Mr. McDonald, age 56, has served as a director of NYSE Euronext and its predecessors since November 2003 and continues to serve on the NYSE Group board. Since 2001, Mr. McDonald has been the president and chief executive officer of Rockefeller & Co., a United States firm that provides investment management, financial counseling and other services. Mr. McDonald also serves as a director on the boards of CIT Corporation (United States), Rockefeller & Co. and Rockefeller Financial Services and is chairman of the board of The Japan Society of New York. Before joining Rockefeller & Company, Mr. McDonald was president and chief executive of Pell, Rudman & Company, a wealth management company in Boston. He graduated from what was the Harvard College and the University of Virginia School of Law.