Yves-Andre Istel graduated in economics from Princeton University and has had an extensive carrier in investment banking. He was Managing Director and a member of the board of Lehman Brothers from 1977 to 1983; Co-Chairman of First Boston International from 1984 to 1988; Chairman of Wasserstein Perella & Co International from 1988 to 1992; and Vice Chairman of Rothschild Inc. from 1993 to 2002. He is currently Senior Advisor to Rothschild Inc and a member of its Investment Banking Committee. He is a director of the following: Compagnie Financière Richemont SA and a member of its Audit Committee, its Nominations Committee and its Compensation Committee; Imperial Sugar Company, and a member of its Audit Committee and Chairman of its Nominating & Governance Committee; Tiedemann Trust Company, and a member of its Investment Committee and its Trust & Investment Committee; and Analog Devices, Inc., and a member of its Nominating & Governance Committee. He is a member of the advisory board of Healthpoint Partners LLC.

In addition, he is Chairman of the following: the Advisory Board of the Remarque Institute, New York University; the Center for French Civilization and Culture, New York University; The European Institute; and Fondation Saint-John Perse. He is also a member of the board of: French-American Foundation; NYU’s Board of Overseers; Action Against Hunger, USA; and the Advisory Council in the Department of French and Italian, at Princeton University. He is a member of the following: the Council on Foreign Relations; The Economic Club of New York; and The Bretton Woods Committee. He is a Trustee of The French American Cultural Exchange.

Mr. Istel was awarded the “Officier des Arts et de Lettres” and “Officier de la Légion d’Honneur.”