Mr. Treat is Vice President of Booz-Allen & Hamilton and a lead partner in the firm's Energy and Chemical Practice. He has been involved in a variety of strategic assignments for the top petrochemical companies around the world including: development of an e*strategy for a major international petrochemical company, development of international market entry strategies for two major North American oil companies, war games for a number of multinational companies on future strategies in Asia/Pacific, evaluation and restructuring of a major enterprise in Mexico, establishment of a major new subsidiary for the largest company in Venezuela, reorganization of a large company in the Middle East, restructuring of the strategic portfolio of one of the largest petrochemical companies in Italy.

Prior to Booz-Allen, Mr. Treat served as President of Regent International, a venture capital company. During 1985-87, he served as Executive Publisher of Petroleum Intelligence Weekly, and from 1984-85, he was a partner in the investment-banking firm of Bear, Stearns and Company.

As president of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) from 1982-84, he led the Exchange to international prominence. He also strengthened the Exchange's market surveillance program and financial control systems.
Prior to NYMEX, Mr. Treat was responsible for international energy and strategic materials policy in the White House as a member of the National Security Council Staff under Presidents Carter and Reagan. He also served in a variety of senior posts in the U.S. Department of Energy, including appointment as Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs.

Mr. Treat is a frequent speaker in international conferences and is widely quoted in general business publications such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Business Week and Fortune, as well as specialized trade publications. He has also appeared frequently on radio and television broadcasts, including the major networks, CNN and PBS. Mr. Treat is the author/editor of several books, including 'Energy Futures: Trading Opportunities for the 1990s', and the recently released 'Dinosaurs Can Fly: Creating A High Performance International Petroleum Company'. He is listed in Who's Who in America and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a former trustee of the World Affairs Council of Northern California, the San Francisco Committee on Foreign Relations and the International Association for Energy Economics. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the American University in Cairo.

Mr. Treat received his BA degree in international economics from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School and an MA degree, also in international economics, from Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.


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Norman Wong

Norman Wong is currently Managing Director for Eastman's Greater China located in Hong Kong responsible for all of Eastman's sales and investment activities in Greater China, and Director of New Business Development for Eastman in Asia Pacific responsible for exploring new business opportunities outside the traditional "product-based" businesses of Eastman's. Prior to returning to Hong Kong in December 1999, Norman Wong spent 7 months as Staff Assistant to Executive Vice President in the Headquarters of Eastman Chemical Company at Kingsport, Tennessee. He joined Eastman in 1996 as Business Development Director, Greater China, after spending 15 years with the Dow Chemical Company in Canada, Japan and Hong Kong.

Norman Wong has a thorough understanding of the chemical industry's technical and management functions, having worked as a process computer engineer in Canada and as a business analyst and planning manager in Japan and Hong Kong. He has also been engaged in business development activities in China and Asia Pacific for over 15 years.

He received bachelor's and master's degrees in biochemistry and a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He also received a master's of business administration degree in strategic marketing from the University of Hull.

He was a member of the Rotary Club of Kingspark Hong Kong and Chartered Institute of Marketing of UK.



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Michael Eckstut

Michael Eckstut was Senior Vice President of Business Development at ChemConnect, a leading chemical on-line exchange based in San Francisco. He drove the development of strategic partnerships and alliances of ChemConnect.

Mr. Eckstut has a broad range of business, technical, marketing, organizational, and operational experience across all segments of the chemical industry, most recently as head of the chemicals practice at A.T. Kearney, Inc. He developed numerous business strategies for companies working in olefins and polymeric composites, as well as supply chain strategies for specialty and commodity companies, aiding in the post-acquisition integration of global chemical companies. He also devised a successful turnaround action plan for a leading Japanese chemicals and plastics producer.

Previously, Mr. Eckstut spent 14 years with Booz-Allen & Hamilton, the last eight as Vice President, Head of Chemicals/Pharmaceuticals Practice, and a member of Booz-Allen's Board of Directors.

Mr. Eckstut received his BA and MS in chemical engineering from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, and he graduated as a Baker Scholar from the MBA program at Harvard University.



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Chao-Chyan (C.C.) Pai

C.C. recently retired from Dow Chemical after 26 years of service. He was the Purchasing Director responsible for Dow Chemical's global raw materials and energy sourcing, the world-wide business director managing Dow Chemical's Specialty Coatings and Water Soluble Polymers Business and was actively involved in mergers and acquisitions activities for eight years during Dow Chemical's restructuring period starting 1985. In addition, C.C. represented Dow Chemical as a board member for Meriden Corporation, a company engaging in consortium purchasing.

