Mr. Sillem, a director since April 1, 2005, was the Chairman of Bear Stearns International Limited, the European arm of the New York-based investment bank, from May 2000 until January 2004. Prior to joining Bear Stearns, Mr. Sillem spent a 28 year career with Lazard LLC and its predecessor entities, during five years of which he was Chief Executive of Lazard Capital Markets in London.
He also served as a managing director of Lazard Brothers London and of Lazard Frères & Co. New York. He served from 1994 to 2004 as a member of the International Capital Markets Committee of the New York Stock Exchange.
He is chairman of the World Trust Fund, a London Stock Exchange listed investment company managed by Lazard Asset Management, and a director of Mezzacappa Long/Short Fund LLC, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission registered U.S. hedge fund managed by Mezzacappa Investors, LLC.
He is a member of the Business Advisory Forum of the Said Business School of Oxford University and of the Advisory Board of Reform, a London based public policy think tank. Mr. Sillem has a M.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.
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