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Since December 1 2006 Mr. Shea 55 has been head of portfolio company operations at American Real Estate Holdings Limited Partnership an entity controlled by Mr. Carl C. Icahn and since December 27 2006 president of American Property Investors Inc. which is the general partner of American Real Estate Partners L.P. a public limited partnership controlled by Mr. Icahn that invests in real estate and holds various other interests including the interests in its subsidiaries that are engaged among other things in the casino entertainment business and the textile business. Since December 21 2006 Mr. Shea has also served as a director of American Railcar Industries Inc. a publicly traded company of which Mr. Icahn is the principal beneficial stockholder and Chairman of the Board of Directors that is primarily engaged in the business of manufacturing covered hopper and tank railcars and since December 20 2006 as a director of WestPoint International Inc. a subsidiary of American Real Estate Partners L.P. engaged in the home textile business.
Since November 2006 Mr. Shea has been a director of Viskase Companies Inc. a publicly owned producer of cellulose and plastic casings used in preparing and packaging meat products in which Mr. Icahn has a controlling interest through the ownership of securities. From 2002 to November 2006 Mr. Shea was an independent consultant to various companies and an advisor to private equity firms. From 1997 to 2001 he was a Managing Director of H.J. Heinz Company in Europe a manufacturer and marketer of a broad line of food products across the globe. Mr. Shea has an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BBA from Iona College.
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