Dr. Kurt Lauk. Europe.

Kurt J. Lauk has been working with Silver Lake as a Special Advisor since 2004. He was previously a member of the Board of Management of Daimler-Chrysler AG. During his tenure at Daimler-Chrysler, Dr. Lauk had senior management roles in, and ultimately was responsible for, the global Commercial Vehicle Division, with annual sales in excess of $30 billion. From 1992 to 1996, Dr. Lauk was CFO of Veba AG (today E.on), a large, publicly listed energy conglomerate with revenues in excess of $35 billion. In this capacity, he was part of a team streamlining the immense business portfolio of the company and served as the Management Board member with IT responsibilities. Earlier, Dr. Lauk was Vice Chairman and CFO of Audi AG (from 1989 to 1992), the publicly listed passenger car unit of Volkswagen AG, where he also headed marketing for the Audi brand and was responsible for IT. From 1984 to 1989, Dr. Lauk was CEO and President of Zinser Textilmaschinen GmbH, a medium-sized, privately held company, with worldwide distribution, specializing in the production of textile machinery. From 1978 to 1984, Dr. Lauk was a Vice President and Partner in the Munich office of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where his practice was focused on technology and manufacturing businesses. Dr. Lauk received an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Kiel. Dr. Lauk is a member of several supervisory boards, including Corus Group plc and Business Objects S.A. He also serves as a Trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. He is an Honorary Professor with a chair for International Business Strategy at the European Business School, University Reichartshausen, Germany. In 2000, Dr. Lauk was a member of the faculty of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Dr. Lauk currently serves as the Chairman of the Economic Council to the Christian Democratic Party (CDU), Berlin, an independent business organization.