Bodil M. Arlander has served as a director since 2002 and currently is a Senior Managing Director of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and a Partner of Bear Stearns Merchant Banking, LLC, an affiliate of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and of the controlling shareholder of New York & Company, which she joined in April 1997. Between 1991 and 1997, she worked in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of Lazard & Co. LLC. Prior to entering the finance industry, Ms. Arlander worked throughout Europe in the fashion and beauty industry. She also currently serves as a director of several private corporations, including CamelBak Group, LLC, Seven For All Mankind, LLC, Transamerican Auto Parts (TAP Holdings, LLC), and the publicly traded company A�ropostale, Inc. |