People: Hill International Inc (HIL.N)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Irvin Richter

68 1985 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

David Richter

46 2004 President, Chief Operating Officer, Director

John Fanelli

58 2006 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Raouf Ghali

51 2005 President - Project Management Group (International)

Frederic Samelian

65 2005 President - Construction Claims Group

Thomas Spearing

46 2009 President - Project Management Group, Americas

Ronald Emma

61 2007 Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer

Catherine Emma

53 2007 Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer

Shawn Pressley

34 2012 Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

William Dengler

46 2007 Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Felipe Gutierrez

2013 Senior Vice President, Head - Latin American Construction Claims Operations

Camille Andrews

52 2009 Independent Director

Brian Clymer

65 2006 Independent Director

William Doyle

81 2006 Independent Director

Alan Fellheimer

69 2006 Independent Director

Steven Kramer

50 2010 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Irvin Richter

Mr. Irvin E. Richter is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Hill International Inc. He has been Chairman of Board of Directors since 1985 and he has been Chief Executive Officer and a member of Board of Directors since he founded the company in 1976. Mr. Richter is a Fellow of the Construction Management Association of America (“CMAA”). He is a member of the World Presidents’ Organization. He is the author of several books including Handbook of Construction Law & Claims and International Construction Claims: Avoiding and Resolving Disputes. He serves or has served on a number of Boards of Directors, including Rutgers University, Temple University Hospital, CMAA, incNETWORKS, Inc., Energy Storage & Power and Proton Therapy, Inc. Mr. Richter holds a B.A. in government from Wesleyan University and a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law at Camden, and he has been named a Distinguished Alumnus at both schools.

David Richter

Mr. David L. Richter is President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Hill International Inc. He has been President and Chief Operating Officer since March 2004, and he has been a member of Board of Directors since 1998. Prior to his current position, he was President of Project Management Group from 2001 to 2004. Before that, Mr. Richter was Senior Vice President and General Counsel from 1999 to 2001 and Vice President and General Counsel from 1995 to 1999. Prior to joining the company, he was an attorney with the New York City law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP from 1992 to 1995. Mr. Richter is a Fellow of the CMAA. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, the Construction Industry Round Table, and the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Richter is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Southern New Jersey Development Council and served on the Board of Directors of the CMAA from 2001 to 2007. He earned his B.S. in management, his B.S.E. in civil engineering and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

John Fanelli

Mr. John Fanelli, III, is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Hill International Inc. Before that, Mr. Fanelli was Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of CDI Corp. from June 2005 until June 2006, and he was Vice President and Corporate Controller of CDI Corporation (a subsidiary of CDI Corp.) from October 2003 until June 2006. CDI Corp. is a New York Stock Exchange-traded professional services and outsourcing firm based in Philadelphia with experience in engineering, technical services and information technology. During 2003, Mr. Fanelli was a financial consultant to Berwind Corporation, an investment management company based in Philadelphia which owns a diversified portfolio of manufacturing and service businesses and real estate. Before that, Mr. Fanelli was employed for 18 years by Hunt Corporation, then a New York Stock Exchange-traded manufacturer and marketer of office products. At Hunt, he served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer from 1995 until 2003, and before that as Director of Budgeting, Financial Analysis and Control, from 1985 to 1995. Before that, Mr. Fanelli was employed with Coopers & Lybrand for eight years in various accounting and auditing positions. Mr. Fanelli earned his B.S. in accounting from LaSalle University, and he is a Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania.

Raouf Ghali

Mr. Raouf S. Ghali is President - Project Management Group (International) of Hill International Inc. He has been President of Project Management Group (International) since January 2005. He was Senior Vice President in charge of project management operations in Europe and the Middle East from June 2001 to December 2004. Mr. Ghali was a Vice President with the company from 1993 to 2001. Prior to joining the company, he worked for Walt Disney Imagineering from 1988 to 1993. Mr. Ghali earned both a B.S. in business administration and economics and an M.S. in business organizational management from the University of LaVerne.

