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Board of Directors
Mark Wentworth Blodgett (age 54)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Blodgett has been a member of the Board and an executive officer of the Company since 1989 when he acquired the majority of the shares of the Company. Previously Mr. Blodgett worked for a private merchant bank from 1988 until 1989, was Corporate Vice President at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. from 1980 until 1988 and was an associate in the area of mergers and acquisitions for Citibank N.A. from 1979 until 1980. Mr. Blodgett is a member of the World Presidents Organization and serves on the Board of Trustees of Pomfret School. Mr. Blodgett graduated in 1979 from the University of St. Andrews with a M.A. (honors) in economics.
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Timothy "Tim" Paul Losik (age 52)
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Losik, a member of the board since June 2010, was appointed COO and CFO in early 2008 with responsibility for all day-to-day operations across the Group's worldwide operating units and to head its financial organisation. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Losik served as the Chief Financial Officer at Bluesocket, Inc., a privately held provider of enterprise mobility solutions. Prior to Bluesocket, he was Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Globalware Solutions, Inc., a privately held supply chain management company. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Losik was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Omtool, LTD., a Nasdaq-listed software company. From 1986 to 2000, Mr. Losik served in various positions at Hadco Corporation, a NYSE-listed advanced printed circuit manufacturer, including Senior Vice President of manufacturing and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and ultimately as the Senior Vice President of global printed circuit board operations at Sanmina-SCI upon Hadco's acquisition by Sanmina-SCI in December 2000.
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Raymond "Ray" Joseph Oglethorpe (age 66)
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Oglethorpe is currently President of Oglethorpe Holdings, LLC, a private investment company, and has served on numerous public and private boards - most recently the Board of Trustees of The George Washington University from 1999 to 2010. Mr. Oglethorpe served as President of America Online, Inc. from 2000 until his retirement in 2002. Prior to that time,Mr. Oglethorpe was a senior vice president responsible for directing the technologies and member services organizations of America Online, Inc. Mr. Oglethorpe has been a member of the Board since 2000. Mr. Oglethorpe has been designated by the independent members of the Board of Directors as Lead Director of the Company, Chairperson of the Governance, Nomination and Remuneration committee and a member of the Audit committee.
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Dietmar Klenner (age 57)
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Klenner is an independent advisor and consultant to both foreign real estate firms and companies seeking investment opportunities in Austria. From April 2004 to March 2008, Mr. Klenner was a co-founder and Managing Partner of Argus Wealth Management AG. From July 2002 until February 2006, Mr. Klenner was Managing Partner of Meridian Global Advisors, which he also co-founded. From December 1989 until June 2002, Mr. Klenner worked for KS Securities Asset Management, which he co-founded and where he served as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner. Mr. Klenner has been a member of the Board since 2003. He is a member of the Governance, Nomination and Remuneration committee.
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Timothy "Tim" Michael Steel (age 58)
Mr. Steel was previously Vice Chairman of Cazenove Capital Management Limited until the end of 2009 when he stepped down to pursue a portfolio career and work more closely with smaller developing businesses. He joined Cazenove in 1980 from Robert Fleming and became a partner in 1982. In 1983 he moved to New York as President of Cazenove Inc., returning to the UK in 1989 and, subsequently became Head of Institutional Broking in 1991. He was appointed Managing Director of Cazenove Fund Management Limited in February 2000 and later became Chairman in April 2001. He was appointed to the main Board of Cazenove Group plc in March 2001. Mr. Steel is currently Chairman of Castle Alternative Invest AG and also has various charitable interests. He was educated at Eton College, then Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read Philosophy and Law. He is a member of both the Audit and the Governance, Nomination and Remuneration committees.
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Gerald Vincent "Vincent" Bodenham Thompson (age 60)
Mr. Thompson has over 30 years of experience in corporate finance. He spent the majority of his career with Morgan Grenfell & Co. Limited and Hambros Bank Limited (later Société Générale, following the takeover of Hambros Bank Limited) and was a Director at both. From 2003 to 2006 he was a Director at MacArthur & Co. Limited and from 2007 to 2008, was an Associate of Corbett Keeling & Co, both corporate finance boutiques. In 2009, Mr. Thompson formed his own corporate finance boutique, Easton Partners LLP. He is chairman of the Audit committee.
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