|
Jeffrey Keil has served as a director of the Company since 2005. Mr. Keil has been Chairman of International Real Returns, LLC, a private investment advisor since July 2004 and served as Chairman of its Executive Committee from January 1998 to June 2001. He was President of Ellesse, LLC, a private advisory company, from July 2001 through June 2004. From 1996 to January 1998, Mr. Keil was a General Partner of Keil Investment Partners, a private fund that invested in the financial sector in Israel. From 1984 to 1996, Mr. Keil was President and a director of Republic New York Corporation and Vice Chairman of Republic National Bank of New York. He is a director of Anthracite Capital, Inc., a real estate investment trust, and a director of Leucadia National Corp., a diversified holding company engaged in banking, manufacturing, winery operations, real estate, mining and insurance. | 