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consulting and investment management businesses. Before joining Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Ms. Wijnberg served as a Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Yum! Brands (previously Tricon
Global Restaurants, Inc.) and held various positions at PepsiCo, Inc., Morgan Stanley Group, Inc. and
American Express Company. Ms. Wijnberg is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles
and received an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California. Ms. Wijnberg also served on the
board of Tyco Electronics Ltd., a manufacturer of electronic parts and equipment, from 2007 to 2009.
Ms. Wijnberg is a director of Futurity First Financial Corporation, a private company in the insurance
business. Ms Wijnberg’s qualifications to serve on the board include her significant experience as an
executive in leadership positions in financial services companies and her financial acumen gained as the
chief financial officer of a publicly traded company.
R. David Yost—Mr. Yost, age 63, joined our Board in March 2009. Mr. Yost has served as Director
and Chief Executive Officer of AmerisourceBergen, a comprehensive pharmaceutical services provider,
from August 2001 to the present. He was President of AmerisourceBergen from August 2001 to
October 2002, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AmeriSource Health Corporation from
December 2000 to August 2001, and President and Chief Executive Officer of AmeriSource from May
1997 to December 2000. Mr. Yost also held a variety of other positions with AmeriSource Health
Corporation and its predecessors from 1974 to 1997. Mr. Yost is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force
Academy and holds an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Yost’s qualifications
to serve on the board include his extensive leadership and corporate governance experience gained as
the chief executive and director of a large publicly traded company in the pharmaceutical industry.
New Director Nominated for Election
Dinesh Paliwal—age 52, has served as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
of Harman International, a company that designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and
information solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional market, since July 1, 2008. He was
Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President from July 2007 through June 2008. Prior to joining
Harman, Mr. Paliwal served as a member of the Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd. a provider of
industrial automation, power transmission systems and services, from January 2001 until June 2007.
Mr. Paliwal also served as President of Global Markets and Technology of ABB Ltd. from January 2006
until June 2007, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ABB North America from January 2004 until
June 2007, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of ABB Automation Technologies Division from
October 2002 to December 2005. Prior to his experience at ABB, Mr. Paliwal held various roles in sales,
project management and systems engineering at predecessor companies AccuRay and Combustion
Engineering. Mr. Paliwal earned a Masters degree in Engineering with highest distinction from the Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT Roorkee), a Masters degree in Applied Science and Engineering and a Masters
degree in Business Administration, both from Miami University (Ohio). Mr. Paliwal also serves as a
member of the Trilateral Commission established to foster closer cooperation among the US, Europe and
Japan, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Institute for the Study of Cross-
Border M&A, an international joint venture to promote the high-level study and analysis of cross-border
mergers, acquisitions and strategic investments, and the Business Roundtable. Mr. Paliwal served on the
board for Embarq Corporation prior to its merger with CenturyTel. He has served previously as Chairman
of ABB India Ltd., a publicly listed company in India and as Chairman of the US National Foreign Trade
Council in Washington, DC. He has served as a Director for Keppel FELS, an offshore drilling,
shipbuilding and energy company in Singapore, the US China Business Council, the US India Business
Council, and the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He also served for three years as Economic
Advisor to the Governor of Guangdong Province, China. Mr. Paliwal’s qualifications to serve on the board
include his extensive leadership and governance experience as a public company chief executive officer, his
engineering and scientific background, and his extensive global experience, especially in emerging markets
important to the Company.
The Board recommends that shareholders vote FOR the election of all of the nominees for
Director to serve until the next Annual General Meeting.
14 2011 Proxy Statement