Mr. Jeffrey D. Tannenbaum is the President, Executive Officer, Principal, and Director at Fir Tree Partners L.P. He founded Fir Tree in 1994. From 1988 to 1993, Mr. Tannenbaum was an Investment Professional at Kohlberg & Co. He has served as an officer of corporations involved in consumer products, healthcare, and direct marketing. Mr. Tannenbaum currently serves on the Board of TOIC. He was formerly the Chairman of the Board of Industrial Funding Corp. Mr. Tannenbaum has also been a Director at The Official Information Company. He has received a General Course Certificate from the London School of Economics. Mr. Tannenbaum received a B.A. in Economics and graduated Summa cumLlaude from Tulane University where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He received both a J.D. degree and an M.B.A. from New York University.