BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A. LORNE WEIL
MICHAEL R. CHAMBRELLO
PETER A. COHEN
GERALD J. FORD
DAVID L. KENNEDY
J. ROBERT KERREY
RONALD O. PERELMAN
MICHAEL J. REGAN
BARRY F. SCHWARTZ
FRANCES F. TOWNSEND
ERIC M. TURNER
A. LORNE WEIL
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
A. Lorne Weil is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Scientific Games Corporation, a leading supplier of technology-based products, systems and services to gaming markets worldwide.
On September 6, 2000, Autotote Corporation acquired Scientific Games Holdings Corporation and later became Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS). Mr. Weil has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since October 1991 and served as Chief Executive Officer from April 1992 through December 2008. During this tenure, the company grew revenues from less than $50 million to over $1 billion. In November 2010, at the request of the Board of Directors of Scientific Games, Mr. Weil once again was appointed to the dual role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Weil also served as President of the Company from August 1997 to June 2005.
Mr. Weil was President of Lorne Weil, Inc., a firm providing strategic planning and corporate development services to high technology industries, from 1992 to November 1997. Previously, Mr. Weil was Vice President, Corporate Development at General Instrument Corporation, working with wagering and cable systems. Prior to that, he was a senior professional with the Boston Consulting Group.
Mr. Weil is on the Board of Sportech Plc (LSE: SPO), for which Scientific Games holds a 20% ownership stake, and on the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School, where he is also the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Entrepreneurship Center.
Mr. Weil earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, an MS from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from Columbia University. He lives with his wife, Kathy, and two children in New York City.
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MICHAEL R. CHAMBRELLO
Chief Executive Officer – Asia-Pacific Region
Michael Chambrello became Chief Executive Officer – Asia-Pacific Region in November 2010. After joining Scientific Games in July 2005 as President and COO, Mr. Chambrello most recently served as CEO where he focused on improving operating efficiencies, improving customer satisfaction, new product development and international business development.
Prior to joining Scientific Games, Mr. Chambrello was President and CEO of Environmental Systems Products Holdings, Inc. (ESP), the industry leader in providing emissions testing systems and service solutions to government agencies. As a leading provider of technology and service solutions, ESP gained approximately 70% of the North American emissions full service testing market.
Previously, he was CEO of Transmedia Asia Pacific, Inc. and Transmedia Europe Inc., which provides customized membership and co-branded affinity programs to companies and associations worldwide through traditional and web-based channels. Prior to Transmedia, Mr. Chambrello was President of GTECH Corporation, and Executive Vice President of GTECH Holdings Corporation (NYSE), providing full-service solutions to the lottery and entertainment industry. In his almost 20 year career at GTECH, revenue grew from $1 million to nearly $1 billion.
Mr. Chambrello has served on the Board of Directors of various public and private high technology companies as well as various not for profit organizations.
Mr. Chambrello earned a BS in Economics from Southern Connecticut State University and attended Graduate School in the American University's Kogod College of Business.
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PETER A. COHEN
Director since 2000
Mr. Peter A. Cohen is a principal of Ramius Capital Group, LLC,
a private investment firm. From November 1992 until May 1994, Mr.
Cohen was Vice Chairman and a director of Republic New York Corporation,
as well as a member of its management executive committee. Mr.
Cohen was also the Chairman
of Republic New York Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, Republic
New York Securities Corporation. From February 1990 to November
1992, Mr. Cohen was a private investor and an advisor to several
industrial and financial companies. From 1983 to 1990, Mr. Cohen
was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Shearson
Lehman Brothers. Mr. Cohen has served on a number of corporate,
industry and philanthropic boards, including The New York Stock
Exchange, The American Express Company, The Federal Reserve Capital
Market Advisory Board, The Depository Trust Company, Olivetti S.p.A.,
Ohio State University Foundation, The New York City Opera and Telecom
Italia S.p.A. Mr. Cohen is currently a director of Portfolio Recovery
Associates, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Titan Corporation.
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GERALD J. FORD
Director since 2005
Mr. Gerald J. Ford has been a financial institutions entrepreneur
and private investor involved in numerous mergers acquisitions
of private and public sector financial institutions over the past
30 years. Mr. Ford served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Golden State Bancorp Inc. from September 1998 until
its merger with Citigroup Inc. in November 2002. Mr. Ford is Chairman
and principal shareholder of First Acceptance Corporation, a retailer,
servicer and underwriter of non-standard personal automobile insurance.
