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Robert G. van Schoonenberg, 61, is executive vice president, chief legal officer, and secretary to the board of directors of Avery Dennison Corporation (AVY), a NYSE Fortune 500 manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labeling materials, office products and retail tag and branding systems with 2007 sales of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees in over 60 countries. He joined the Company in 1981 as vice president, general counsel, and secretary, and was promoted to senior vice president in 1996 and executive vice president in 2000. Before joining Avery Dennison, Mr. van Schoonenberg was with Gulf Oil Corporation for seven years, where he was regional attorney in Los Angeles (1974-79) and a key member of its corporate general counsel’s staff in Pittsburgh (1979-81). On the Altair board, he chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of its Compensation, Nominating and Governance, and Strategic Review Committees. He is on the board of Guidance Software, Inc. (GUID: Nasdaq). Mr. van Schoonenberg is chairman and chief executive officer of BayPoint Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity/advisory firm located in Newport Beach, California. He is also chairman of the board of Premiere Entertainment, LLC, one of BayPoint Capital’s portfolio companies. Mr. van Schoonenberg is a director on the western region advisory board of FM Global, a leading multinational mutual property casualty company. He is a trustee of Southwestern University Law School, a past director of the University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Business Advisory Board and a trustee of the Avery Dennison Foundation. Mr. van Schoonenberg serves on the board of the Los Angeles Sports Council and has served in a leadership role and on the board of a number of other national and local civic, charitable, and professional organizations. His educational background includes a B.A. (economics) from Marquette University, a M.B.A. (finance) from the University of Wisconsin, and a J.D. from the University of Michigan. He served in the United States Army, military intelligence, in Munich, Germany. | 