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Stanley G. Hart, 46, a director since March 2001, is President and CEO of S.G.Hart Associates, LLC, a strategic brand protection consulting company and Brand Equity Builders, Inc., a retail research and reporting company. Mr. Hart has served in these positions since 2003 and 2006, respectively. From its formation in 2000 until its merger in 2003, Mr. Hart was President and CEO of Westvaco Brand Security, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MeadWestvaco Corporation. Mr. Hart founded the company and established operations in the USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium and Israel. Prior thereto, Mr. Hart served Westvaco Corporation (parent company of Westvaco Brand Security, Inc.) for more than ten years in various management capacities. Mr. Hart has over 20 years of international general management experience within the consulting, brand protection, chemical, packaging and paper industries. With five years as an expatriate, Mr. Hart’s diverse experience includes new ventures, international business, sales and marketing, mergers and acquisitions, technology assessment and strategic planning. Mr. Hart has a B.A. degree in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. | 