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MMC Board of Directors

Leslie M. Baker, Jr. Audit Committee Compliance Committee Finance Committee (Chair) Director since 2006 Mr. Baker, age 65, was chairman of Wachovia Corporation from 2001 until his retirement in 2003. Mr. Baker joined Wachovia in 1969, where he served as chairman, president and chief executive officer from 1998 to 2001, and as chief executive officer from 1994 to 1998. He is a director of the North Carolina Arboretum, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, Old Salem, Inc. and the James B. Hunt Institute for Education.

Zachary W. Carter Audit Committee Compliance Committee (Chair) Executive Committee Director since 2004 Mr. Carter, age 58, is a partner at the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, where he is co-chair of the White Collar Crime and Civil Fraud practice group. He joined Dorsey & Whitney in 1999. Mr. Carter was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1993 to 1999. Mr. Carter is a director of Cablevision Systems Corporation and is chairman of the Mayor's Advisory Committee on the Judiciary, chairman of the board of directors of Hale House Center, Inc. and a trustee of the New York University School of Law and the Vera Institute of Justice.

Brian Duperreault Executive Committee Finance Committee Director since 2008 Brian Duperreault, 60, is president and chief executive officer of MMC, a position he assumed in January 2008. Prior to joining MMC, Mr. Duperreault served as chairman and chief executive officer of ACE Limited from 1994 to May 2004. He then served as chairman of the board of ACE from May 2004 through May 2007, and continued as a director through January 2008. Prior to ACE, Mr. Duperreault was with American International Group (AIG) for more than 20 years, holding numerous positions and eventually rising to become executive vice president of AIG Foreign General Insurance and chairman and chief executive officer of AIG's subsidiary American International Underwriters (AIU). Mr. Duperreault is a director of Tyco International Ltd.

Oscar Fanjul Compensation Committee Finance Committee Director since 2001 Mr. Fanjul, age 58, is vice chairman and chief executive officer of Omega Capital, a private investment firm in Spain. Mr. Fanjul is honorary chairman of Repsol YPF, where he was chairman and chief executive officer from its inception in 1986 until 1996. He was chairman of Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico from 1999 to 2001 and chairman of NH Hoteles from 1997 until 1999. Mr. Fanjul is a director of Acerinox, the Lafarge Group, the London Stock Exchange, Areva (Conseil de Surveillance) and a member of MMC's International Advisory Board. He is a trustee of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation and the Amigos del Museo del Prado.

Stephen R. Hardis Compensation Committee Directors and Governance Committee Executive Committee (Chair) Finance Committee Director since 1998 Mr. Hardis, age 72, was chairman of Eaton Corporation from 1996 until his retirement in 2000. Mr. Hardis joined Eaton in 1979, and was its chief executive officer from 1995 to 2000. He was chairman of Axcelis Technologies, Inc. from 2000 until May 2005. He is lead director of Axcelis Technologies, Inc. and a director of Lexmark International Corporation, Nordson Corporation and Progressive Corporation.

Gwendolyn S. King Directors and Governance Committee (Chair) Executive Committee Director since 1998 Ms. King, age 67, is president of Podium Prose, a speaker's bureau. From 1992 until 1998 she was senior vice president, corporate and public affairs at Peco Energy. From 1989 to 1992 she served as commissioner of the Social Security Administration in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Ms. King is a director of Lockheed Martin Corporation, Monsanto Company and the not-for-profit National Association of Corporate Directors.

The Rt. Hon. Lord Lang of Monkton, DL Compensation Committee (Chair) Directors and Governance Committee Executive Committee Finance Committee Director since 1997 Lord Lang, age 67, was a member of the British Parliament from 1979 to 1997. He served in the cabinet as president of the Board of Trade and secretary of state for trade and industry from 1995 to 1997 and as secretary of state for Scotland from 1990 to 1995. Lord Lang is chairman of Thistle Mining Inc. He is also a non-executive director of Charlemagne Capital Ltd.

Bruce P. Nolop Audit Committee Finance Committee Director since 2008 Bruce P. Nolop, 57, is chief financial officer of E*Trade. Mr. Nolop was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Pitney Bowes, Inc. from 2000 through March 1, 2008. From 1993 to 2000, Mr. Nolop was a managing director, mergers & acquisitions, at Wasserstein Perella & Co. Prior thereto, he was a vice president with Goldman, Sachs & Co. for six years, and previously held positions with Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Morgan Stanley & Co. Mr. Nolop serves on the boards of directors of two non-profit organizations, JA Worldwide and Regional Plan Association.

