Robert E. Denham

Overview

ROBERT E. DENHAM, age 61, has been a Director since 2000. He is a partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, a law firm which renders legal services for Wesco, Berkshire, and certain of their affiliates. In 1998, he rejoined that firm, with which he had been associated for twenty years, after serving Salomon Inc, a former investee of Berkshire, Wesco and several of their subsidiaries, in the following capacities: 1992 to 1997, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Salomon Inc; 1991 and 1992, general counsel of Salomon Inc and its investment banking subsidiary, Salomon Brothers. Mr. Denham is also a director of Chevron Corporation, an international energy company; Alcatel-Lucent, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer; and Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A. de C.V., a beverage and convenience store company. Since January 2004, he has been Chairman of the Financial Accounting Foundation, which has oversight, funding and appointment responsibilities for the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, and their advisory councils.