Frederic Samelian

Mr. Frederic Z. Samelian is President - Construction Claims Group of Hill International Inc. He has been President of Construction Claims Group since January 2005. He was a Senior Vice President with the company from March 2003 until December 2004. Before that, Mr. Samelian was President of Conex International, Inc., a construction dispute resolution firm, from 2002 to 2003 and from 2000 to 2001, an Executive Director with Greyhawk North America, Inc., a construction management and consulting firm, from 2001 to 2002, and a Director with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1998 to 2000. Before that, he had worked with Hill from 1983 to August 1998. He served as Hill’s President and Chief Operating Officer from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Samelian has a B.A. in international affairs from George Washington University and an M.B.A. from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. He is a Project Management Professional certified by the Project Management Institute and he is a licensed General Building Contractor in California and Nevada. Mr. Samelian is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Thomas Spearing

Mr. Thomas J. Spearing, III, is President - Project Management Group, Americas of Hill International Inc. He has been President of Project Management Group (Americas) since April 2009. He was Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, from September 2007 to March 2009. Prior to joining Hill, Mr. Spearing worked for more than ten years with STV Group, Inc., most recently as Principal-in-Charge of its western region. Before that, Mr. Spearing was a Vice President of business development with Hill. Mr. Spearing earned his B.B.A. in computer and information science from Temple University, his B.S. in construction management and his B.S. in civil engineering from Spring Garden College, and his M.S. in management from Rosemont College. He is an active member of the American Public Transportation Association, the Women’s Transportation Seminar, the New Jersey Business & Industry Association, Trustee and Transportation Co-Chair of the Southern New Jersey Development Council, and founding Co-Chair of the PenTrans Board of Directors, among others.

Ronald Emma

Mr. Ronald F. Emma is Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Hill International Inc. Mr. Emma had been Senior Vice President of Finance from August 1999 to January 2007. Before that, he was Vice President of Finance. Mr. Emma has been with Hill since 1980. Before joining Hill, he was Assistant Controller of General Energy Resources, Inc., a mechanical contracting firm, and prior to that was a Staff Accountant with the accounting firm of Haskins & Sells. Mr. Emma has a B.S. in accounting from St. Joseph’s University and is a Certified Public Accountant in New Jersey.

Catherine Emma

Ms. Catherine H. Emma is Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Hill International Inc. Ms. Emma had been Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer from August 2005 to January 2007. Before that, she served as Vice President of Human Resources and Administration. Ms. Emma has been with Hill since 1982. She is certified by the Society for Human Resource Management as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and has held professional memberships with Tri-State Human Resources, the Society for Human Resource Management and the BNA Human Resources Personnel Policies Forum.

Shawn Pressley

Mr. Shawn L. Pressley, PSP, has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Hill International Inc. Mr. Pressley had been Vice President of Information Technology from March 2009 to May 2012. Before that, he served as Hill’s Director of Project Management Systems and Development. Mr. Pressley has been with Hill since 2001. Mr. Pressley earned his B.S. in civil engineering and his M.E. in civil engineering and engineering management from Widener University and his M.B.A. in management from LaSalle University. He is a certified Planning and Scheduling Professional.

William Dengler

Mr. William H. Dengler, Jr., is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Hill International Inc. Mr. Dengler was previously Vice President and General Counsel from January 2002 to March 2007, and Corporate Counsel from 2001 to 2002. Mr. Dengler also serves as corporate secretary to Hill and its subsidiaries. Prior to joining Hill, Mr. Dengler served as Assistant Counsel to former New Jersey Governors Donald DiFrancesco and Christine Todd Whitman from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Dengler earned his B.A. in political science from Western Maryland College and his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law at Camden. He is licensed to practice law in New Jersey, as well as before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Felipe Gutierrez

Mr. Felipe Andre Isore Gutierrez has been appointed as the Senior Vice President, Head - Latin American Construction Claims Operations of Hill International, Inc., with effect from June 5, 2013. Gutiérrez has more than 13 years of experience providing risk and management consulting services and has experience in the delivery of construction risk management and claims advisory, internal audit, corporate governance, enterprise risk management, compliance and assurance services in Brazil, Latin America, South Africa and Australia. His market sector experience includes buildings, power, oil and gas, mining and infrastructure projects. Prior to joining Hill, he was a Partner-Director with KPMG where he led their Projects Advisory consulting practice in Brazil. Gutiérrez earned his M.Sc. in economics from the University of Groningen which included graduate work in corporate governance and risk management at the Institute de Gestion des Risques of the Business Administration School of the University of Rennes. He is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds both a Certification of Internal Auditing (CIA) and a Certification of Risk Management Assurance (CRMA).

