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Mr. Myners has been our Chairman and a director since June 21, 2002. He is also currently the Chairman of Aspen Re, a position he has held since June 2002, of the Guardian Media Group, a position held since March 2000, of Land Securities Group effective January 1, 2007 (appointed to the board of directors in September 2006) and of Ermitage Asset Management Jersey Limited since May 2006. Mr. Myners is a non-executive director of the Bank of England. He has been a member of the Investment Committee of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation since December 2005. He completed a review of Institutional Investment for Her Majesty’s Treasury in 2001 and was a member of the Financial Reporting Council, the body responsible for overseeing the process for setting U.K. accounting standards. From August 1, 1987 until November 2001, he held the position of Chairman of Gartmore Investment Management and previously served as an executive director of National Westminster Bank, Coutts & Co., and as an independent director of the Investment Management Regulatory Organization, the Lloyd’s Market Board, Celltech Group, The Bank of New York, the Scottish National Trust, PowerGen plc and Orange plc. He was also previously the chairman of Marks & Spencer. | 