Mr. Flaherty was appointed to our Board on July 20, 2004. Mr. Flaherty is Managing Director of Arcon Partners, a private investment firm, and Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, Mr. Flaherty worked predominantly with financial institutions, as well as media and information companies. Mr. Flaherty is active in private investments and for many years served on, and led, McKinsey�s Investment Advisory Committee, which is responsible for pension and discretionary partner investments, with a particular focus on alternative investments. He is on the Boards of The Rockefeller University, The Foreign Policy Association, The Kenyon Review, TechnoServe, and U.S. Trust. He is also a member of the Advisory Councils of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the Freeman Spogli Instititute for International Studies at Stanford University. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Flaherty is a graduate of Stanford University, the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the Harvard Business School. |