James Arthur Lawrence

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Mr. James Arthur Lawrence, also known as Jim, served as the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Head of Global Investment Banking at Rothschild North America Inc., from 2010 to 2012. Mr. Lawrence served as the Chief Financial Officer of Unilever N.V. from September 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Unilever plc from September 1, 2007 to February 2010. He joined Unilever in September 2007. He served as an Executive Vice President of International Operations at General Mills, Inc. from October 1998 to 2006 and served as its Chief Financial Officer from October 1998 to 2007. He joined General Mills in 1998. He was responsible for corporate financial activities and international operations of General Mills, Inc. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Northwest Airlines from 1996 to 1998. He served as an Executive Vice President of Pepsi-Cola International, where he served for four years. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer for operations in Asia, Middle East and Africa of Pepsi-Cola International from 1992 to 1996. He was a Partner of Bain and Company and headed its London and Munich offices. He co-founded LEK Consulting in 1982. He co-founded FairAir.com. He served with Boston Consulting Group. He serves as the Chairman of FairAir.com. and Great North Star LLC. He served as the Chairman of Rothschild North America Inc. from 2012 to 2015. He served as the Chairman of LEK Partnership from 1983 to 1992. He served as Vice Chairman of General Mills, Inc., from May 2006 to August 2007. He has been an Independent Non-Executive Director at Smurfit Kappa Group plc since October 22, 2015. He has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. since September 27, 2010. Mr. Lawrence has been a Director of Avnet, Inc. since May 12, 2011. He has been a Member of Advisory Board of Z-Trim Holdings, Inc since November 20. He serves as a Member of The Diversified Advisory Group of Diversified Search, LLC (Diversified Search). He serves as a Trustee of University of Minnesota Foundation. He serves as a Member of Advisory Board at L.E.K. Consulting LLC. He served as a Director of Allina Health System, Inc., TransTechnology Corp., and Allina Hospitals & Clinics. He served as Director of Unilever plc from May 15, 2008 to December 31, 2009. He served as a Non-Executive Director of British Airways plc (UK) from November 1, 2006 to January 21, 2012. He served as an Independent Director of Avnet, Inc. from 1999 to July 15, 2008. He served as a Director of Physicians Formula Holdings Inc. from October 23, 2006 to October 25, 2007. He served as an Executive Director of Unilever N.V. from May 15, 2008 to December 31, 2009. He served as a Director of The Travelers Companies, Inc. (Alternate Name: St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc.) from April 1, 2004 to May 3, 2005; The St. Paul Companies, Inc., since May 6, 2003; General Mills, Inc.; Travelers Property Casualty Corp., since May 6, 2003; Intuitive Surgical, Inc., since March 2000 and Apple Inc., since January 5, 2004. His board affiliations include American Reinsurance Inc. and Continental Airlines. He served as a Director of Breeze-Eastern Corporation. He served on the Board of Overseers of the Carlson School of Business at the University of Minnesota. Mr. Lawrence received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Yale University in 1974 and has an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School in 1976.

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James A. Lawrence

Board of Directors Member From 1999 to 2008 and Since 2011

Chairman, Great North Star LLC

James A. Lawrence serves as chairman of Great North Star LLC, an investment and advisory firm. Previously, he served as chairman of Rothschild North America from 2012 - 2015 and as chief executive officer of Rothschild North America and as co-head of global investment banking from 2010 - 2012. Prior to joining Rothschild, Mr. Lawrence served as chief financial officer of Unilever and as an executive director on the boards of Unilever NV and Unilever PLC. Mr. Lawrence joined Unilever in 2007 after serving as the vice chairman and chief financial officer of General Mills, where he was responsible for corporate financial international operations.

Mr. Lawrence earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Yale University and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. He is currently a director of International Airline Group, the holding company of British Airways and Iberia, and serves on the board of directors of Smurfit Kappa, a leading provider of paper-based packaging solutions.

He previously served on the board of directors of Avnet, Inc. from 1999 until 2008, when he resigned to take on an employment-related role requiring him to relocate to Europe. He rejoined the Avnet board in May 2011.

As a member of Avnet's board of directors, Mr. Lawrence chairs the Audit Committee.