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George Thomas has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 2005 and oversees our company's finance, investor relations and legal functions. He also served as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since August 2002 and Vice President of Finance since September 2000. He joined our Company in May 2000 as Group Controller. Mr. Thomas began his Finance/Accounting career with Canadian Met-Chem, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation as Internal Auditor and Senior Accounts Executive in 1978. From June 1983 to April 2000, he held various positions at Schlumberger's Sedco Forex Division, including Controller, Operations-Worldwide, Regional Controller, Asia & Australia, Controller, Indonesia Operations, and Finance Manager of Arabian Drilling Company, a joint venture between Schlumberger and Petromin. He has served on the Board of Directors of Chartered Silicon Partners Pte Ltd since April 2001 and the Board of Directors of Silicon Manufacturing Partners Pte Ltd as an alternate director since July 2003. Mr. Thomas received his Bachelor Degree in Commerce and in General Law. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. | 