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Steven C. McCormick. Mr. McCormick has served as our President, North America since November 2008.
Prior to joining us, Mr. McCormick was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Odwalla, Inc. from January
2003 to November 2008. Odwalla, Inc. is a natural health beverage company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
The Coca-Cola Company. Previously, Mr. McCormick held a range of increasingly significant operational and
leadership positions at Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., a global marketer, producer and distributor of The Coca-Cola
Company. Mr. McCormick holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Winthrop University.
Melanie Stack (Stubbing). Ms. Stubbing has served as our President, International since August 2008.
During the period from December 2003 to July 2008, Ms. Stubbing served as our Senior Vice President of
Operations, United Kingdom. Ms. Stubbing ran the U.K.-based toy, game and trading card operations for Hasbro,
Inc. from January 2002 to November 2003. From November 2000 to January 2002, Ms. Stubbing served as the
Vice President for WeightWatchers.com, Inc. Prior to joining WeightWatchers.com, Ms. Stubbing was
Managing Director, Hedstrom, U.K. from August 1998 to October 2000, and from July 1989 to July 1998 she
held various marketing positions at Mattel UK Ltd., including Group Marketing Director. Ms. Stubbing is a
business graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University.
Michael Basone. Mr. Basone has served as our President, WeightWatchers.com and Chief Technology
Officer since April 2008. Prior to that time, Mr. Basone served as the Chief Technology Officer of
WeightWatchers.com, Inc. from January 2002 to April 2007 and our Executive Vice President, Global
Technology and Operations, from May 2007 to March 2008. Prior to joining us, Mr. Basone was with Modem
Media Inc., an interactive advertising and web site development agency, where he served as Managing Director
of the Marketing Platforms Practice from April 2001 to January 2002 and Vice President, Strategic Engineering,
from February 2000 to April 2001. Previously, Mr. Basone served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
Officer and Chief Information Officer of Warrantech Corporation from 1994 to January 2000. He holds a B.S. in
Management from La Salle University.
Jeffrey A. Fiarman. Mr. Fiarman has served as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
since May 2006. Prior to that time, Mr. Fiarman served as our Vice President and Associate General Counsel
from July 2005 to May 2006 and as General Counsel of WeightWatchers.com since June 2000. He has also been
Secretary of WeightWatchers.com since July 2000 and Senior Vice President of WeightWatchers.com since
March 2002. Mr. Fiarman also held the position of Vice President, Business Development of
WeightWatchers.com from June 2000 to March 2002. Prior to joining WeightWatchers.com, from September
1993 to May 2000, Mr. Fiarman was an attorney with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Washington, D.C.
specializing in corporate and tax law. Mr. Fiarman holds a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.
Raymond Debbane. Mr. Debbane has been the Chairman of our Board of Directors since our acquisition by
Artal on September 29, 1999. Mr. Debbane is a co-founder and President of The Invus Group, LLC. Prior to
forming The Invus Group, LLC in 1985, Mr. Debbane 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, an M.S. in Food
Science and Technology from the University of California, Davis and a B.S. in Agricultural Sciences and
Agricultural Engineering from American University of Beirut. Mr. Debbane is a director of Artal Group S.A. and
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He is also a director and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of a number of
private companies of which Artal or Invus, L.P. are shareholders.
Philippe J. Amouyal. Mr. Amouyal has been a director since November 2002. Mr. Amouyal is a Managing
Director of The Invus Group, LLC, a position he has held since 1999. Previously, Mr. Amouyal was a Vice
President and director of The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. in Boston, MA. He holds an M.S. in engineering
and a DEA in Management from Ecole Centrale de Paris and was a Research Fellow at the Center for Policy
Alternatives of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Amouyal is a director of Lexicon
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and a number of private companies of which Artal or Invus, L.P. are shareholders.
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