Marc D. Oken Audit Committee (Chair) Executive Committee Finance Committee Director since 2006 Mr. Oken, age 61, is the managing partner of Falfurrias Capital Partners, a private equity firm. He was chief financial officer of Bank of America Corporation from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Oken joined Bank of America in 1989 as executive vice president-chief accounting officer, a position he held until 1998, when he became executive vice president-principal finance executive. He is a director of Sonoco Products Company and Star Scientific, Inc.

David A. Olsen Audit Committee Compliance Committee Director since 1997 Mr. Olsen, age 70, was chairman of Johnson & Higgins from 1991 until its business combination with MMC in 1997. He served as vice chairman of MMC from May through December 1997. He joined Johnson & Higgins in 1966, and was its chief executive officer from 1990 to 1997. Mr. Olsen is a trustee emeritus of Bowdoin College, a director of Salisbury Visiting Nurses Association, and an advisory board member of the Salisbury Housing Trust and the Northwest Center for Family Services.

Morton O. Schapiro Compensation Committee Directors and Governance Committee Director since 2002 Mr. Schapiro, age 54, is president of Williams College. Prior to joining Williams College, he was dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences of the University of Southern California from 1994 to 2000, the University's vice president for planning from 1999 to 2000 and chair of its Department of Economics from 1991 to 1994. Mr. Schapiro is a trustee of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Williams College, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and Hillel.

Adele Simmons Directors and Governance Committee Director since 1978 Mrs. Simmons, age 66, is vice chair of Chicago Metropolis 2020 and president of the Global Philanthropy Partnership. From 1989 to 1999, she was president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Ms. Simmons is a director of the Shorebank Corporation. She also is a member of the boards of the Field Museum of Chicago, the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Environmental Defense Fund.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF MMC

The executive officers of MMC are appointed annually by MMC's board of directors. The following individuals are executive officers of MMC:

Ben Allen, age 43, is president and chief executive officer of Kroll, a position he assumed in March 2008. In July 2007 Mr. Allen was named chief operating officer of Kroll while continuing in his position as president of Kroll’s Technology Services Group. He led the Technology Services Group, comprised of Kroll Ontrack, Kroll Factual Data and Kroll’s background screening and substance abuse testing businesses, beginning in January 2005. Previously, Mr. Allen was president of Kroll Ontrack, the firm’s legal technologies and data recovery business, following Kroll’s acquisition of Ontrack Data International, Inc. in June 2002. Mr. Allen had been president and chief executive officer of Ontrack Data International since July 2001, and previously served in several roles for that firm, including as chief operating officer and general manager of the U.K. and France offices.

Orlando D. Ashford, age 40, is Senior Vice President, Human Resources, of MMC. Mr. Ashford joined MMC in September 2008. Prior to MMC, he was with the Coca-Cola Company since 2005 in human resource management, most recently as Group Director of Human Resources for Eurasia and Africa. While at Coca-Cola, Mr. Ashford reorganized and rebuilt the company's corporate center HR team and headed a company-wide cultural change initiative. Prior to Coca-Cola, Mr. Ashford held positions with Motorola, the Delta Consulting Group (subsequently Mercer Delta Consulting), Ameritech and Andersen Consulting.

Matthew B. Bartley, age 51, is executive vice president and chief financial officer of MMC. Prior to assuming his current position in September 2006, Mr. Bartley was treasurer of MMC, a position he held since joining MMC in April 2001. Previously, Mr. Bartley was vice president of taxes at Engelhard Corporation, a multinational specialty chemicals and precious metals company, with responsibility for tax and transaction planning, execution and reporting. Prior to that role, he served for close to ten years in senior international treasury and tax positions at PepsiCo, Inc., where he was responsible for global strategic transaction planning and execution across international operating businesses.

Peter J. Beshar, age 46, is executive vice president and general counsel of MMC. Before joining MMC in November 2004, Mr. Beshar was a litigation partner in the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Mr. Beshar joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in 1995 after serving as an Assistant Attorney General in the New York Attorney General's office.

M. Michele Burns, age 50, is chairman and chief executive officer of Mercer. Ms. Burns joined MMC as executive vice president on March 1, 2006, assumed the position of chief financial officer of MMC on March 31, 2006 and moved to her current position with Mercer on September 25, 2006. Prior to joining MMC, Ms. Burns was executive vice president and chief financial officer since May 2004, and chief restructuring officer since August 2004, of Mirant Corporation, an energy company. Prior to joining Mirant, she was executive vice president and chief financial officer of Delta Air Lines, Inc. from August 2000 to April 2004. She held various other positions in the finance and tax departments of Delta beginning in January 1999.

