Mr. Kaplowitz has been a Class I Director since September 2000. Mr. Kaplowitz was elected to serve as a member of the compensation committee of the Company'sBoard of Directors in January 2004. Mr. Kaplowitz is a founding partner of the law firm Gersten, Savage, Kaplowitz, Wolf & Marcus, LLP, the Company's Securities Counsel in the United States. Mr. Kaplowitz has more than thirty years experience in corporate, banking and securities law. He has negotiated and structured numerous financial and business transactions and has extensive expertise in public and private equity and debt offerings. Mr. Kaplowitz is a manager member of Formula Capital, LLC, a private equity fund and is on the board of several private companies. He received a JD from Boston University, and a BA from Brooklyn College, City University of New York. |