Miguel Caparros. Mr. Caparros is retired. He served as one of our directors since 1995 and was also a member of our Audit Committee until April 27, 2007. He is also a director at C4W and a founding shareholder and advisor of Energiestro (France). Mr. Caparros is also an independent scholar of the Institut de Paléontologie Humaine (Institute of Human Paleontology). From 1970 to 1981, he held various positions with the Continental Illinois National Bank in Chicago and became General Manager of the French subsidiary of this bank from 1981 to 1983. He then joined Morgan Stanley as General Manager in charge of the investment bank in France, Spain, Italy and Belgium from 1983 to 1991. From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Caparros was an Advisory Director to Morgan Stanley. Mr. Caparros is a graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in France and holds a Master in Business Administration from the University of Chicago Business School. |