James R. Thompson

JAMES R. THOMPSON was elected to serve as one of our directors effective as of the spin-off date. Since 2001, Governor Thompson has served as, and he continues to be, a director of FMC Technologies. Governor Thompson has served as the Senior Chairman of the Chicago law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP since September 2006 and as the firm’s Chairman from January 1993 to September 2006. He joined the firm in January 1991 as Chairman of the Executive Committee after serving four terms as Governor of the State of Illinois from 1977 until January 14, 1991.

Prior to his terms as Governor, he served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois from 1971 to 1975. Governor Thompson served as the Chief of the Department of Law Enforcement and Public Protection in the Office of the Attorney General of Illinois, as an Associate Professor at Northwestern University School of Law, and as an Assistant State’s Attorney of Cook County. Governor Thompson was a member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9/11 Commission).

He is a former Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Oversight Board. He is the Chairman of the United HEREIU Public Review Board and serves on the Board of Directors of Navigant Consulting Group, Inc. and Maximus, Inc.