| Mr David R. Carlucci
| Mr David R. Carlucci has served on the MasterCard Inc’s Board of Directors since May 2006. Mr Carlucci is the Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IMS Health Incorporated. He joined IMS Health Incorporated as President and Chief Operating Officer in October 2002. In January 2005, he was named Chief Executive Officer and President and he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2006. Mr Carlucci was succeeded as Chief Executive Officer in September 2010 and he retired as Chairman in December 2010. From January 2000 until January 2002, before joining IMS Health Incorporated, Mr Carlucci was General Manager of IBM Americas, which comprises all of IBM’s sales and distribution operations in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Prior to that, he held roles of increasing responsibility at IBM, including General Manager of IBM’s S/390 Division from January 1998 to January 2000; Chief Information Officer from February 1997 to January 1998; General Manager, IBM Printing Systems Company from July 1995 to January 1997; Vice President, Systems, Industries and Services, Asia Pacific from January 1993 to July 1995; and Vice President, marketing and channel management, IBM Personal Computer Company—North America from February 1990 to December 1992. Within the last five years, Mr Carlucci also served as a member of the advisory board of Mitsui USA. |
| Mr Richard N. Haythornthwaite
| Mr Richard N. Haythornthwaite is a Chairman of MasterCard Incorporated since September 14, 2006. Mr Haythornthwaite is Non-Executive Chairman of Network Rail, President of PSI UK Ltd and an advisor to Star Capital Partners Limited. From 2006 until 2008, Mr Haythornthwaite was a partner of Star Capital Partners Limited. From 2001 to 2005, Mr Haythornthwaite served as Chief Executive Officer and Director for Invensys plc and from 1997 to 2001 he served as Chief Executive, Europe and Asia and then as Group Chief Executive for Blue Circle Industries plc (acquired by Lafarge SA in 2001). His prior positions include serving as a Director of Premier Oil plc, President of BP Venezuela, and General Manager, Magnus Oilfield, BP Exploration. Mr Haythornthwaite is also Chairman of Southbank Centre Board. Within the last five years, Mr Haythornthwaite has also served as a director of Land Securities Group plc. |
| Mr Jeffrey Benjamin
| Mr. Benjamin became a member of Caesars Entertainment Corp Board of Directors in January 2008 upon consummation of the Acquisition. He also is an Independent Director at American Airlines Group Inc since 2013. He has nearly 25 years of experience in the investment industry and has extensive experience serving on the boards of directors of other public and private companies, including Mandalay Resort Group, another gaming company. He has been senior advisor to Cyrus Capital Partners since June 2008 and serves as a consultant to Apollo Global Management, LLC with respect to investments in the gaming industry. He was senior advisor to Apollo Global Management, LLC from 2002 to 2008. He holds a bachelors degree from Tufts University and a masters degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management. He has previously served on the boards of directors of Goodman Global Holdings, Inc., Dade Behring Holdings, Inc., Chiquita Brands International, Inc., McLeod USA, Mandalay Resort Group and Virgin Media Inc. Mr. Benjamin also currently serves on the boards of directors of Spectrum Group International, Inc., Exco Resources, Inc., ImOn Communications, the American Numismatic Society and Chemtura Corporation. |
| B. Ford
| On October 21, 2011, in connection with the Merger, B. James Ford was elected as director. B. James Ford is a Managing Director of Oaktree, where he has worked since 1996. Mr. Ford is a co-portfolio manager of Oaktree’s Principal Opportunities Funds, which invest in controlling and minority positions in private and public companies. Prior to becoming portfolio manager, Mr. Ford led the group’s media and energy investing. Mr. Ford also serves on the boards of Exco Resources, Inc. and Crimson Exploration, Inc. as well as a number of private companies and not-for-profit entities. Previously, Mr. Ford served as a consultant at McKinsey & Co., an analyst at PaineWebber Incorporated, and as an asset manager and acquisitions analyst at National Partnership Investments Corp., a real estate investment firm. Mr. Ford’s appointment to the Board was made pursuant to the Merger Agreement as an appointee of Verge. |
| Mr Peter C. Gotcher
| Mr Peter C. Gotcher is a director at GoPro Inc since June 2014. Mr Gotcher has served on board of directors of Pandora Media since September 2005. Mr Gotcher is an independent private investor focusing on investments in digital media technology companies. Mr Gotcher was a venture partner with Redpoint Ventures, a private investment firm from September 1999 to June 2002. Prior to that, Mr Gotcher was a venture partner with Institutional Venture Partners, a private investment firm, from 1997 to September 1999. Mr Gotcher founded Digidesign, a manufacturer of digital audio workstations, and served as its president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of from 1984 to 1995. Digidesign was acquired by Avid Technology, a media software company, in 1995 and Mr Gotcher served as the general manager of Digidesign and executive vice president of Avid Technology from January 1995 to May 1996. Mr Gotcher currently serves as executive chairman of the board of directors of Dolby Laboratories and serves on the boards of directors of a number of privately-held companies. Mr Gotcher holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from the University of California at Berkeley. |
