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Research Fellow at the Center for Policy Alternatives of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Amouyal is a director of WeightWatchers.com, Inc., Financial Technologies International, Inc.,
Metamarix, Inc., Entopia, Inc. and Unwired Group Limited.
Jonas M. Fajgenbaum. Mr. Fajgenbaum has been a director of our company since our acquisition
by Artal Luxembourg on September 29, 1999. Mr. Fajgenbaum is a Managing Director of The Invus
Group, LLC, which he joined in 1996. Prior to joining The Invus Group, LLC, Mr. Fajgenbaum was a
consultant for McKinsey & Company in New York from 1994 to 1996. He graduated with a B.S. from
the Wharton School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994.
Sacha Lainovic. Mr. Lainovic has been a director of our company since our acquisition by Artal
Luxembourg on September 29, 1999. Mr. Lainovic is a co-founder and Executive Vice President of The
Invus Group, LLC. Prior to forming The Invus Group, LLC in 1985, Mr. Lainovic was a manager and
consultant for The Boston Consulting Group in Paris, France. He holds an M.B.A. from Stanford
Graduate School of Business and an M.S. in engineering from Insa de Lyon in Lyon, France.
Mr. Lainovic is a director of WeightWatchers.com, Inc., Financial Technologies International, Inc. and
Unwired Australia Pty Limited, and also served as a director of Keebler Foods Company from 1996 to
1999.
Christopher J. Sobecki. Mr. Sobecki has been a director of our company since our acquisition by
Artal Luxembourg on September 29, 1999. Mr. Sobecki, a Managing Director of The Invus Group,
LLC, joined the firm in 1989. He received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. He also obtained
a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University. Mr. Sobecki is a director of
WeightWatchers.com, Inc., Financial Technologies International, Inc. and iLife, Inc. He also served as a
director of Keebler Foods Company from 1996 to 1998.
Sam K. Reed. Mr. Reed has been a director of our company since February 2002. Mr. Reed has
30 years of experience in the food industry. He is currently the CEO of Dean Specialty Foods
Holdings, Inc. Formerly, Mr. Reed was Vice Chairman and a director of Kellogg Company, the world’s
leading producer of cereal and a leading producer of convenience foods. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Reed
was Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Keebler Foods Company. Previously, he was
Chief Executive Officer of Specialty Foods Corporation’s Western Bakery Group division. He is a
director of the Tractor Supply Company. Mr. Reed received a B.A. from Rice University and an
M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Marsha Johnson Evans. Ms. Evans has been a director of our company since February 2002.
Ms. Evans is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross, the
preeminent humanitarian organization in the United States, and previously served as the National
Executive Director of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. A retired Rear Admiral in the United States Navy,
Ms. Evans has served as superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and
headed the Navy’s worldwide recruiting organization from 1993 to 1995. She is currently a director of
the May Department Stores Company, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. and several nonprofit boards.
Ms. Evans received a B.A. from Occidental College and a Master’s Degree from the Fletcher School of
Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
John F. Bard. Mr. Bard has been a director since November 2002. Since 1999, he has been a
director of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, where he served as Executive Vice President from 1999 to
2000, Senior Vice President from 1990-1999, and at the same time serving as Chief Financial Officer
from 1990 until his retirement from management in 2000. He began his business career in 1963 with
The Procter & Gamble Company in financial management. He subsequently was Group Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer and a director of The Clorox Company and later President and a director
of Tambrands, Inc., prior to joining Wrigley. Mr. Bard holds a B.S. in business from Northwestern
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