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A financial management executive with more than three decades of business experience Mr. Thorne was elected to Access Worldwide’s Board of Directors in August 2003. Since 2002 Mr. Thorne has been the Principal in Frederick Thorne LLC a consulting company. Prior to that he held a number of positions with Harbor Capital Management Co. Inc. the investment firm he founded in 1979. Harbor Capital has more than $10.5 billion in assets under management. He started the company as President CEO and Director and became Chairman and Chief Investment Officer in 1993. Harbor Capital was sold to Fortis Investment Management a European based investment firm. After completion of the transaction he remained with the firm as a consultant for three years. Previously Mr. Thorne was President CEO and Director of Phoenix Investment Counsel of Boston Inc. Earlier in his career he was CEO and Director for John P. Chase Inc. In addition Mr. Thorne is a trustee committee member or director for a number of colleges organizations and institutes including Bowdoin College an independent undergraduate liberal arts institution; the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary a specialty hospital providing patient care for disorders of the eye ear nose throat head and neck and a teaching partner of Harvard Medical School and Northeast Health Systems a network of hospitals long-term care organizations behavioral health services and clinicians. | 