Mr. Ford serves as Chairman of the Board and principal shareholder
of Triad Financial Corporation, a privately held auto insurance
company, headquartered in Huntington Beach, California. He also
serves as a director of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.,
McMoRan Exploration Co. and Affordable Residential Communities,
Inc.
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DAVID L. KENNEDY
Executive Vice Chairman
David L. Kennedy was appointed to the position of Executive Vice Chairman of
Scientific Games in November 2010. In this role, he will focus on enhancing
the operational performance of the Company across all of its business units.
Mr. Kennedy also serves as Senior Executive Vice President of MacAndrews & Forbes
Holdings Inc. and Vice Chairman of Revlon, Inc. Mr. Kennedy served as the President
and Chief Executive Officer of Revlon from September 2006 through May 2009 and has
held various senior management and senior financial positions with Revlon, the
Coca-Cola Company, and affiliates during his 37-year business career. Mr. Kennedy
is a director of Revlon, Inc. and Revlon Consumer Products Corporation.
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J. ROBERT KERREY
Director since 2008
Mr. Kerrey has served as the President of The New School in New York City
since January 2001. From 1988 to 2000, he served as United States Senator
from Nebraska. During that period, he was a member of numerous congressionally-chartered
commissions and Senate committees, including the Senate Finance and Appropriations
Committees and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Prior to that time, he
served as Governor of Nebraska from 1982 to 1987. Mr. Kerrey also serves on the Board
of Directors of Jones Apparel Group, Inc., Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Genworth Financial, Inc.
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RONALD O. PERELMAN
Director since 2003
Mr. Ronald O. Perelman is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, a diversified holding company
with interests in consumer products, entertainment, financial services,
biotechnology and gaming. Among the principal interests of MacAndrews & Forbes
are: Revlon, Inc., Panavision, Inc., Allied Security, TransTech
Pharma, and Scientific Games Corporation.
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MICHAEL J. REGAN
Director since 2006
Michael J. Regan is a former Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative
Officer of KPMG LLP, a leading provider of audit and tax services.
Over his 40 years with KPMG, Mr. Regan was involved in a wide range
of business activities, was lead partner for many Fortune 500 companies,
and was head of the New York Audit Practice. He is a graduate of
Manhattan College, where he is currently a member of the board
of trustees, and served four years as a naval officer. Mr. Regan
also sits on the Board of Allied Security Holdings, LLC.
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BARRY F. SCHWARTZ
Director since 2003
Mr. Barry F. Schwartz is Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer of MacAndrews &
Forbes Holdings Inc., a diversified holding company with interests in consumer products, entertainment,
financial services, biotechnology and gaming, among other fields. As Chief Administrative Officer, Mr.
Schwartz supervises all legal, financial, governmental and administrative aspects of MacAndrews &
Forbes Holdings Inc. Mr. Schwartz also serves as Chief Executive Officer of M & F Worldwide Corp.
Prior to joining MacAndrews & Forbes in 1989, Mr. Schwartz was a partner at the Philadelphia law firm
of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen. His other corporate directorships include Revlon Consumer Products
Corporation and Rev, Inc.
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FRANCES F. TOWNSEND
Director since 2010
Frances F. Townsend has been a partner at the law firm of Baker Botts L.L.P. since April 2009 where
she provides legal and strategic business advice. From January 2008 until April 2009, Ms. Townsend
provided consulting services and advice to corporate clients on business development, crisis and
contingency planning and compliance and international relations.
Prior to that, she served as Assistant to
President George W. Bush for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism and chaired the Homeland
Security Council from May 2004 until January 2008. She previously served as Deputy Assistant to the
President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism from May 2003 to May 2004.
Prior to that, Ms. Townsend served as the first Assistant Commandant for Intelligence for the U. S. Coast
Guard and spent 13 years at the U. S. Department of Justice in various senior positions.
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ERIC M. TURNER
Director since 2002
Eric M. Turner served as Senior Vice President of State Street
Corporation, a financial services company, from
1996 to 2003. Mr. Turner was the executive director of the Massachusetts
State Lottery Commission from 1992 to 1995. During his time at
the Lottery Commission, Mr. Turner was elected to positions of
Treasurer and Secretary of the North American Association of State
and Provincial Lotteries, a professional association of 46 North
American lotteries. In 1991, Mr. Turner served as Deputy Treasurer
of the Office of the State Treasurer of Massachusetts. Prior to
that time, he was employed with Drexel Burnham Lambert for approximately
7 years, last serving as Corporate Vice President, Municipal Finance
Department, from 1989 to 1990.
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