Peter W. Williams

Overview

Mr. Williams has served as a Director since July 13, 2007, and became our Chairman on September 20, 2007. For more than five years prior to his retirement from the law firm of Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells in 2002, Mr. Williams was a Senior Partner at the firm and its predecessor Rogers & Wells. He remained as a Consultant to the firm until 2003, when he became a Senior Counsel to the firm of Winston & Strawn LLP. Since leaving Winston & Strawn in 2006, Mr. Williams has been an independent Consultant and International Advisor including serving as Director and Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors at Par Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:PRX); serving as a member of the International Advisory Committee of RWE/Thames Water until 2006; and serving as a Director and Chairman of the Independent General Partners of The Special Situations Funds.