Mr. Hoffman has been a Director of Millipore since 1976 and is currently a Member of the Audit and Finance Committee and the Management Development and Compensation Committee.
Mr. Hoffman received an undergraduate degree from Harvard College in Engineering and Applied Physics a Masters degree in economics from Cambridge University and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
In 1963 as an M.I.T. Fellow in Africa Mr. Hoffman joined the East African Common Services Organization. In 1966 Mr. Hoffman joined International Finance Corporation (investment banking affiliate of the World Bank). From 1969 to 1974 Mr. Hoffman served as a Director of Hambros Bank Ltd. London England. From 1975 to 1981 Mr. Hoffman was a Director Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of George Weston Ltd. and was appointed President of its Resource Group in 1981. From 1982 until 1984 when he undertook his current activities as an independent investor and consultant Mr. Hoffman served as Managing Director of Guinness Peat Group p.l.c. engaged through subsidiaries worldwide in merchant banking insurance brokerage leasing property energy and other management and financial service activities.
Mr. Hoffman is currently Chairman of Cambridge Research Group Ltd. a development capital and technology transfer company in Cambridge England and of Guinness Flight Venture Capital Trust PLC London. Mr. Hoffman also serves as a Director of George Weston Limited Toronto; Advent International Corporation Boston; and Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited London.
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