Mark A. Thornton

Overview

Mark A. Thornton became a director of American Apparel upon consummation of the Acquisition on December 12, 2007. Since January 2005, Mr. Thornton has been an independent consultant to various clients, advising them in the areas of private equity raises and project management, and also lectures at the Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative. From April 2002 until December 2004, Mr. Thornton researched and authored a book, entitled Meditation in a New York Minute, which was published by Sounds True. At various times during the period from 1997 to March 2002, Mr. Thornton worked in several capacities for JPMorgan, including serving as the Chief Operating Officer for JPMorgan Private Bank in London from June 2001 to March 2002, specializing in operational risk management relating to the merger of JPMorgan with Robert Fleming. He oversaw core aspects of the merger and chaired numerous committees related to operational risk, new product lines and new business development. Prior to joining JPMorgan in 1997, Mr. Thornton worked in various market risk and credit risk positions for blue chip investment banks and securities firms, including Daiwa Europe Bank plc and Australian and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.