| Mr Edward Suning Tian
| Mr Suning Tian is a director at MasterCard International Inc since May 2006. Dr Tian is the founder and has been the Chairman of China Broadband Capital Partners, L.P., one of the first Chinese TMT sector focused private equity funds since February 2006. Dr Tian has also served as an independent director of MasterCard Incorporated, a credit card company, since April 2006, a senior advisor of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a private equity firm, since November 2006, an independent director of Lenovo Group Limited since August 2007, a nonexecutive director of Media China Limited (formerly Asian Union New Media (Group) LTD), a media company and satellite channel operator in China, since January 2008 and an independent director of Taikang Life Insurance Company Limited, a Chinese life insurance company, since July 2008. From April 2002 to May 2006, he served as Chief Executive Officer of China Netcom (Group) Company Limited (formerly China Netcom Corporation Ltd.), a Chinese telecommunications provider, and Vice President of China Network Communication Group Corporation, a Chinese telecommunications provider. His other directorships include serving as a Director of China Netcom Group between 2001 and May 2006 and Vice Chairman of PCCW Limited, a telecommunications holding company, from April 2005 to March 2007. Prior to joining China Netcom Group in 2002, Dr Tian and Jian (James) Ding co-founded our company in 1993 and Dr Tian served as our President through May 1999. Dr Tian received an M.S. from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing and a Ph.D. in Environmental Management from Texas Tech University. |
| Mr Silvio Barzi
| Mr Silvio Barzi is a director at Mastercard Inc since January 22, 2008. Mr Barzi previously served on the Company’s Board of Directors from April 2003 until May 2006 and again from June 2007 until January 2008 as a non-voting observer. He also served as a member of the MasterCard Europe Region board from 2001 until May 2006, and has been a member of the MasterCard European board since the Company’s initial public offering in May 2006. Mr Barzi has served as Chairman of the MasterCard European board since June 2007. Mr Barzi is the founder and, from June 2007 until his retirement in November 2010, was the Chairman of UniCredit Family Financing, a bank specializing in credit cards, consumer credit and mortgages and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the UniCredit Group. Mr Barzi was Executive Vice President of UniCredit Group until his retirement at the end of 2009. From February 2001 until May 2007, he served as Chief Executive Officer of UniCredit Consumer Financing. Mr Barzi is currently a Senior Advisor for the UniCredit Group. Prior to joining UniCredit Group in 2000, Mr Barzi was a Vice President at Booz Allen & Hamilton. From 1995 until 1998, he worked for the Credit Suisse-Winterthur Group, where as Chief Operating Officer he was responsible for the merger and integration of six Italian-based insurance companies. From 1981 to 1995, Mr Barzi was a partner in the Italian office and a leader within the European Financial Institutions and Information Technology practices of McKinsey & Company. Mr Barzi serves as a director at SiNSYS and as non-executive Chairman at Perago Financial System Enablers (Pty) Ltd., both subsidiaries of the SIA Group. |
| Mr Steven J. Freiberg
| Mr Steven J. Freiberg has served as E*TRADE Financial Corp’s Chief Executive Officer and as a director at E*TRADE Financial Corp since April 2010. Mr Freiberg served as the Company’s Chairman of the Board from May 2011 until January 2012. He is a director at Mastercard Inc since September 2006. Mr Freiberg is a financial services industry veteran, having served in multiple senior level positions over a 30-year career at Citigroup. Most recently, Mr Freiberg served as Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of Citigroup’s Global Consumer Group. During his tenure at Citigroup, Mr Freiberg also served as Chairman and CEO of Citi Cards. Prior to that, as Chairman and CEO of Citigroup’s Investment Products Division N.A., Mr Freiberg had responsibility for retail investment products, platforms, sales and service. Mr Freiberg has served as a board member of MasterCard International since 2006. He also serves on the board of the March of Dimes and the board of trustees of Hofstra University, and is Co-Chair of the NYC Council of Habitat for Humanity. Mr Freiberg is also on the Board of E*TRADE Bank and several other subsidiaries of the Company. Mr Freiberg holds both a B.B.A. and an M.B.A. from the Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University. Mr Freiberg is a member of the Finance and Risk Oversight Committee. |
| Mr Marc R. Olivie
| Mr Marc R. Olivie is an Independent Director at Mastercard Inc since May 2006. Olivie is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of W.C. Bradley Co. He is also the Chairman of MRO Management BVBA. From July 2007 to October 2008, he was Chief Executive Officer of MRO Management BVBA. From April 2005 to June 2007, Mr Olivie was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Agfa-Gevaert Group. During that time, he also served as the Executive Director of the board of directors and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Agfa-Gevaert N.V. From 2004 to April 2005, Mr Olivie was Executive Vice President of the Agfa-Gevaert Group. From 2001 to 2004, he was Senior Vice President and President, Global Bath and Kitchen Products for American Standard Companies Inc. Prior thereto, Mr Olivie was President and Chief Executive Officer of Armstrong Floor Products for Armstrong Holdings, Inc. from 2000 to 2001 and of Armstrong Building Products for Armstrong Holdings, Inc. from 1996 to 2000. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Columbus State University Foundation, the Board of Directors of the Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce and Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson’s Passenger Rail Commission. |
