Chinh E Chu

Chinh E. Chu joined our board in February 2011. Mr. Chu is also a member of our Compensation and Leadership Committee and our Finance Committee. Mr. Chu has been a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group at The Blackstone Group, a private equity firm since 1990. Mr. Chu received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Buffalo, where he graduated summa cum laude. He currently serves as a director of Alliant Insurance Services, Inc., BankUnited, BayView Financial Holdings, L.P., Healthmarkets, Inc., DJO Incorporated and Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., and previously served on the board of directors of Celanese Corporation, Graham Packaging Company and SunGard Data Systems Inc..