John Drzik, age 46, is president and chief executive officer of Oliver Wyman Group, a position he assumed in June 2006. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Drzik was president of Mercer Oliver Wyman, which was formed following MMC's acquisition of Oliver, Wyman & Company in 2003. He joined Oliver, Wyman & Company in 1984, became president in 1995, and was appointed chairman in 2000.

Brian Duperreault, age 60, is president and chief executive officer of MMC, a position he assumed in January 2008. Prior to joining MMC, Mr. Duperreault served as chairman and chief executive officer of ACE Limited from 1994 to 2004, and continued as chairman through the end of 2007. Prior to ACE, Mr. Duperreault was with American International Group (AIG) for more than 20 years, holding numerous positions and eventually becoming executive vice president of AIG Foreign General Insurance and chairman and chief executive of AIG's American International Underwriters (AIU).

Simon Freakley, age 46, is chief executive officer of MMC Corporate Advisory and Restructuring, a position he assumed in March 2008. Previously, he was president and chief executive officer of Kroll since October 2004. Mr. Freakley was a director of Kroll since June 2003 and head of Kroll's Consulting Group since April 2004. He was president of Kroll's Corporate Advisory & Restructuring Group from September 2002 until its consolidation with Kroll's Consulting Services Group in April 2004. From 1996 until his appointment as Kroll's chief executive officer, Mr. Freakley was also managing partner of Kroll Ltd. (previously Kroll Buchler Phillips and Buchler Phillips), Kroll's U.K.-based corporate advisory and restructuring subsidiary.

E. Scott Gilbert, age 52, is senior vice president and chief compliance officer of MMC. Prior to joining MMC in January 2005, he had been the chief compliance counsel of the General Electric Company since September 2004. Prior thereto, he was counsel, litigation and legal policy at GE. Between 1986 and 1992, when he joined GE, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Daniel S. Glaser, age 47, is chairman and chief executive officer of Marsh, a position he assumed in December 2007. Previously, he had been managing director of AIG Europe (U.K.) Limited, and the regional president of AIG's American International Underwriters (AIU) U.K./Ireland division. He joined AIG in 2000 as president of the firm's Global Energy Division. He was named managing director of AIG Europe (U.K.) in 2002. Mr. Glaser began his career in the insurance industry in 1982 as a Marsh broker. He worked at Marsh for a decade, serving in roles in New York, London and Saudi Arabia. Thereafter, he spent eight years at Willis, where he served as president and chief operating officer of Willis Risk Solutions, the Willis large accounts practice.

David Nadler, age 59, is vice chairman, office of the CEO of MMC. Dr. Nadler founded the Delta Consulting Group, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in executive leadership and organizational change, in 1980. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of that firm until its acquisition by Mercer in 2000, when it became Mercer Delta Consulting, LLC. Dr. Nadler served as chairman and chief executive officer of Oliver Wyman's Delta Organization & Leadership business through December 2005 and remains chairman and senior partner of that firm.

Vanessa A. Wittman, age 41, joined MMC as executive vice president in September 2008, and will assume the position of CFO of MMC by October 15, 2008. Prior to joining MMC, Ms. Wittman was CFO and executive vice president of Adelphia Communications Corp. from 2003 to 2007. She joined Adelphia after the firm declared bankruptcy, and was part of a new executive team that oversaw what became one of the most complex bankruptcy cases in U.S. history. While there, she was responsible for accounting, tax and internal audit functions; operational and field finance; corporate development; and the bankruptcy and investor relations teams. Prior to Adelphia, Ms. Wittman served as CFO of 360networks, based in Seattle. She also has held positions with Microsoft, Metricom Inc., and Morgan Stanley.

Peter Zaffino, age 41, is president and chief executive officer of Guy Carpenter. Prior to assuming this position in February 2008, he had served since 2007 as executive vice president and head of Guy Carpenter's U.S. treaty operations. Previously, Mr. Zaffino was responsible for treaty operations in Guy Carpenter's U.S. eastern region and prior to that led the firm's global specialty practices business. Before joining Guy Carpenter in 2001, Mr. Zaffino served in an executive role with a GE Capital portfolio company specializing in casualty treaty reinsurance.