Michael Gallimore

Alpha Core Strategies Fund acts as a closed-end, diversified management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to achieve risk-adjusted rates of return through investment in a diversified portfolio of assets. It operates as a “Fund-of-Funds” investing, either directly or indirectly, in a group of funds or other pooled investment vehicles (Sub-Funds) managed by investment advisers selected by the Fund’s investment manager. The Fund seeks to provide investors with exposure to alternative investment strategies by investing in diversified markets and instruments. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (Investment Management) (NTI-IM) is the asset management division of Northern Trust Investments, Inc., ultimately held by Northern Trust Corp. (NASDAQGS: NTRS), a multi-bank holding company established in 1889. The firm was founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. NTI-IM provides a wide range of discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and sub-advisory services to individual and institutional clients.