C.C. received his MBA from the University of Houston in 1979 and MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington in 1975. He graduated from the National Taiwan University in 1971 with a B.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering.


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Dr. David Mueller

Dr. Mueller has been with Chevron Corporation for 27 years, the last 5 as Managing Director and General Manager of Asia Pacific for Chevron Chemical, based in Singapore. He has broad general management experience in multinational operations, grassroots investment, company formations, licensing, joint ventures, technology commercialization, restructurings and divestitures.

As General Manager of Oronite, a division of Chevron Chemical, and the lead director for Oronite's Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Korean, and Australian operating units, Dr. Mueller was responsible for management of its US$200 million world scale facilities. During his tenure, Oronite doubled its market share to become a market leader in the Asia Pacific Region.

As General Manager of International Business Development of Chevron Chemical, Dr. Mueller managed a team responsible for development of Saudi Chevron Petrochemical, a $600 million, project-financed joint venture with the Saudi Venture Capital Group, and evaluated projects in the Former Soviet Union, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Mexico, Australia and Japan.

Dr. Mueller received a Ph.D. degree in Organometallic Chemistry from MIT and a B.S. in Chemistry from Northwestern University (Phi Beta Kappa). He also completed Senior Executive Program at London Business School.


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Dr. William Overholt

Dr. Overholt is director of Asian Policy of the RAND Coporation; former Executive Director of Nomura Security International.

Before joining Nomura, Dr. Overholt was Managing Director at Bank Boston's regional headquarters in Singapore. Prior to that, he worked at Bankers Trust for 18 years, managing a country risk team in New York from 1980 to 1984 and then serving as regional strategist and Asia research head based in Hong Kong from 1985 to early 1998. From 1971 to 1979 Dr. Overholt worked at the Hudson Institute, where he directed planning studies for the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of State, National Security Council, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Council on International Economic Policy. He became Director of Hudson Research Services, which provided strategic planning services to corporations.

Dr. Overholt is the author of five books, including most recently 'The Rise of China' (W.W. Norton, 1993, and nine foreign editions), which won the prestigious Mainichi News/Asian Affairs Research Center Special Book Prize. The others are 'Political Risk' (Euromoney, 1982), and (with William Ascher) 'Strategic Planning and Forecasting' (John Wiley, 1983). He is principal co-author of: 'Asia's Nuclear Future' (Westview Press, 1976) and 'The Future of Brazil' (Westview Press, 1978). With Zbigniew Brzezinski, he founded the semi-annual 'Global Assessment' in 1976 and edited it until 1988.

Dr. Overholt serves on the Executive Committee of the Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong and was a Governor of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong for six years. He serves on advisory boards for Harvard University's Asia Center; the Hang Lung Center for Organizational Research at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; and ChinaVest Ltd.

He has been a consultant on strategic planning and foreign affairs to the Conference Board, the U.S. Army Strategic Studies Institute, the Foreign Service Institute, Dean Witter Reynolds, A.G. Becker, and numerous corporations. He has served as political advisor to several of Asia's major political figures and has done consulting projects for the Korea Development Institute, Korea's National Defense College, the Philippine Ministry of Agrarian Reform, and Thailand's Ministry of Universities.

Dr. Overholt received his B.A. (magna) from Harvard and his Master of Philosophy and Ph.D. from Yale.


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Robert Tufts

Mr. Tufts is a partner of Tufts Stephenson and Kasper, LLP. He specialized in general corporation presentation, with particular specialties in Silicon Valley startups and emerging business and financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate taxation. Mr. Tufts is a member of California and New York Bars, Certified Tax Specialist in corporate taxation, and the State of California Board of Legal Specialization.

Mr. Tufts has served and is serving as directors and/or officers in various corporations. He currently serves as a Governor and Secretary of the San Francisco Symphony and a director of the Friends of the Bancroft Library (University of California, Berkeley). He was the Chair of San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, Trustee of the San Francisco Art Institute, and President of the Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association.

Mr. Tufts has written (and lectured) extensively on corporation matters and corporate taxation, and has published works include 'Drafting Agreements for the Sale of California Businesses', 'The Taxable Merger', and 'Transfer of a Corporate Business to Another Corporation: Taxable Sale and Purchase of Stocks or Assets'.

