principal at

Tortoise Total Return Fund LLC

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Zachary Alan Hamel is the founder of Tortoise Capital Advisors LLC, founded in 2002, where he held the title of Managing Director.
He is also the founder of TortoiseEcofin Investments LLC, founded in 2002, where he held the title of Managing Director.
Mr. Hamel's current job(s) include being a Principal at Tortoise Total Return Fund LLC since 2009 and a Senior Vice President at Tortoise Gas & Oil Corp.Mr. Hamel's former job(s) include being the President of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp.
from 2012 to 2015, a Senior Vice President at Tortoise North American Energy Corp., a Senior Vice President at CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. from 2005 to 2011, a Senior Vice President at Tortoise Power & Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. from 2007 to 2012, a Senior Vice President at Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc. from 2010 to 2011, the President of Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc., the President of Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. from 2012 to 2015, a Manager-Investment Risk at Employers Reinsurance Corp.
in 2002, a Partner at Fountain Capital Management LLC from 1997 to 2012, a Bank Examiner at Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and a Senior Vice President at Tortoise Energy Capital Corp.
from 2005 to 2012.
Mr. Hamel's education history includes an undergraduate degree from Kansas State University and an MBA from the University of Kansas.

Zach Hamel active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Tortoise Total Return Fund LLC Tortoise Total Return Fund LLC Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Acts as Open-End Investment Fund/Unit Trust	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Tortoise Gas & Oil Corp. Tortoise Gas & Oil Corp. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Functions as a closed-end investment fund or Investment trust	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Former positions of Zach Hamel

Companies	Position	End
TORTOISE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION	President	30/06/2015
TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC.	President	30/06/2015
Fountain Capital Management LLC Fountain Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Fountain Capital Management specializes in managing high yield bond portfolios focusing on the higher credit quality sectors of the High Yield bond market. They build portfolios of companies in growing industries with improving credit profiles. Fountain seeks to add value over a full market cycle by identifying more credit quality upgrades than the market and by avoiding downgrades and defaults. Fountain's Short Duration High Yield strategy invests in the BB and B rated segments of the non-investment grade market. The strategy focuses on seasoned credits with maturities of 7 years or less. Portfolio duration is typically around 2 years. Fountain invests in bonds of companies with improving fundamentals in growing industries. A top-down approach is used to identify and overweight industries with the highest and most sustainable growth prospects or to underweight or avoid industries where there is a higher risk of downgrades and defaults. Fountain uses a bottom-up approach to identify companies within favored industries that have strong free cash flow, established debt service records and asset values well above debt levels. Only bonds that are rated at least B3/B- by either Moody's or S&P are purchased. Fountain analysts perform all credit research in-house. Sales typically occur when the company experiences deterioration of credit fundamentals, management or management philosophy change, or if the security becomes overvalued. Fountains Total Return High Yield strategy invests in the non-investment grade sector of the corporate bond market. This strategy seeks to maximize total return while limiting risk by concentrating on the middle to higher credit quality sectors of the high yield universe. Only bonds that are rated at least B3/B- by either Moody's or S&P are purchased. The firm believes investing in the bonds of companies with improving credit fundamentals in growing industries allows them to experience more upgrades and fewer downgrades than the market. Over a full market cycle this strategy is designed to capture excess return with lower than market volatility. Fountain uses the same top-down sector selection process, bottom-up security selection process and sale discipline as they use in their Short Duration High Yield strategy.	Investment Committee Member	30/09/2012
CORENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST, INC.	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/12/2011
Employers Reinsurance Corp. Employers Reinsurance Corp. Multi-Line InsuranceFinance Provides reinsurance services	Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2002

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Private companies	17
Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Acts as Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust	Miscellaneous
Tortoise Capital Advisors LLC Tortoise Capital Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance Tortoise’s primary investment strategy is fundamentals based, long-only, with an emphasis on managing risk. The firm’s investment strategies may include short-term purchases and trading where appropriate, as indicated by their fundamental and technical analysis. They utilize a three-prong approach to portfolio construction consisting of qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis and relative value. They evaluate companies operating in the energy value chain.	Finance
Tortoise North American Energy Corp. Tortoise North American Energy Corp. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust	Miscellaneous
CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. Real Estate Investment TrustsFinance Operates as a real estate investment trust that invests in energy infrastructure assets	Finance
Tortoise Total Return Fund LLC Tortoise Total Return Fund LLC Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Acts as Open-End Investment Fund/Unit Trust	Miscellaneous
Tortoise Gas & Oil Corp. Tortoise Gas & Oil Corp. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Functions as a closed-end investment fund or Investment trust	Miscellaneous
TortoiseEcofin Investments LLC TortoiseEcofin Investments LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance Invests in energy infrastructure	Finance
Tortoise Power & Energy Infrastructure Fund Tortoise Power & Energy Infrastructure Fund Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Acts as Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust	Miscellaneous
Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Acts as Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust	Miscellaneous
Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund Inc. Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Acts as Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust	Miscellaneous
Tortoise Energy Independence Fund Inc. Tortoise Energy Independence Fund Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Acts as Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust	Miscellaneous
Employers Reinsurance Corp. Employers Reinsurance Corp. Multi-Line InsuranceFinance Provides reinsurance services	Finance
Fountain Capital Management LLC Fountain Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Fountain Capital Management specializes in managing high yield bond portfolios focusing on the higher credit quality sectors of the High Yield bond market. They build portfolios of companies in growing industries with improving credit profiles. Fountain seeks to add value over a full market cycle by identifying more credit quality upgrades than the market and by avoiding downgrades and defaults. Fountain's Short Duration High Yield strategy invests in the BB and B rated segments of the non-investment grade market. The strategy focuses on seasoned credits with maturities of 7 years or less. Portfolio duration is typically around 2 years. Fountain invests in bonds of companies with improving fundamentals in growing industries. A top-down approach is used to identify and overweight industries with the highest and most sustainable growth prospects or to underweight or avoid industries where there is a higher risk of downgrades and defaults. Fountain uses a bottom-up approach to identify companies within favored industries that have strong free cash flow, established debt service records and asset values well above debt levels. Only bonds that are rated at least B3/B- by either Moody's or S&P are purchased. Fountain analysts perform all credit research in-house. Sales typically occur when the company experiences deterioration of credit fundamentals, management or management philosophy change, or if the security becomes overvalued. Fountains Total Return High Yield strategy invests in the non-investment grade sector of the corporate bond market. This strategy seeks to maximize total return while limiting risk by concentrating on the middle to higher credit quality sectors of the high yield universe. Only bonds that are rated at least B3/B- by either Moody's or S&P are purchased. The firm believes investing in the bonds of companies with improving credit fundamentals in growing industries allows them to experience more upgrades and fewer downgrades than the market. Over a full market cycle this strategy is designed to capture excess return with lower than market volatility. Fountain uses the same top-down sector selection process, bottom-up security selection process and sale discipline as they use in their Short Duration High Yield strategy.	Finance
Kansas State University Kansas State University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of Kansas University of Kansas Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Insurance Brokers/ServicesFinance Operates as an insurance agency	Finance
Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. Tortoise Energy Capital Corp. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust	Miscellaneous

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