Richard A. Bendure has been our Group Vice President, Global Water Marketing and Development since January 2009. Prior to that he was Group Vice President and President, Pacific Division Business Operations since May 2007. Mr. Bendure served as General Manager of North Asia and President of Katayama Nalco beginning in 2004, taking on the additional responsibility for managing the regional supply chain in 2006. In 2003, Mr. Bendure served as General Manager of the Asia Pacific Paper group. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Bendure served as the General Manager, Marketing, for the Asia Pacific division. In 2001, Mr. Bendure served as Marketing Manager for E-commerce, and in 2000 was a Marketing Manager for the Paper Chemicals division based in Naperville. Prior to joining Nalco, Mr. Bendure worked for ECC International and Calgon Corporation in sales, sales management, marketing, technical management, and supply chain roles.