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Thomas C. Theobald

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Mr. Theobald has served as Senior Advisor at Chicago Growth Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm, since September 2004. From 1994 to September 2004, he served as a Managing Director at William Blair Capital Partners, and from 1987 to 1994, Mr. Theobald was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Continental Bank Corporation, a bank holding company. Prior to that, he worked at Citicorp/Citibank from 1960 to 1987, rising to the level of Vice Chairman. He serves as a director of Anixter International, Inc. (NYSE: AXE), a supplier of electrical apparatus and equipment, Columbia Funds, a mutual fund group, AMBAC Financial Group (NYSE: ABK), a financial guaranty underwriter, and Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE: JLL), a real estate services and investment management firm. Mr. Theobald is also a Life Trustee of Northwestern University and a member of the Board of Dean's Advisors at Harvard Business School.


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