Robert C. Larson

Overview

Robert C. Larson has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since March 2001. He is a managing director of Lazard Alternative Investments LLC and is chairman of Lazard Real Estate Partners, LLC, a real estate investment company. He is also chairman of Larson Realty Group, a privately owned, Detroit-based company engaged in real estate investment, development, management and leasing. Mr. Larson was chairman of the Taubman Realty Group from 1990 to 1998 and vice chairman and a director of Taubman Centers, Inc. until his retirement in May 2000. He currently serves as a director of InterContinental Hotels Group plc. In addition, Mr. Larson represents Lazard as a director of Destination Europe Limited, as a director and chairman of Commonwealth Atlantic Properties, Inc., as a director of Atria Senior Living Group, Inc., and as a member of the Partnership Committee of DP Operating Partnership, L.P. He is also vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Urban Land Institute.