Dr. Gillings has served as a director since August 1997. Dr. Gillings is the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Quintiles Transnational Corp. Dr. Gillings founded Quintiles in 1982. Dr. Gillings received a diploma in mathematical statistics from Cambridge University in 1967 and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Exeter England in 1972. He served for more than 15 years as professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from the University in May 2001. Dr. Gillings has served on several boards and councils including Triangle Pharmaceuticals Inc. a publicly traded biotechnology company the University of North Carolina Health Care System the Association for Contract Research Organizations the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and the United Way. |