| Ms Martina Hund-Mejean
| Ms Martina Hund-Mejean is a member of board of directors at Prudential Financial Inc since October 2010. Ms Martina has served as the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Committee at MasterCard Worldwide (a global transaction processing and consulting services company) since 2007. Ms. Hund-Mejean served as SVP and Corporate Treasurer at Tyco International Ltd. from 2003 to 2007; SVP and Treasurer at Lucent Technologies from 2000 to 2002; and held management positions at General Motors Company from 1988 to 2000. Ms Hund-Mejean began her career as a credit analyst at Dow Chemical in Frankfurt, Germany. |
| Mr David R. Carlucci
| Mr David R. Carlucci has served on the MasterCard Inc’s Board of Directors since May 2006. Mr Carlucci is the Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IMS Health Incorporated. He joined IMS Health Incorporated as President and Chief Operating Officer in October 2002. In January 2005, he was named Chief Executive Officer and President and he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2006. Mr Carlucci was succeeded as Chief Executive Officer in September 2010 and he retired as Chairman in December 2010. From January 2000 until January 2002, before joining IMS Health Incorporated, Mr Carlucci was General Manager of IBM Americas, which comprises all of IBM’s sales and distribution operations in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Prior to that, he held roles of increasing responsibility at IBM, including General Manager of IBM’s S/390 Division from January 1998 to January 2000; Chief Information Officer from February 1997 to January 1998; General Manager, IBM Printing Systems Company from July 1995 to January 1997; Vice President, Systems, Industries and Services, Asia Pacific from January 1993 to July 1995; and Vice President, marketing and channel management, IBM Personal Computer Company—North America from February 1990 to December 1992. Within the last five years, Mr Carlucci also served as a member of the advisory board of Mitsui USA. |
| Mr Richard N. Haythornthwaite
| Mr Richard N. Haythornthwaite is a Chairman of MasterCard Incorporated since September 14, 2006. Mr Haythornthwaite is Non-Executive Chairman of Network Rail, President of PSI UK Ltd and an advisor to Star Capital Partners Limited. From 2006 until 2008, Mr Haythornthwaite was a partner of Star Capital Partners Limited. From 2001 to 2005, Mr Haythornthwaite served as Chief Executive Officer and Director for Invensys plc and from 1997 to 2001 he served as Chief Executive, Europe and Asia and then as Group Chief Executive for Blue Circle Industries plc (acquired by Lafarge SA in 2001). His prior positions include serving as a Director of Premier Oil plc, President of BP Venezuela, and General Manager, Magnus Oilfield, BP Exploration. Mr Haythornthwaite is also Chairman of Southbank Centre Board. Within the last five years, Mr Haythornthwaite has also served as a director of Land Securities Group plc. |
| Mr Jeffrey Benjamin
| Mr. Benjamin became a member of Caesars Entertainment Corp Board of Directors in January 2008 upon consummation of the Acquisition. He also is an Independent Director at American Airlines Group Inc since 2013. He has nearly 25 years of experience in the investment industry and has extensive experience serving on the boards of directors of other public and private companies, including Mandalay Resort Group, another gaming company. He has been senior advisor to Cyrus Capital Partners since June 2008 and serves as a consultant to Apollo Global Management, LLC with respect to investments in the gaming industry. He was senior advisor to Apollo Global Management, LLC from 2002 to 2008. He holds a bachelors degree from Tufts University and a masters degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management. He has previously served on the boards of directors of Goodman Global Holdings, Inc., Dade Behring Holdings, Inc., Chiquita Brands International, Inc., McLeod USA, Mandalay Resort Group and Virgin Media Inc. Mr. Benjamin also currently serves on the boards of directors of Spectrum Group International, Inc., Exco Resources, Inc., ImOn Communications, the American Numismatic Society and Chemtura Corporation. |
| B. Ford
| On October 21, 2011, in connection with the Merger, B. James Ford was elected as director. B. James Ford is a Managing Director of Oaktree, where he has worked since 1996. Mr. Ford is a co-portfolio manager of Oaktree’s Principal Opportunities Funds, which invest in controlling and minority positions in private and public companies. Prior to becoming portfolio manager, Mr. Ford led the group’s media and energy investing. Mr. Ford also serves on the boards of Exco Resources, Inc. and Crimson Exploration, Inc. as well as a number of private companies and not-for-profit entities. Previously, Mr. Ford served as a consultant at McKinsey & Co., an analyst at PaineWebber Incorporated, and as an asset manager and acquisitions analyst at National Partnership Investments Corp., a real estate investment firm. Mr. Ford’s appointment to the Board was made pursuant to the Merger Agreement as an appointee of Verge. |
