Valerio L. Giannini (68), Class II Director, has been a principal of Newcap Partners, a Los Angeles based private investment banking firm since 1995. He previously served as CEO of a subsidiary of the Geneva Companies, which was then a subsidiary of Chemical Bank. Mr. Giannini joined Geneva from Cumberland Investment Group, a New York based private investment banking partnership. Prior to Cumberland, he held appointments as Director of White House Operations, and as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Giannini was also previously with the Corporate Planning Division of IIT Research Institute (Chicago) and the Corporate Finance department of Kidder, Peabody & Co. New York. Mr. Giannini holds a BSE from Princeton University. Mr. Giannini has been a director of the Company since 2002 |