Alan L Beller

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Mr. Beller is a partner, based in the New York City office, of the law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP ("Cleary"). His practice focuses on a wide variety of complex securities, corporate governance and corporate matters. Mr. Beller joined Cleary in 1976, became a partner in 1984 and returned to Cleary in August 2006 after serving as the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and as Senior Counselor to the Commission from January 2002 until February 2006. Mr. Beller is a member of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Mr. Beller is also a member of the United States Treasury Advisory Committee on the Future of the Auditing Profession.