Stanley W. Silverman has been a director of C&D since February 2003. Mr. Silverman currently serves as a business advisor to private equity firms evaluating potential acquisition candidates. Since 2005 he has served as President of Horizon Venture Group LLC a private firm that invests as a limited partner in companies which have potential for growth and value creation. From January 2000 to February 2005 Mr. Silverman served as President and Chief Executive Officer and was a member of the Board of Directors of PQ Corporation a global chemical and engineered glass materials company. He was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of PQ Corporation in 1991. Mr. Silverman is a former Chairman of the Board of the Soap and Detergent Association where he had also served as Chairman of the Compensation and Finance Committees and is a former Board member of the American Chemistry Council. Mr. Silverman is also a director of A. Schulman Inc. and Femco Machine Company and is a member and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees of Drexel University. |