Camille Andrews

Ms. Camille S. Andrews is Independent Director of Hill International Inc., since June 2009. Since 1998, Ms. Andrews has been an Associate Dean, and since 1996 she has been a member of the faculty, of Rutgers University School of Law at Camden. Since 2007, Ms. Andrews has also served as a Managing Director of and Counsel to Context Capital Partners, a private equity firm. Between 1986 and 1996, Ms. Andrews was a Partner with the law firm of Dilworth Paxson LLP, and between 2006 and 2008, she was Of Counsel to that firm. Ms. Andrews earned a B.A. magna cum laude in rhetoric and communication from the University of Pittsburgh and a J.D. with honors from Rutgers University School of Law at Camden. She is a member of several charitable boards, including the Walnut Street Theatre, ACYO Foundation and New Jersey Child Cares. Ms. Andrews is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Brian Clymer

Mr. Brian W. Clymer is Independent Director of Hill International Inc., since June 28, 2006. Mr. Clymer is Senior Vice President of External Affairs for Prudential Financial, Inc. where he has worked since July 1997. Prior to Prudential, he served as New Jersey State Treasurer under Governor Christine Todd Whitman from 1994 to 1997. Prior to that, Mr. Clymer was President and Chief Executive Officer of Railway System Design, Inc. and Vice President of its parent company, Gannett Fleming, Inc., an engineering design firm, from 1993 to 1994. From 1989 to 1993, he served under President George H.W. Bush as Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration. Mr. Clymer has served on numerous Boards of Directors, including the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the American Public Transit Association, Security First Bank, and Motor Coach Industries International, Inc., then a New York Stock Exchange-listed designer and manufacturer of buses and coaches. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Alliance for Action, the Prudential Financial, Inc. Political Action Committee and the Independent College Fund of New Jersey. Mr. Clymer earned his B.S. in business and economics from Lehigh University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

William Doyle

Mr. William J. Doyle is Independent Director of Hill International Inc., since June 28, 2006. Mr. Doyle has been retired from full-time employment since June 1999. From 1993 to 1999, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Paolin & Sweeney, Inc., an advertising and public relations firm. Before that, he was Vice Chairman of Hill from 1985 to 1992. Mr. Doyle has served as Chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority, as Chairman of the Philadelphia Area Transportation Corp., as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Tri-State Regional Port Development Corp., and as President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization. He served on the Board of Directors of STV Group, Inc., then a Nasdaq-listed engineering, architecture and construction management firm, from 1993 to 2001. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the American Cinematheque, the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts, the American Public Transportation Association, and the CMAA.

Alan Fellheimer

Mr. Alan S. Fellheimer is Independent Director of Hill International Inc., since June 28, 2006. He has been Chairman of the Philadelphia law firm of Fellheimer & Eichen LLP since January 1998. He was Chairman of the Board of the Pennsylvania Business Bank, a state-chartered bank, from 1998, when he founded the bank, until 2008 when the bank was sold. He also served as the bank’s President and Chief Executive Officer from 1998 until 2006. From 1991 to 1998, Mr. Fellheimer was a Partner in the Philadelphia law firm of Fellheimer Eichen Braverman & Kaskey. During 1990, he was a Partner with the Philadelphia law firm of Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C. From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Fellheimer was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Equimark Corp., then a New York Stock Exchange-listed bank holding company. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Gratz College, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Pennsylvania Ballet, a member of the President’s Advisory Board of Temple University and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of the School of Social Policy & Practice of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Fellheimer is a Trustee of the Law Foundation of Temple University and a Trustee of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, AYF&AM. Mr. Fellheimer earned his A.B. in liberal arts and his J.D. summa cum laude from Temple University.

Steven Kramer

Mr. Steven M. Kramer is Independent Director of Hill International Inc. since June 2010. He is President of Synchema, LLC which he founded in 2009. Synchema is a consulting company which assists companies in various aspects of strategic planning. Prior to Synchema, Mr. Kramer was President and Chief Operating Officer of Kelstar International, which he co-founded, from 1987 until it was sold to Altana, a publicly-owned German specialty chemical and pharmaceutical company, in October 2005. Kelstar is a manufacturer of aqueous coatings, ultraviolet-curable coatings and specialty chemicals for the international printing industry. He resigned from Kelstar in 2006. From the time of his resignation from Kelstar in 2006 until his founding of Synchema in 2009, Mr. Kramer pursued a variety of business interests independently. Mr. Kramer earned his B.S. in Graphic Communications from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

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