| Ms Mary Beckerle
| Ms Mary Beckerle is a Board Member at Johnson and Johnson since June 2015, age 57, has served as one of our directors since May 2011. She serves as a member of our Governance Committee. Dr. Beckerle is an internationally recognized scientist who has served on numerous scientific boards and committees, including the Advisory Committee to the Director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Scientific Management Board of the National Center for Biological Sciences in India. Dr. Beckerle is a Distinguished Professor of Biology in the College of Science at the University of Utah, which she joined in 1986. Since 2006, Dr. Beckerle has served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. Dr. Beckerle served as President of the American Society for Cell Biology in 2006, held a Guggenheim Fellowship at the Curie Institute in Paris, and is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
| Mr B. Frank Stanley
| Mr B. Frank Stanley is a member of board of directors at W and T Offshore Inc since May 2009. Mr Stanley serves as a member of our Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. He is currently Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Retail Concepts, Inc., a privately-held retail chain of 28 stores in 13 states with over seven hundred employees. Prior to joining Retail Concepts, Inc. in 1988, he was Chief Financial Officer of Southpoint Porsche Audi WGW Ltd. from 1987 to 1988. From 1985 to 1987, he was employed by KPMG Peat Marwick, holding the position of Manager, Audit in 1987. From 1983 to 1984, he was Chief Financial Officer of Design Research, Inc., a manufacturer of housing for offshore drilling platforms. From 1980 to 1982, he was Chief Financial Officer of Tiger Oilfield Rental Co., Inc. and, from 1977 to 1979, he was an accountant with Trunkline Gas Co. Mr Stanley holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas A&M University and is a certified public accountant. Mr Stanley has an extensive background in accounting and financial matters, which qualify him for service as a member of our Board and Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. |
| Mr Tracy W. Krohn
| Mr Tracy W. Krohn has served as Chief Executive Officer since he founded W and T Offshore Inc in 1983, as President from 1983 until 2008, as Chairman of the Board since 2004 and as Treasurer from 1997 until 2006. He is also a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr Krohn has been actively involved in the oil and gas business since graduating with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1978. He began his career as a petroleum engineer and offshore drilling supervisor with Mobil Oil Corporation. Prior to founding the Company, from 1982 to 1983, Mr Krohn was senior engineer with Taylor Energy. From 1996 to 1997, Mr Krohn was also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aviara Energy Corporation in Houston, Texas. He also serves on the board of directors of a privately owned company. As founder of the Company, Mr Krohn is one of the driving forces behind the Company and its success to date. Over the course of the Company’s history, Mr Krohn has successfully grown the Company through his exceptional leadership skills and keen business judgment. |
| Mr Stuart B. Katz
| Mr Stuart B. Katz previously served on the Board of W and T Offshore Inc from 2002 to 2008 and was reappointed to serve on the Board in April 2011. Mr. Katz serves on our Audit and Compensation Committees. Since 2007, Mr. Katz has served as Chief Executive Officer of Alconox, Inc., a private company engaged in the manufacturing and marketing of specialty chemicals. From 2001 to 2010, Mr. Katz was a Managing Director of Jefferies Capital Partners (JCP), a private equity investment fund. In 2002, Mr. Katz joined the Board in connection with JCP’s investment in the Company. In May 2008, Mr. Katz declined to stand for reelection to the Board in connection with JCP’s divestment of its remaining equity interest in the Company. Prior to joining JCP in 2001, Mr. Katz had been an investment banker with Furman Selz LLC and its successors for over 16 years. Mr. Katz received a B.S. in engineering from Cornell University and a J.D. from Fordham Law School. Mr. Katz is a member of the bar of the State of New York. Mr. Katz also serves as a member of the boards of directors of several private companies. Mr. Katz brings valuable leadership and management skills as a result of his role as Chief Executive Officer of Alconox, as well as a result of his service as a member of the board of directors of a number of other companies, including other public companies. We believe that this experience, as well as the investment management experience he has gained through the ownership of controlling equity positions in connection with his activities with JCP, make him a valuable part of our Board and member of our Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. |
