Alan R. Batkin

Biographical Details
Alan R. Batkin is Vice President of Kissinger Associates, Inc..

"Alan R. Batkin serves as Treasurer of PEC Israel Economic Corp. Mr. Batkin served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Orama Ltd. He served as Managing Director of Lehman Brothers Inc., from 1976 to 1990. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of PEC Israel Economic Corp. Mr. Batkin serves as Chairman of NASDAQ-100 Geared Fund Inc. He serves as Co-Chairman of International Rescue Committee. He served as Chairman of the Board of Defined Strategy Fund Inc....

"He serves as the Vice Chairman of Eton Park Capital Management, L.P., an investment firm, a position he has held since February, 2007. He served as Vice Chairman of Kissinger Associates Inc., a Geopolitical Consulting Firm that advises multi-national companies on their international business and investments from 1990 to 2007. He served as a Vice Chairman of Hasbro Inc. ...He has been a Director of Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., since 1999 and Hasbro Inc., since 1992. He has been a Director of Omnicom Group Inc. since October 16, 2008. He has been a Director of Cantel Medical Corp. since January 2004 and also serves as its Presiding Independent Director. In addition to Cantel Medical, Mr. Batkin is a Director of four other New York Stock Exchange-listed companies. He serves as Director of PhilWeb Corp. He serves as Trustee of University of Rochester. He serves on the boards of two funds within the Merrill Lynch IQ Investment Advisors Fund family. He serves as Trustee of Beth Israel Medical Center and St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. He serves as a Trustee of The Brookings Institution. Mr. Batkin serves as a Trustee of Continuum Health Partners Inc. (the parent company of Beth Israel Medical Center, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Long Island College Hospital). He served as Director of Small Cap Premium & Dividend Income Fund Inc. and Enhanced S&P 500 Covered Call Fund Inc. and S&P 500 Covered Call Fund Inc. since 2005. Mr. Batkin served as a Director of S&P 500 Geared Fund Inc. (IQ S&P 500 Arn Fund Inc.) since July 2004. He served as a Director of Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc., from July 1999 to May 20, 2008 and also served as its Lead Director. He served as a Director of Defined Strategy Fund Inc. since September 2004. He served as a Director of Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc., since 1999. He served as a Director of Infinity Broadcasting Corp. since April 1992. He served as Director of Dow 30 Premium & Dividend Income Fund Inc. since January 2005. He served as Director of PEC Israel Economic Corp. Mr. Batkin serves as a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and its Chairman's Advisory Council, the Inter-American Dialogue and the Pacific Council on International Policy. Mr. Batkin holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Rochester and a master of business administration degree from New York University."


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 * Inter-American Dialogue