Joe L Roby

Mr. Joe L. Roby is the Chairman Emeritus and Senior Advisor of Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation since December 2001. Mr. Roby served as Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse (USA) Inc. from February 1998 to November 2000; Chief Operating Officer from November 1995 to February 1998 and President from February 1996 to November 2000. He served as President of Harrisdirect LLC from February 1996 to November 2000. He served as Managing Director of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. since 1984 and was responsible for the investment banking department. He joined Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. as Vice President in Investment Banking Group in 1972. He started his business career at Kidder Peabody in 1967 before joining Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc.'s new investment banking department as Vice President. Mr. Roby served as Chairman Emeritus of Credit Suisse AG. He served as Chairman of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc.'s Banking Group since 1989. He served as Chairman of CSFB from November 2000 to December 2001. He serves as Director of Maersk Line Limited and Sybron International Corporation. He serves as Trustee of Central Park Conservancy, Inc. He serves as Trustee of Vanderbilt University. Mr. Roby served as Director of Harrisdirect LLC and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. since 1989. He served as Non-executive Director of Babcock & Brown Limited since April 2006 and Independent Non-Executive Director of Babcock & Brown Limited. He was a Director of Credit Suisse (USA) Inc., New York Stock Exchange, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apogent Technologies Inc. since 1989, Musicland Group Inc. and Thermadyne Holdings Corp. He served as a Trustee of The Carnegie Hall Corporation. He served as Member of the Harvard Business School Board of Dean's Advisors. He was commissioned an Ensign in the US Navy and served in the Pacific Fleet as a Line Officer from 1961 to 1965. Mr. Roby was a Lieutenant when he left the Navy to enter the Harvard Business School where he earned an MBA with distinction in 1967. He graduated cum laude in 1961 from Vanderbilt University.