| Mr Robert I. Israel
| Mr Robert I. Israel is a member of board of directors at W and T Offshore Inc since May 2007. Currently he is the managing partner of One Stone Energy Partners, a private equity fund focused on the oil and gas industry, he was previously a partner at Compass Advisers, a transatlantic strategic advisory and private investment firm, and before that head of the energy department of Schroder & Co Inc. He holds an MBA from Harvard and a BA from Middlebury College, and his experience in corporate finance, especially in the natural resources sector, extends over more than 30 years. He joined our board in 1997. |
| Mr Charles Koppelman
| Mr Charles A. Koppelman serves as an Independent Director at Las Vegas Sands Corp since October 2011. |
| Mr Jason N. Ader
| Mr Jason N. Ader is an independant director at Las Vegas Sands Corp since April 2009. Mr. Ader served as our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board from December 2008 through October 2010. Mr. Ader founded and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Ader Investment Management LLC. Mr. Ader is the Executive Chairman of Reunion Hospitality Trust, Inc., formed to invest in and acquire hospitality and related investments, and he is Chairman of the Board of India Hospitality Corp., which owns flight catering, hotel, and restaurant businesses in India, and was, from inception until December 2008, its Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ader serves as a director of the Las Vegas Sands Corp., a company whose stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Ader was a Senior Managing Director at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. from 1995 to 2003, where he performed equity and high-yield research for more than 50 companies in the gaming, lodging, and leisure industries. From 1993 to 1995 he was a Senior Analyst at Smith Barney, and from 1990 to 1993 he was a buy-side analyst at Baron Capital. Rated one of the top ranked analysts by Institutional Investor Magazine for nine consecutive years, from 1994 to 2002, Mr. Ader has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from New York University and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University, Stern School of Business. |
| Mr Sheldon Gary Adelson
| Mr Sheldon Gary Adelson is a Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and a director of Las Vegas Sands Corp since August 2004. He has been Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Las Vegas Sands, LLC (or its predecessor, Las Vegas Sands, Inc.) since April 1988 when it was formed to own and operate the former Sands Hotel and Casino. Mr Adelson has extensive experience in the convention, trade show, and tour and travel businesses. Mr Adelson also has investments in other business enterprises. Mr Adelson created and developed the COMDEX Trade Shows, including the COMDEX/Fall Trade Show, which was the world’s largest computer show in the 1990s, all of which were sold to Softbank Corporation in April 1995. Mr Adelson also created and developed The Sands Expo and Convention Center, which he grew into one of the largest convention and trade show destinations in the United States before transferring it to us in July 2004. He was President and Chairman of Interface Group Holding Company, Inc. and its predecessors since the mid-1970s and is a manager of Interface Group-Massachusetts, LLC and was President of its predecessors, since 1990. Mr Adelson also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company’s subsidiary, Sands China Ltd., and as an officer and/or director of several of our other subsidiaries. |
| Mr Irwin Chafetz
| Mr Irwin Chafetz is a director at Las Vegas Sands Corp since February 2005. He was a director of Las Vegas Sands, Inc. from February until July 2005. Mr. Chafetz is a Manager of The Interface Group, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company that controls Interface Group-Massachusetts, LLC. Mr. Chafetz has been associated with Interface Group-Massachusetts, LLC and its predecessors since 1972. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Chafetz was a Vice President and director of Interface Group-Nevada, Inc., which owned and operated trade shows, including COMDEX, which at its peak was the largest American trade show with a presence in more than 20 countries, and also owned and operated The Sands Expo and Convention Center, the first privately owned convention center in the United States. From 1989 to 1995 Mr. Chafetz was also Vice President and a director of Las Vegas Sands, Inc. Mr. Chafetz has served on the boards of directors of many charitable and civic organizations and is a member of the Board of Trustees at Suffolk University and a former member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at Boston University School of Management. |
| Mr Robert Goldstein
| Mr Robert G. Goldstein is director at Las Vegas Sands Corp since January 2015. |
