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Director since October 2005. Chairman of the compensation committee. Mr. Cohen is a founding and managing partner of Ramius Capital Group, LLC, a private investment management and merchant banking firm formed in 1994. Prior thereto, he formed Republic New York Securities, an investment management firm in 1991 and was employed by Shearson Lehman Brothers, an investment banking firm, from 1978 to 1991. At Shearson, Mr. Cohen held a number of executive positions, including President and Chief Operating Officer from 1981 through 1990, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1983 to 1990. He was also a director of Kroll, Inc. through June 2004 and is a director of The Mount Sinai/NYU Medical Center and Health System and Scientific Games Corporation. | 