Executive Biography
Alok Singh, Lead Director; Managing Director, New Mountain Capital

Alok Singh has served as a director since April 2005, and as lead director since April 2006. Mr. Singh’s duties as lead director are to assist the chairman in establishing the agenda for meetings of the board of directors, to preside, in the absence of the chairman, at meetings consisting solely of the non-executive members of the board of directors and to act as a liaison between the board and shareholders or other third parties who request direct communications with the board. Mr. Singh is a Managing Director of New Mountain Capital, a private equity investment firm based in New York. Prior to joining New Mountain Capital in September 2002, Mr. Singh served as a Partner and Managing Director of Bankers Trust and established and led the Corporate Financial Advisory Group for the Americas for Barclays Capital. Mr. Singh is non-executive Chairman of Overland Solutions, Inc. and serves on the boards of directors of Apptis, Inc., Ikaria Holdings, Inc. and Validus Holdings, Ltd. He also serves on the advisory board of investment bank Sonenshine Partners.

Mr. Singh received both his B.A. in Economics and History and his M.B.A. in Finance from New York University.