Carol Meyrowitz

President and Chief Executive Officer of The TJX Companies, Inc., a retailer of apparel and home fashions. Ms. Meyrowitz has been President of TJX since October 2005, Chief Executive Officer since January 2007 and a director since September 2006. Prior to that, Ms. Meyrowitz was President of The Marmaxx Group, the largest division of TJX, from January 2001 to January 2005, and was employed in an advisory role for TJX and consulted for Berkshire Partners L.L.C., a private equity firm, from January 2005 to October 2005. Ms. Meyrowitz is also a director of Amscan Holdings, Inc.