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Mr. Cassin has served as a director since December 2003. Mr. Cassin was trained as a lawyer, has practiced financial and corporate law in New York, Singapore and Saudi Arabia and served as a partner in a major U.S. and international law firm for approximately thirteen years. He continues to counsel privately a small number of clients on legal matters relating to Saudi Arabia. In addition, Mr. Cassin has been active in venture capital projects and has put together investors for a number of projects in biotechnology, internet, media and oil and gas. Mr. Cassin serves as a director or observer on several boards of directors of privately held companies, including two biotechnology companies based in the Boston area. He has also served as an advisor to a San Francisco-based hedge fund and serves as a senior advisor to a Saudi Arabian based venture capital fund. Mr. Cassin currently also serves as Chairman of a Bermuda-based oil and gas exploration company. Mr. Cassin received his A.B. from Princeton University in Near Eastern Studies and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. | 