People: DENTSPLY International Inc (XRAY.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Bret Wise

52 2009 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Christopher Clark

51 2013 President, Chief Financial Officer

James Mosch

55 2013 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President

Robert Size

54 2007 Senior Vice President

Albert Sterkenburg

49 2009 Senior Vice President

Deborah Rasin

46 2011 Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

William Hecht

69 2007 Lead Independent Director

Michael Alfano

64 2001 Independent Director

Eric Brandt

50 2004 Independent Director

Paula Cholmondeley

66 2001 Independent Director

Michael Coleman

68 1993 Independent Director

Willie Deese

57 2011 Independent Director

Leslie Jones

72 1998 Independent Director

Francis Lunger

66 2005 Independent Director

John Miclot

53 2009 Independent Director

John Miles

70 2005 Independent Director

Derek Leckow

VP, Investor Relations

Biographies

Name Description

Bret Wise

Mr. Bret W. Wise is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Dentsply International Inc. He also served as President in 2007 and 2008. Prior to that time, Mr. Wise served as President and Chief Operating Officer in 2006, as Executive Vice President in 2005 and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from December 2002 through December 2004. Prior to that time, Mr. Wise was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with Ferro Corporation of Cleveland, OH (1999 – 2002), Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at WCI Steel, Inc., of Warren, OH, (1994 – 1999) and prior to that was a partner with KPMG LLP. Mr. Wise is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Wise serves on the boards of the Dental Lifeline Network and the Dental Trade Alliance, and served on the Board of IMS Health until February 26, 2010, when the company was sold. He joined the DENTSPLY Board of Directors in August 2006 and was named Chairman of the Board in January 2007.

Christopher Clark

Mr. Christopher T. Clark is President, Chief Financial Officer of Dentsply International Inc. He has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Dentsply International Inc., effective April 8, 2013. He joined the Company in September 1992, and has served as Chief Operating Officer since January 2007 and President since January 2009. Previously, Mr. Clark served as Executive Vice President (2007 and 2008), Senior Vice President (2003-2005), Vice President and General Manager of the Company's global imaging business (1999-2002), Vice President and General Manager of the Prosthetics Division (1996-1999), and Director of Marketing of the Company's Prosthetics Division (1992-1996). Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Clark held various brand management positions with Procter & Gamble.

James Mosch

Mr. James G. Mosch is Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Dentsply International Inc. He has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Dentsply International Inc., effective April 8, 2013. He joined the Company in July 1994, and has served as Executive Vice President since January 2009. Previously, Mr. Mosch served as Senior Vice President (2003-2009) and Vice President and General Manager of the Company's Professional division (1994-2003). Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Mosch served in general management and marketing positions with Baxter International and American Hospital Supply Corporation.

Robert Size

Mr. Robert J. Size is Senior Vice President of Dentsply International Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Size served as a Vice President (2006) and as Vice President and General Manager of DENTSPLY’s Caulk division beginning June 2003 through December 31, 2005. Prior to that time, he was the Chief Executive Officer and President of Superior MicroPowders and held various cross-functional and international leadership positions with The Cookson Group.

Albert Sterkenburg

Dr. Albert J. Sterkenburg, D.D.S., is Senior Vice President of Dentsply International Inc. Prior to that, Dr. Sterkenburg served as Vice President (2006 - 2009), Vice President and General Manager of the DeguDent division (2003 - 2006) and Vice President and General Manager of the VDW division beginning in 2000. Prior to that time, he served in marketing and general management roles at Johnson & Johnson.

Deborah Rasin

Ms. Deborah M. Rasin is Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Dentsply International Inc. Prior to that, she served since 2006 as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Samsonite Corporation, where she oversaw all legal, compliance and corporate governance matters of a Delaware-incorporated global consumer goods company. Prior to joining Samsonite, Ms. Rasin served as a senior corporate attorney at General Motors Corporation, and as an associate at various international law firms. Ms. Rasin received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1992.

