J.W. Nevil Thomas

Overview

J. W. Nevil Thomas, age 69, served as non-executive vice chairman of our board of directors from April 1997 until August 2006 and previously served as chairman of our board of directors from July 1992 to April 1997. Since 1970, Mr. Thomas has served as president and chief executive officer of Nevcorp, a financial and management consulting firm. Mr. Thomas is also a director of Reliable Life Insurance Company and Old Republic Insurance Company of Canada, non-public wholly-owned subsidiaries of Old Republic International Corporation, and a director of Templeton Growth Funds, Ltd., a publicly traded mutual fund managed by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc.