Ira Albom

Retired Senior Vice President, Teleflex, Inc. Mr. Albom became a director in February 1997. Mr. Albom was employed from 1977 to 2003 by Teleflex, Inc., a defense and aerospace company, and he was Senior Vice President of Teleflex from 1987 until his retirement in 2003. Mr. Albom has over 40 years of operations and management experience in the defense and aerospace industry. At Teleflex, he was actively involved in leading diligence teams and negotiating terms of mergers and acquisitions, as well as negotiating major contracts for Teleflex's Defense/Aerospace Group.