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Warren B. Kanders, has been a
Director and Chairman of our Board of Directors since November 12, 2004.
Since May 2007, Mr. Kanders has served as a director of Highlands
Acquisition Corp., a publicly-held blank check company formed with a
focus on acquiring a business in the healthcare industry.
Mr. Kanders has served as the President of Kanders & Company,
Inc. since 1990. Prior to the completion of the acquisition of Armor
Holdings, Inc., formerly a New York Stock Exchange-listed company and a
manufacturer and supplier of military vehicles, armored vehicles and
safety and survivability products and systems to the aerospace and
defense, public safety, homeland security and commercial markets, by BAE
Systems plc on July 31, 2007, he served as the Chairman of the Board of
Armor Holdings, Inc. since January 1996 and as its Chief Executive
Officer since April 2003. Mr. Kanders has served as a member of the
Board of Directors of Clarus Corporation since June 2002 and as the
Executive Chairman of Clarus Corporation’s Board of Directors since
December 2002. Mr. Kanders has served as Non-Executive Chairman of the
Board of Directors of Stamford Industrial Group, Inc. (formerly known as
Net Perceptions, Inc.), a publicly-held company that, through its
subsidiary, Concord Steel, is a leading independent manufacturer of
steel counterweights, since October 3, 2006, and served as Executive
Chairman of its Board of Directors from April 2004 through October 3,
2006. From October 1992 to May 1996, Mr. Kanders served as Founder and
Vice Chairman of the Board of Benson Eyecare Corporation, a distributor
of eye care products and services. Mr. Kanders received a B.A. degree in
Economics from
Stephen M. Brecher, has been a member of our Board of Directors since May 1, 2006 and is Chairman of our Audit Committee. In February 2006, he joined the certified public accounting firm of Weiser LLP as a Senior Advisor and currently serves as Partner in charge of the tax practice. Mr. Brecher was an independent consultant from April 2005 to January 2006 and was a principal of XRoads Solutions Group, an international consulting firm from September 2001 to March 2005. Prior thereto, he spent 33 years at KPMG LLP, a certified public accounting firm, 26 years of which as a tax partner specializing in international banking. Mr. Brecher is a CPA and attorney and a member of the New York State Bar. He also served as a member of the board of directors of Refco, Inc., a public company, from January 2006 through December 2006. The Board of Directors has identified Mr. Brecher as the audit committee financial expert under the listing requirements of the NASDAQ Global Market and has determined that Mr. Brecher is independent of the Company based on the NASDAQ Global Market’s definition of “independence.” Burtt R. Ehrlich, has been a member of our Board of Directors since February 13, 2001, and is a member of our Audit Committee, our Compensation Committee and our Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Ehrlich served as our Chairman of the Board of Directors from February 2001 until November 2004. Mr. Ehrlich served as a director of Armor Holdings, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of military vehicles, armed vehicles and safety and survivability products and systems to the aerospace & defense, public safety, homeland security and commercial markets, which was listed on The New York Stock Exchange, from January 1996 until July 2007, when it was acquired by BAE Systems plc. Mr. Ehrlich has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Clarus Corporation since June 2002. Mr. Ehrlich served as Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Ehrlich Bober Financial Corp. (the predecessor of Benson Eyecare Corporation) from December 1986 until October 1992, and as a director of Benson Eyecare Corporation from October 1992 until November 1995. Mr. Ehrlich is member of the Board of Trustees of The Arbitrage Fund, a registered investment company. Stuart P. Greenspon,
has been a member of our Board of Directors since November 8, 2005 and
is a member of our Compensation Committee. Mr. Greenspon has been an
independent business consultant for more than 10 years. Prior to that,
he was an owner and operating officer of Call Center Services, Inc. from
1990 to 1995 and of Pandick Technologies, Inc. from 1982 to 1989. Peter A. Asch,
became a director of the Company on January 23, 2007, immediately following
our acquisition of Twincraft, Inc., from Mr. Asch and the other former
holders of the Twincraft capital stock.
Mr. Asch serves as the President of Twincraft and of our personal
care products division, and has been the Chief Executive Officer of
Twincraft since 1995. Mr. Asch graduated with a B.S. in Political Science
and International Relations from Queen’s University, located in David S. Hershberg, was appointed a Director in June 2008 and is a member of our Compensation Committee and our Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Hershberg is a graduate of New York University and Harvard Law School and has had a distinguished career serving in various legal and business capacities for companies such as IBM, Shearson Lehman Brothers (Vice Chairman) , and Viatel, Inc. (Executive Vice President, Finance and Law), in addition to directorships at Bank Julius Baer and OutSource International. Since 2006, Mr. Hershberg has served as a consultant to companies such as Aquiline LLC, The Solaris Group, Colchis Capital and CapIntro, in addition to serving on the board of directors for a number of private equity sponsored-owned businesses. From 1995 until 2006, Mr. Hershberg served as vice president and assistant general counsel responsible for the corporate legal group at IBM. W. Gray Hudkins (go to Management for biography) |
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