Gilbert H. Lamphere

Mr. Lamphere has more than 30 years of experience as a principal investor and financier in private equity transactions.

Mr. Lamphere currently serves as a director of CSX （NYSE:CSX） and advising director of J.H. Whitney Pan Asian LLC. Mr. Lamphere has also headed four other private equity funds and has extensive operational experience as a Chairman and/or board member of a wide range of publicly-traded and private companies. Mr. Lamphere has been intimately involved in billions of dollars of equity and debt financing. Mr. Lamphere was a Managing Director and member of the Board of Directors of The Fremont Group， a diversified investment company with over $9 billion of assets under management. Mr. Lamphere also co-headed the raising and management of Fremont Partners’ $605 million private equity fund， his fourth fund. Prior to Fremont Partners， Mr. Lamphere was a vice president at Morgan Stanley & Co.

Mr. Lamphere has previously served on the boards of several publicly-traded companies including: Canadian National Railway Company （NYSE）； Illinois Central Corporation （NYSE - acquired by Canadian National）； Carlyle Industries， Inc； Recognition International （NYSE）； Cleveland-Cliffs （NYSE）； R.P. Scherer （NYSE - acquired by Cardinal Health）； Global Natural Resources Corporation （NYSE）； Sylvan， Inc （NASDAQ）； Lincoln Snack Company （NASDAQ）； Simmons Outdoor Corporation and Children’s Discovery Center of America （NASDAQ）. Mr. Lamphere also served as Chairman and CEO of the Prospect Group （NASDAQ:PROS）， the first ever publicly-traded leveraged buyout fund.

Mr. Lamphere graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in Economics with Honors and from Harvard Business School as a Baker Scholar and was recipient of the Loeb Rhoades Fellow finance prize.