| Mr Charles Forman
| Mr. Forman has been a director at Las Vegas Sands Corp since August 2004. He has been a director of Las Vegas Sands, LLC since March 2004. Mr. Forman served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Centric Events Group, LLC, a trade show and conference business from April 2002 until his retirement upon the sale of the business in 2007. From 2000 to 2002, he served as a director of a private company and participated in various private equity investments. From 1995 to 2000, he held various positions with subsidiaries of Softbank Corporation. During 2000, he was Executive Vice President of International Operations of Key3Media, Inc. From 1998 to 2000, he was Chief Legal Officer of ZD Events Inc., a tradeshow business that included COMDEX, which was the largest tradeshow in the United States in the 1990s. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Forman was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Legal Officer of Softbank Comdex Inc. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Forman was Vice President and General Counsel of The Interface Group, a tradeshow and convention business that owned and operated COMDEX. Mr. Forman was in private law practice from 1972 to 1988. Mr. Forman is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and an Overseer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. |
| Mr Michael Leven
| Mr Leven currently serves as the Company’s trustee emeritus, a position he has held since March 2010. Prior to March 2010, Mr Leven served as a Class II Trustee from May 2001 through March 2010. Mr Leven has been the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Las Vegas Sands Corp since March 2009, Secretary since June 2010 and a director of the Las Vegas Sands Corp since August 2004. Mr Leven also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Sands China Ltd., a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands Corp., and as an officer and/or director of several other subsidiaries of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Mr. Leven served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Georgia Aquarium from September 2008 until he joined Las Vegas Sands Corp. in March 2009. From January 2006 through September 2008, Mr. Leven was the Vice Chairman of the Marcus Foundation, Inc., a non-profit foundation. Until July 2006, Mr. Leven was the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of U.S. Franchise Systems, Inc., the company he founded in 1995 that developed and franchised the Microtel Inns & Suites and Hawthorn Suites hotel brands. He was previously the president and chief operating officer of Holiday Inn Worldwide, president of Days Inn of America, and president of Americana Hotels. Mr. Leven serves on many other non-profit boards. |
| Mr Sanford Robertson
| Sanford R. Robertson, age 80, has been a director of our company since May 2011. Mr. Robertson has been a partner of Francisco Partners, a technology buyout fund, since 1999. Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Mr. Robertson was the founder and chairman of Robertson, Stephens & Co., a technology investment bank formed in 1978 and sold to BankBoston in 1998. Since the sale, Mr. Robertson has been a technology investor and advisor to several technology companies. Mr. Robertson was also the founder of Robertson, Colman, Siebel & Weisel, later renamed Montgomery Securities, another technology investment bank. Mr. Robertson also serves on the boards of directors of Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Pain Therapeutics, Inc., salesforce.com, inc. and the Schwab Charitable Fund. Mr. Robertson received a B.B.A. and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.He has been Lead Independent Director at salesforce.com, Inc. since June 2007 until February 3, 2015 and has been its Director since October 2003 |
| Mr Lawrence Tomlinson
| Mr. Tomlinson retired from Hewlett-Packard Company, a global technology company, in June 2003. Prior to retiring from Hewlett-Packard Co., from 1993 to June 2003 Mr. Tomlinson served as its Treasurer, from 1996 to 2002 he was also a Vice President and from 2002 to June 2003 was also a Senior Vice President. Mr. Tomlinson is a member of the board of directors of Salesforce.com, Inc., a customer relationship management service provider. Mr. Tomlinson previously served as a director of Therma-Wave, Inc. Mr. Tomlinson received a B.S. degree in accounting from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.He has been a Director at Salesforce.com, Inc., since May 2003. |
| Mr Marc Benioff
| Marc Benioff co-founded salesforce.com in February 1999 and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since inception. He has served as Chief Executive Officer since November 2001. From 1986 to 1999, Mr. Benioff was employed at Oracle Corporation, where he held a number of positions in sales, marketing and product development, lastly as a Senior Vice President. Mr. Benioff also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the salesforce.com/foundation. Mr. Benioff received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) from the University of Southern California, where he is also on the Board of Trustees. |
