George Bitar

Raymond Debbane

Habib Kairouz

Marc Malek

Carole Marshi

Kinda Younes

George Bitar is a Managing Director and member of the operating committee of Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, the private equity arm of Merrill Lynch & Co. Prior to co-founding the private equity group in 1994, he was in the Leveraged Finance and Restructuring groups of Merrill Lynch Investment Banking. George holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a B.S. in Systems Engineering from Boston University.

Raymond Debbane is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Invus Group, LLC, a multi-billion New York-based investment firm active in LBOs, venture capital, hedge funds and public stocks. Prior to forming The Invus Group in 1985, he was a manager for The Boston Consulting Group in Paris, France. Raymond holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, an M.S. in Food Science and Technology from the University of California, Davis and a B.S. in Agricultural Sciences and Agricultural Engineering from the American University of Beirut. Raymond is the Chairman of WeightWatchers International, Inc.

Habib Kairouz is Managing Partner of Rho Capital Partners, a New York based private equity firm with $2 billion under management and offices in New York, Palo Alto and Montreal. Rho's activities span all classes of private equity investments, including venture capital in early stage technology and healthcare companies, direct private equity investments in more mature growth companies, and fund investments in all classes of venture capital and private equity funds. Prior to joining Rho in 1993, Habib had five years of investment banking and leveraged buyout experience in New York with Reich & Co. and Jesup & Lamont. Habib received a B.S. in Engineering and a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University.

Marc Malek is a Managing Partner of Camelot Partners, LLC, an alternative asset management firm with more than $400 million in assets. His previous work engagements include trading for a large hedge fund, heading global exotic FX Options for UBS, and later heading Proprietary Trading for the combined UBS/SBC in Europe. Marc graduated with honors from the California Institute of Technology.

Carole Marshi has been a strong proponent of SEAL since the very beginning. Her experience as a fundraising consultant spans a number of charities and organizations. Most recently Carole's work involved co-chairing the New York event for the "Brave Heart Fund", as well as the 2006 Gala of the Lycée Français de New York, where she was instrumental in raising over a million dollars. Carole graduated with a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Rutgers University.

Kinda Younes is Chief Operating Officer of Get Solo, LLC, a technology company focused on loyalty, retention and branding enhancement. Her previous work engagements include working as a management consultant to numerous start-ups, mostly in the technology space; Corporate Strategic Planning at PepsiCo; and Mergers and Acquisitions at Goldman Sachs. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University, and an M.B.A from INSEAD.

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