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Ms. Charas became a director of the Company in May 2005. In 2000, Ms. Charas founded Charas Consulting, Inc., which provides human resources consulting services. From 2002 though 2005, Ms. Charas was the Head of Human Resources for Benfield, Inc. In her role, she was responsible for all aspects of human resources for this organization. She is currently a retained consultant to Benfield. From 1999 to 2000, Ms. Charas was the Head of Human Resources for EURO RSCG Worldwide, an advertising firm, which is the largest division of
France-based Havas Advertising. As Head of Human Resources, she was responsible for the creation and management of all HR programs on a worldwide basis for over 200 agencies which made up EURO RSCG. From 1996 to 1999, Ms. Charas was the National Director at Arthur Andersen, where she led all activities promoting a consulting product she was instrumental in creating for the firm. From 1995 to 1996, Ms. Charas was the leader of the International Compensation Team at Towers Perrin and a Senior Consultant with respect to international compensation at the Hay Group. Ms. Charas received an undergraduate degree in International Political Economy from University of California at Berkeley in 1982, and an MBA in Accounting and Finance from Cornell University's Johnson School of Management in 1988. | 