W. Lawrence Banks has been a director since December 1991. He served as a director of Robert Fleming & Co., Limited, a British merchant banking firm, from 1974, and as its deputy chairman, from April 1990 until March 1998, when he retired from that firm. Prior to his retirement, he also served as chairman of its U.S. subsidiary Robert Fleming, Inc., a U.S. investment banking company. Mr. Banks is also a director and chairman of Ambrian Partners, a U.K. investment banking company. |