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senior officer of Exor America. Mr. Geisser has been a board member and audit committee member of several private
companies. Mr. Geisser holds a bachelor’s degree from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy and a P.M.D. from Harvard Business
School. Mr. Geisser brings to the board of directors his extensive experience regarding the management of companies, as well
as his financial expertise.
George C. McNamee has served as a director since August 1999. Currently a private investor, Mr. McNamee served as a
managing partner of FA Technology Ventures, an information and energy technology venture capital firm, from 2000 until
2012. He serves as chairman of the board of directors of Plug Power Inc., a leading fuel cell developer, and is a director of
several private companies, a member of the Yale Development Board and a Trustee of the Albany Academies and The
American Friends of Eton College. Mr. McNamee previously served on the board of directors of Broadpoint (now Gleacher)
Securities as well as serving from 1984 to 2007 as chairman of its predecessor First Albany Companies and was also a board
member of the New York Stock Exchange Inc., MapInfo, Home Shopping Network and the Meta Group. He received his
Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University. Mr. McNamee brings to the board of directors his extensive experience regarding
the management of public and private companies, as well as his financial expertise.
Peter T. Meekin has served as a director since February 2003. Mr. Meekin has been a managing director of Trident
Capital, a venture capital firm, since 1998. Prior to joining Trident Capital, he was vice president of venture development at
Enterprise Associates, LLC, the venture capital division of IMS Health. Previously, Mr. Meekin held senior technology and
management positions with Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, Lotus Development Corporation and IBM. Mr. Meekin holds a B.S.
in Mathematics from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Mr. Meekin brings to the board of directors his extensive
experience regarding the management of companies, his financial expertise, and his experience as an entrepreneur, executive
and investor in the software, information services and information technology consulting sectors. Mr. Meekin's term will expire
at the annual meeting, and he will not stand for reelection.
Paul J. Kern, Gen. U.S. Army (ret.) has served as a director since May 2006. Gen. Kern has served as a senior counselor
to The Cohen Group, an international strategic business consulting firm, since January 2005. Gen. Kern also served as president
and chief operating officer of AM General LLC from August 2008 until January 2010. From 1963 to 2004, Gen. Kern served in
the U.S. Army and, from October 2001 to November 2004, as Commanding General of the U.S. Army Materiel Command.
Prior to his command in the U.S. Army Materiel Command, he served as the military deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. Gen. Kern also serves on the board of directors of ITT Corporation and is a
former director of EDO Corporation and Anteon International Corporation. He holds a B.S. from the United States Military
Academy at West Point, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
from the University of Michigan. Gen. Kern brings to the board of directors his extensive experience in the military and
defense industry.
Paul Sagan has served as a director since February 2010. He is the executive vice chairman of Akamai Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ: AKAM), and previously served as the company’s chief executive officer from April 2005 until January 2013, and
as its president from May 1999 until September 2010 and again from September 2011 until January 2013. Mr. Sagan became a
member of Akamai’s board of directors in January 2005. Akamai is the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide
secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, on the Internet. From July 1997 to August 1998, Mr. Sagan
was senior advisor to the World Economic Forum, a Geneva, Switzerland-based organization that provides a collaborative
framework to leaders to address global issues. Previously, Mr. Sagan held senior positions at Time Warner Cable and Time Inc.,
affiliates of Time Warner Inc., and CBS, Inc. Mr. Sagan also serves on the board of directors of EMC Corporation, and is a
former director of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. and Digitas, Inc. Mr. Sagan brings to the board of directors his extensive
experience with complex global organizations, combined with his operational and corporate governance expertise.
Our executive officers are elected by the board of directors on an annual basis and serve until their successors have been
duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.
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