John D. Macomber

Overview

John D. Macomber was appointed as a Director in June 2007. Mr. Macomber has served as Principal of JDB Investment Group since 1992. He currently serves as a director of AEA Investors LLC. Mr. Macomber is also Chairman of the Council for Excellence in Government, Vice Chairman of The Atlantic Council of the United States, a Trustee of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and The Folger Library. Mr. Macomber serves as a director of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the Smithsonian National Board. He has held director positions at numerous companies, including Mettler-Toledo International Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, The Brown Group, Inc., Celgene Corporation, Chase Manhattan Bank, Florida Power & Light, IRI International, Mirror World Technologies, Norlin Industries, Rand McNally, RJR Nabisco, Pilkington Ltd., Textron Inc. and Xerox Corporation. Mr. Macomber"s former non-profit directorships include the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York Philharmonic and the New York Zoological Society. Mr. Macomber is a former Trustee of The Rockefeller University and Adelphi University, Charter Trustee of Phillips Academy, and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Yale School of Management. Prior to joining JDB Investment Group, Mr. Macomber served as Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States from 1989 to 1992, and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Celanese Corporation from 1973 to 1986. Mr. Macomber was a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Co. from 1954 to 1973. Mr. Macomber graduated from Yale University in 1950 and Harvard Business School in 1952. On June 25, 2007, the board of directors of Collexis appointed John D. Macomber, former Chairman and CEO of Celanese Corporation, to be effective the date that Collexis' shares began trading on the OTC Bulletin Board, which occurred on July 2, 2007.