{{B}}A. Edward B. Speno{{/B}}
Edward B. Speno was Executive Vice President of Credit Card Service Corporation ("CCSC") from 1982 to 1991. Prior to joining CCSC, he was Executive Vice President and Business Manager of Citicorp Financial, Inc. from 1977 to 1982. Mr. Speno served as Vice President of Citibank, N.A. from 1975 to 1982. He is a past director of CCC Information Service Group, Inc., CCSC and its various subsidiaries, Multibank Financial Corp., and Speno Railroad Ballast Cleaning Company. Mr. Speno is a charter member of the John Carroll Society of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He is also a member of the advisory boards of the Dana and Albert Broccoli Center for Aortic Diseases and The Cardiovascular Institute, Heart Initiative, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and is Fundraising Chairman for the Henry Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease at Johns Hopkins.
{{B}}B. Trestman, Frank D.{{/B}}
Mr. Trestman has been President of Trestman Enterprises, an investment and business development firm, for the past seven years. Mr. Trestman is also Chairman of The Avalon Group, a real estate development company. He has been a consultant to McKesson Corporation and is the former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Mass Merchandisers, Inc. , a distributor of non-food products to grocery retailers and a former subsidiary of McKesson Corporation. Mr. Trestman is a director of Insignia Systems, Inc. and Best Buy Co., Inc. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of The Harry Kay Foundation and is Chair of the Jewish Community Capital Campaign.
{{B}}C. Mark P. Wagener{{/B}}
Mark P. Wagener has been Senior Vice President and Controller of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. since October 2001. Mr. Wagener previously was Vice President, Assistant Controller of the Company from June 2000 to September 2001. Prior to joining it, Mr. Wagener served for 13 years at Norwest Corporation (now Wells Fargo ＆ Company), most recently as Director of Corporate Planning and Analysis. Mr. Wagener began his career with Arthur Andersen ＆ Co. where he worked for five years as an auditor.
{{B}}D. David D. Wesselink{{/B}}
David D. Wesselink has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. since December 2002. Mr. Wesselink previously was Vice Chairman of the Company from September 2000 to December 2002, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company from December 1998 to August 2000. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wesselink was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Advanta Corporation from 1993 to February 1998. Prior to Advanta Corporation, he held several positions at Household Finance Corp. and Household International, Inc. from 1971 to 1993, including Senior Vice President from 1986 to 1993, and Chief Financial Officer from 1982 to 1993. Mr. Wesselink is also a director of Saxon Capital, Inc. , CFC International, Inc. , MasterCard Incorporated US Region Board, American Financial Services Association and Central College.
{{B}}E. Bill Gates{{/B}}
William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and Business computing. Microsoft had revenues of US ＄ 36.84 billion for the fiscal year ending June 2004, and employs more than 55,000 people in 85 countries and regions. In his junior year, Gates left Harvard University to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers. Gates' foresight and his vision for personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. Under Gates' leadership, Microsoft's mission has been to continually advance and improve software technology, and to make it easier, more cost-effective and more enjoyable for people to use computers. The company is committed to a long-term view, reflected in its investment of US ＄ 6.8 billion on research and development in the last fiscal year.