George F. Boutros

Wa'el Chehab

Dr Nabil Husami

Fuad Sawaya

George Boutros is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse and Co-Chairman of the Global Technology Group, based in San Francisco. Prior to Credit Suisse, he was a Managing Director with DMG Technology Group and Head of the Technology Group's Global Mergers & Acquisitions activities. George was previously a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, heading M&A activities in the western United States. He received his B.S. in Civil Engineering, M.S. in Structural Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and his M.B.A. from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.

Wa'el Chehab is President and CEO of Cedar Capital Management, a fund management and commodities trading group of companies. Before establishing Cedar in 1996, Wa'el was Associate Director with Bear Stearns and Co. in the global derivatives group, leading its proprietary trading effort. Wa'el also worked at Citibank NA, as a Vice President in the debt derivatives group. He received his MBA from the American University of Beirut.

Dr Nabil Husami is a recognized leader in women's health care issues, and has devoted his life to the twin missions of providing the highest standards of treatment in assisted reproductive technologies and finding a cure for endometriosis. He graduated with a medical degree from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Husami then went on to complete a fellowship in reproductive endocrinology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeon, where he remains on staff as Associate Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Fuad Sawaya is a Managing Director and co-founder of Sawaya Segalas & Co., LLC, a New York-based investment banking firm focused exclusively on the Consumer Products industry. Prior to co-founding the firm in 2001, he was head of the middle market Consumer Group at J.P. Morgan and head of the Consumer Products Group at PaineWebber Incorporated. In the last twenty years, Fuad has provided M&A advice and overseen the completion of over one hundred and forty M&A transactions. He holds a B.S. from the American University of Beirut, and an M.B.A from Columbia University.