Mr. Tufts received B.A. from New York University and J.D. from Harvard Law School

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Bruce Gilliat

Mr. Gilliat is President and CEO of Amazon.com's Alexa subsidiary, leading the company's overall strategic development, sales, marketing, and business development efforts.

Mr. Gilliat has a recognized background in sales and marketing in the networking and information services industries. He was vice president of sales and marketing at WAIS Inc., increasing revenues 400% in one year prior to the company's purchase by America Online in 1995. From 1985 to 1994, he was vice president of sales and marketing at Fibronics International, a fiber optic distribution and FDDI manufacturer with $60 million in annual sales. Prior to Fibronics, he was in marketing and technical support with AT&T.Mr.

Gilliat holds a B.S. in Information Science from Golden Gate University and has completed studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and UC Berkeley. He is a sought-after industry commentator and has been featured in top media sources including the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and PC World.



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Brewster Kahle

Mr. Kahle is President of the Internet Archive Organization. He was formerly CEO of Amazon.com's Alexa subsidiary in San Francisco, California. He co-founded Alexa Internet with Bruce Gilliat in April 1996 and sold it to Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) in June 1999.

Prior to that, Kahle invented WAIS (Wide Area Information Server) and in 1989 founded WAIS Inc., a pioneering electronic publishing company responsible for putting Dow Jones, the New York Times, Encyclopaedia Britannica and other companies on the Internet. He sold WAIS to America Online in 1995.

Earlier in his career, Kahle helped start Thinking Machines, a parallel supercomputer maker in 1983. There he served as lead engineer and scientist and architected a system used for mining large text collections.

Brewster Kahle earned a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is profiled in Digerati: Encounters with the Cyber Elite (HardWired, 1996). He was selected as a member of the Upside 100 in 1997, MicroTimes 100 for 1996, 1997 and 1998, and Computer Week 100 in 1995 and has been extensively profiled in the media. Kahle has spoken at numerous industry conferences including keynote addresses for Internet World and Online World.


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Dr. Bernard Munk

Dr. Munk is the Principal of Munk Advisory Services, an investment advisory service for professional investment managers and private investors and a Senior Fellow at The Wharton School. Dr. Munk founded and operated six different companies in international and domestic business active in Europe, the Far East, Central and South America and Africa. The companies include: Penndel Energy, Bemico Corporation, Protimex Corporation, Western Hemisphere Industries, etc.

Dr. Munk's previous experiences include serving as the Chief Economist at Bowman Capital Management, Visiting Professor of Board Of Governors, Federal Reserve System, and a Fellow at The Brookings Institute. In 1991, he joined the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania as Adjunct Professor of Management and Senior Fellow in the SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management. At Wharton, he created the Geopolitics course now offered as part of the new Wharton curriculum and at the Wharton Executive MBA program.

Mr. Munk received his PhD (Economic); M.A. (Economics); and BA (History) from the University of Chicago.
 

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Andrew Boccone

Mr. Boccone is a world famous expert in the specialty and fine chemical field.

He is currently a partner with Chemical Advisory Partners (CAP), a unique consultancy focused exclusively on providing advice to senior executives on the issues and challenges confronting the global chemical industry.

Before CAP, Mr. Boccone is the President of the Kline & Company, a leading international business research firm. In his 27 years with the firm he developed growth strategies and provided business solutions for senior management of the firm's multinational specialty chemical and fine chemical clients.

He is a member of the Board of Directors and past President of the Soci¨|t¨| de Chimie Industrielle-American Section; past President of the Commercial Development and Marketing Association; and a member of the Board of Directors of the Joseph Priestley Society of the Chemical Heritage Foundation. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of United-Guardian, a publicly traded manufacturer of performance chemicals for the health and personal care industries, and he is a member of the Advisory Board of Inmat, Inc., a leading supplier of aqueous-based nanocomposite barrier coatings.

He has been a frequent contributor to industry journals, The Wall Street Journal, and has lectured at various business schools in the United States. In addition, Mr. Boccone has presented papers on the opportunities, trends, and critical success factors in the specialty and fine chemical industries at numerous business forums in the United States, Europe, Mexico, Japan and Singapore.

Mr. Boccone holds an undergraduate degree in chemistry from Hofstra University and an MBA from Seton Hall University.


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