He earned his masters degree at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1944, and later studied insurance at Golden Gate College in San Francisco, California.

Mr. Hsu began his career with the news department of the Chinese Information Service, New York, in 1944. He returned to Shanghai two years later to work on the Chinese edition of The Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury. In 1947 he joined the staff of Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank, where he remained until 1949.

He then transferred to Hong Kong and in 1950, joined the American International Companies. From 1951 to 1964 Mr. Hsu was in San Francisco, first with the marine claims department of American International Marine Agency, Inc. and later with the underwriting department of American International Underwriters, Inc.

In 1964, Mr. Hsu joined C.V. Starr & Co. as assistant to the late Cornelius Vander Starr, then Chairman of the Board. He also was elected Director and Executive Vice President of The Starr Foundation. In 1969 he was named President of the Starr Foundation and served in that capacity until March 1999.

Mr. Roberts was born in Montreal, Canada. During World War II, he served in the United States Army in the Philippines and Japan. In 1947, he graduated from Princeton University, married Nancy Lee Rhodes of Baltimore, an artist and a writer, and joined American International Underwriters (AIU), which subsequently became a subsidiary of AIG as the overseas arm for general insurance.

Over the next 12 years, he held various senior executive positions in Europe and the Middle East, and returned to the US in 1959 as the Director of Operations for Europe. In 1967, he was elected to the Board of Directors of AIG, became President of AIU from 1969 to 1975, and Chairman & CEO until 1989. Until 1997, Mr. Roberts was AIG Vice Chairman of External Affairs, supervising the company's operations in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the territory of the former Soviet Union.

In addition to his vast international corporate experience, Mr. Roberts has been active in a number of academic and international organizations. He is a former Chairman of the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU), the Corporate Council for the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the International Insurance Advisory Council, the Polish-U.S. Economic Council, the Hungarian-U.S. Business Council, the Romanian-U.S. Business Council and the Bulgarian-U.S. Trade and Economic Council, and former member of the U.S.-Russia Business Council and the Bretton Woods Committee.

He is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Chairman of the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), Director of the EastWest Institute (EWI), a member of the USCC Europe/Eurasia Business Council incorporating the U.S. Business Councils of Bulgaria, Czech/Slovak, Hungary, Poland, and Romania and a Trustee of the Juilliard School, Trinity University of San Antonio, Washington College, the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the San Antonio Museum of Art, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of International Business and Management of Dickinson College.

Mr. Matthews received an AB degree from Princeton University in 1953 and an MBA degree from Harvard University in 1957. Upon graduation from Harvard he joined the investment banking firm of Morgan Stanley & Co. where he became a partner of Morgan Stanley in 1967 and a Managing Director upon that firm's incorporation in 1970. In 1973 he left Morgan Stanley and joined American International Group as Vice President - Finance and Director and retired as Senior Vice Chairman - Investments and Financial Services at the end of 2002. From 1973 Mr. Matthews has also served as an officer and director of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. and Starr International Company.

Mr. Matthews also serves as Vice Chairman of Princeton Health Care System and is a Trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Princeton Day School. He is a Trustee Emeritus of Princeton University where he served from 1998 to 2002 as Chairman of Princeton Investment Company, manager of Princeton University's $12 billion endowment. He is also Trustee Emeritus of Mc Carter Theatre Company, a leading regional performing arts center where he served as President of the Board of Trustees from 1981 to 1988.

When he was just 26 years old, Cornelius Vander Starr took a clerkship with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in Yokohama, Japan. Among his major assets at the time were the job and a strong sense of his own worth. The latter proved too much for the former. His boss, who did not share Starr’s notions of human dignity, would buzz for the young clerk when he wanted to see him. Considering how small an office it was, Starr felt that buzzing was a cold, imperious and impersonal act. So he asked his boss to please not buzz him, or he would have to leave his employ. The boss, unimpressed, buzzed; Starr, unintimidated, quit...

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Mr. Greenberg served in the U. S. Army in Europe during World War II and in the Korean conflict, rising to the rank of Captain. He is a recipient of the Bronze Star.

Mr. Greenberg is former Chairman of The Asia Society. He is the founding Chairman of the U.S.-Philippine Business Committee and Vice Chairman of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council. Mr. Greenberg is Honorary Vice Chairman and Director of the Council on Foreign Relations, former Chairman of U.S. - Korea Business Council and current member, a member of the U.S. - China Business Council, and The Business Council. Mr. Greenberg served on the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange, the President's Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations and The Business Roundtable. He is the past Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

As Chairman of The Starr Foundation, Mr. Greenberg oversees the disbursement of major financial support to academic, medical, cultural, and public policy institutions.

Mr. Greenberg is married and has four children.

Ms. Davis is a trustee of New York University and New York University School of Law and a director of The International Rescue Committee, and the Eisenhower Fellowships. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Davis was a member of Mayor Bloomberg’s Committee on Economic Opportunity and co-chaired the subcommittees on health and housing.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Lawrence worked in the field of international cultural exchange for over 20 years. From 1992 to 2003, she was Director of Performing Arts at The Japan Society in New York City where she curated and produced the Society's annual season of performances that appeared in New York City and toured across the United States. She also developed exchanges and commissioning programs for American artists to create new work related to Japan and fostered numerous collaborations between Japanese and American artists and institutions. From 1976 to 1991, she worked in the Performing Arts Department of The Asia Society. She has been an active consultant, author and lecturer on Japanese and Asian performing arts.

A graduate of Barnard College, Ms. Lawrence also holds as M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University and taught at the secondary level for five years.

Between 1994 and 1997, Ms. O’Malley lived in Chicago and was the director of strategic planning and development for the Family Resource Coalition, a national technical assistance, advocacy and membership organization for family support programs. Upon her return to New York City, Ms. O’Malley served for five years as Deputy Director of The Picower Foundation, a family philanthropy that funds educational programs and scientific research in New York City and Palm Beach County, Florida. Additionally, Ms. O’Malley has provided consulting services on child welfare issues, family and children's services, and philanthropy for a variety of clients including Northwestern University's Children and Family Justice Center, Seedco, and the Hasbro Children's Foundation.

Ms. Livingston is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Previously, Mr. Smith was Chief Financial Officer of American International Group, Inc. where he was responsible for AIG's Treasury, Investor Relations, Credit & Market Risk Management functions, in addition to the Comptroller's Department.

Prior to joining AIG, he spent 19 years with Coopers & Lybrand and was the Partner in charge of the Firm's New York Office insurance practice.

Mr. Smith earned his B.B.A. degree in accounting from the City College of New York in 1965. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York Society of Certified Public Accountants and was one of the North American representatives on the Insurance Working Group of the International Accounting Standards Board.

Mr. Smith is a member of the Advisory Council of the Weissman Center for International Business of Baruch College.