| Mr Peter C. Gotcher
| Mr Peter C. Gotcher is a director at GoPro Inc since June 2014. Mr Gotcher has served on board of directors of Pandora Media since September 2005. Mr Gotcher is an independent private investor focusing on investments in digital media technology companies. Mr Gotcher was a venture partner with Redpoint Ventures, a private investment firm from September 1999 to June 2002. Prior to that, Mr Gotcher was a venture partner with Institutional Venture Partners, a private investment firm, from 1997 to September 1999. Mr Gotcher founded Digidesign, a manufacturer of digital audio workstations, and served as its president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of from 1984 to 1995. Digidesign was acquired by Avid Technology, a media software company, in 1995 and Mr Gotcher served as the general manager of Digidesign and executive vice president of Avid Technology from January 1995 to May 1996. Mr Gotcher currently serves as executive chairman of the board of directors of Dolby Laboratories and serves on the boards of directors of a number of privately-held companies. Mr Gotcher holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from the University of California at Berkeley. |
| Ms Mary Beckerle
| Ms Mary Beckerle is a Board Member at Johnson and Johnson since June 2015, age 57, has served as one of our directors since May 2011. She serves as a member of our Governance Committee. Dr. Beckerle is an internationally recognized scientist who has served on numerous scientific boards and committees, including the Advisory Committee to the Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Scientific Management Board of the National Center for Biological Sciences in India. Dr. Beckerle is a Distinguished Professor of Biology in the College of Science at the University of Utah, which she joined in 1986. Since 2006, Dr. Beckerle has served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. Dr. Beckerle served as President of the American Society for Cell Biology in 2006, held a Guggenheim Fellowship at the Curie Institute in Paris, and is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
| Mr B. Frank Stanley
| Mr B. Frank Stanley is a member of board of directors at W and T Offshore Inc since May 2009. Mr Stanley serves as a member of our Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. He is currently Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Retail Concepts, Inc., a privately-held retail chain of 28 stores in 13 states with over seven hundred employees. Prior to joining Retail Concepts, Inc. in 1988, he was Chief Financial Officer of Southpoint Porsche Audi WGW Ltd. from 1987 to 1988. From 1985 to 1987, he was employed by KPMG Peat Marwick, holding the position of Manager, Audit in 1987. From 1983 to 1984, he was Chief Financial Officer of Design Research, Inc., a manufacturer of housing for offshore drilling platforms. From 1980 to 1982, he was Chief Financial Officer of Tiger Oilfield Rental Co., Inc. and, from 1977 to 1979, he was an accountant with Trunkline Gas Co. Mr Stanley holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas A&M University and is a certified public accountant. Mr Stanley has an extensive background in accounting and financial matters, which qualify him for service as a member of our Board and Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. |
| Mr Tracy W. Krohn
| Mr Tracy W. Krohn has served as Chief Executive Officer since he founded W and T Offshore Inc in 1983, as President from 1983 until 2008, as Chairman of the Board since 2004 and as Treasurer from 1997 until 2006. He is also a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr Krohn has been actively involved in the oil and gas business since graduating with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1978. He began his career as a petroleum engineer and offshore drilling supervisor with Mobil Oil Corporation. Prior to founding the Company, from 1982 to 1983, Mr Krohn was senior engineer with Taylor Energy. From 1996 to 1997, Mr Krohn was also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aviara Energy Corporation in Houston, Texas. He also serves on the board of directors of a privately owned company. As founder of the Company, Mr Krohn is one of the driving forces behind the Company and its success to date. Over the course of the Company’s history, Mr Krohn has successfully grown the Company through his exceptional leadership skills and keen business judgment. |
| Mr Stuart B. Katz
| Mr Stuart B. Katz previously served on the Board of W and T Offshore Inc from 2002 to 2008 and was reappointed to serve on the Board in April 2011. Mr. Katz serves on our Audit and Compensation Committees. Since 2007, Mr. Katz has served as Chief Executive Officer of Alconox, Inc., a private company engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of specialty chemicals. From 2001 to 2010, Mr. Katz was a Managing Director of Jefferies Capital Partners (JCP), a private equity investment fund. In 2002, Mr. Katz joined the Board in connection with JCP’s investment in the Company. In May 2008, Mr. Katz declined to stand for reelection to the Board in connection with JCP’s divestment of its remaining equity interest in the Company. Prior to joining JCP in 2001, Mr. Katz had been an investment banker with Furman Selz LLC and its successors for over 16 years. Mr. Katz received a B.S. in engineering from Cornell University and a J.D. from Fordham Law School. Mr. Katz is a member of the bar of the State of New York. Mr. Katz also serves as a member of the boards of directors of several private companies. Mr. Katz brings valuable leadership and management skills as a result of his role as Chief Executive Officer of Alconox, as well as a result of his service as a member of the board of directors of a number of other companies, including other public companies. We believe that this experience, as well as the investment management experience he has gained through the ownership of controlling equity positions in connection with his activities with JCP, make him a valuable part of our Board and member of our Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. |
