George W. LeMaitre has served as our Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board of Directors since 1992, serving as our Chairman since 2004. Previously, Mr. LeMaitre was an investment banking analyst at Lehman Brothers, an associate at the leveraged buyout firm McCown De Leeuw, and a credit analyst for Connecticut National Bank. Mr. LeMaitre received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. The Board has concluded that Mr. LeMaitre should serve on our Board due to his extensive knowledge of our business, his role since 1992 as our principal executive officer, his corporate vision and operational knowledge, and his strategic guidance to the Board.