Mr. Sperling has been a director of the Company since November 2006. Prior to the merger of Thermo Electron Corporation and Fisher Scientific International Inc., he was a director of Fisher Scientific from 1998 to 2006. Mr. Sperling is currently Co-President of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P., a leveraged buyout firm. Previously he was managing partner of The Aeneas Group, Inc., the private capital affiliate of Harvard Management Company, as well as a senior consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He is currently a director of iHeartMedia, Inc. and The Madison Square Garden Company.
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