| Mr Robert I. Israel
| Mr Robert I. Israel is a member of board of directors at W and T Offshore Inc since May 2007. Currently he is the managing partner of One Stone Energy Partners, a private equity fund focused on the oil and gas industry, he was previously a partner at Compass Advisers, a transatlantic strategic advisory and private investment firm, and before that head of the energy department of Schroder & Co Inc. He holds an MBA from Harvard and a BA from Middlebury College, and his experience in corporate finance, especially in the natural resources sector, extends over more than 30 years. He joined our board in 1997. |
| Mr Charles Koppelman
| Mr Charles A. Koppelman serves as an Independent Director at Las Vegas Sands Corp since October 2011. |
| Mr Jason N. Ader
| Mr Jason N. Ader is an independant director at Las Vegas Sands Corp since April 2009. Mr. Ader served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board from December 2008 through October 2010. Mr. Ader founded and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Ader Investment Management LLC. Mr. Ader is the Executive Chairman of Reunion Hospitality Trust, Inc., formed to invest in and acquire hospitality and related investments, and he is Chairman of the Board of India Hospitality Corp., which owns flight catering, hotel, and restaurant businesses in India, and was, from inception until December 2008, its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ader serves as a director of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., a company whose stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Ader was a Senior Managing Director at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. from 1995 to 2003, where he performed equity and high-yield research for more than 50 companies in the gaming, lodging, and leisure industries. From 1993 to 1995 he was a Senior Analyst at Smith Barney, and from 1990 to 1993 he was a buy-side analyst at Baron Capital. Rated one of the top ranked analysts by Institutional Investor Magazine for nine consecutive years, from 1994 to 2002, Mr. Ader has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from New York University and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University, Stern School of Business. |
| Mr Sheldon Gary Adelson
| Mr Sheldon Gary Adelson is a Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and a director of Las Vegas Sands Corp since August 2004. He has been Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Las Vegas Sands, LLC (or its predecessor, Las Vegas Sands, Inc.) since April 1988 when it was formed to own and operate the former Sands Hotel and Casino. Mr Adelson has extensive experience in the convention, trade show, and tour and travel businesses. Mr Adelson also has investments in other business enterprises. Mr Adelson created and developed the COMDEX Trade Shows, including the COMDEX/Fall Trade Show, which was the world’s largest computer show in the 1990s, all of which were sold to Softbank Corporation in April 1995. Mr Adelson also created and developed The Sands Expo and Convention Center, which he grew into one of the largest convention and trade show destinations in the United States before transferring it to us in July 2004. He was President and Chairman of Interface Group Holding Company, Inc. and its predecessors since the mid-1970s and is a manager of Interface Group-Massachusetts, LLC and was President of its predecessors, since 1990. Mr Adelson also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company’s subsidiary, Sands China Ltd., and as an officer and/or director of several of our other subsidiaries. |
| Mr Irwin Chafetz
| Mr Irwin Chafetz is a director at Las Vegas Sands Corp since February 2005. He was a director of Las Vegas Sands, Inc. from February until July 2005. Mr. Chafetz is a Manager of The Interface Group, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company that controls Interface Group-Massachusetts, LLC. Mr. Chafetz has been associated with Interface Group-Massachusetts, LLC and its predecessors since 1972. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Chafetz was a Vice President and director of Interface Group-Nevada, Inc., which owned and operated trade shows, including COMDEX, which at its peak was the largest American trade show with a presence in more than 20 countries, and also owned and operated The Sands Expo and Convention Center, the first privately owned convention center in the United States. From 1989 to 1995 Mr. Chafetz was also Vice President and a director of Las Vegas Sands, Inc. Mr. Chafetz has served on the boards of directors of many charitable and civic organizations and is a member of the Board of Trustees at Suffolk University and a former member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at Boston University School of Management. |
| Mr Robert Goldstein
| Mr Robert G. Goldstein is director at Las Vegas Sands Corp since January 2015. |