William Hecht

Mr. William F. Hecht is Lead Independent Director of Dentsply International Inc. Mr. Hecht retired as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PPL Corporation, a diversified utility and energy services company, on October 1, 2006. He was elected President and Chief Operating Officer in 1991 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1993. In addition to PPL Corporation, he served on the Boards of PPL Electric Utilities Corporation and PPL Energy Supply, LLC, subsidiaries of PPL Corporation. Mr. Hecht also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia through December 31, 2009. He served as a director of RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., through August 2010. He also serves as a trustee emeritus of Lehigh University and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Lehigh Valley Health Network. Mr. Hecht was appointed to the DENTSPLY Board of Directors in March 2001.

Michael Alfano

Dr. Michael C. Alfano, Ph.D., D.M.D., is Independent Director of Dentsply International Inc since February 2001. Dr. Alfano is Executive Vice President at New York University (“NYU”) where he is responsible for Finance, Budget, Endowment, Real Estate, Facilities, Information Technology, Treasury and Human Resources. He is also Professor of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology at the NYU College of Dentistry since 1998, where he served as Dean until 2006. Beginning in 1982 until 1998 he held a number of positions with Block Drug Company, including Senior Vice President for Research & Technology and President of Block Professional Dental Products Company. He served on the Board of Directors of Block Drug Company, Inc. from1988 to 1998. He serves as a member of, or consultant to, various public health organizations, including the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Dentistry since 1987, the Consumer Healthcare Product Association and as the industry representative to the Non-Prescription Drugs Advisory Committee of the FDA from 2001 to 2005. He is a founding director of the Friends of the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, and he is a founding director of the not-for-profit Santa Fe Group. He was also a Trustee of the New York State Dental Foundation until 2006. In 2010, Dr. Alfano became a director of the not-for-profit Delta Dental of New York and of the YMCA of Greater New York.

Eric Brandt

Mr. Eric K. Brandt is Independent Director of Dentsply International Inc., since November 2004. Mr. Brandt serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom Corporation, a Fortune 500 high-tech company, which he joined in March 2007. From September 2005 until March 2007, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Avanir Pharmaceuticals. Beginning in 1999, he held various positions at Allergan, Inc., including Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until 2001, President of Consumer Eye Care from 2001 to 2002, and in 2005, until his departure, Executive Vice President of Finance and Technical Operations and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Allergan, he was Vice President and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (“BCG”), and a senior member of the BCG Health Care and Operations practices. Mr. Brandt served as a director of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2002 – 2009 and as a director of Avanir Pharmaceuticals from 2005 – 2007. He serves on the Board of Directors for LAM Research Corporation.

Paula Cholmondeley

Ms. Paula H.J. Cholmondeley is Independent Director of Dentsply International Inc., since September 2001. Ms. Cholmondeley served as a private consultant on Strategic Planning from 2004 to 2009. She served as the Vice President and General Manager of Specialty Products for Sappi Fine Paper, a subsidiary of Sappi Limited from April 2000 until January 2004, and prior to that from January 1998 until April 2000, she was a private consultant on Strategic Planning and Mergers and Acquisitions. From 1992 until January 1998, Ms. Cholmondeley held various management positions with Owens Corning, including General Manager of Residential Insulation. Ms. Cholmondeley served as a White House Fellow and a Special Assistant to the U.S. Trade Representative for several countries in the Far East from 1982 to 1983. She has also held a number of significant positions with other companies including managerial positions with Westinghouse Elevator Company, and as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President for Blue Cross of Greater Philadelphia. She is a former Certified Public Accountant. Ms. Cholmondeley is an independent trustee of Nationwide Mutual Fund. She also serves on the Boards of Terex Corporation, Albany International, and Minerals Technologies, Inc. Ms. Cholmondeley served on the Board of Ultralife Batteries from June 2004 until June 2010.

Michael Coleman

Mr. Michael J. Coleman is Independent Director of Dentsply International Inc. Mr. Coleman is the Chairman of the Board of Cool Media Company and a former partner in CS&W Associates Media Management, both based in Cocoa Beach, Florida. He served as Chairman of Cape Publications in Melbourne, Florida until retiring from that position on January 1, 2007. He previously served as Publisher of FLORIDA TODAY and President of the Gannett Co., Inc., South Newspaper Group from 1991 to April 2006. He serves as a director of Ron Jon Surf Shops Worldwide and Florida Bank of Commerce, Orlando, Florida, and as a Trustee of the Freedom Forum and its Diversity Institute and its Newseum, all based in Washington, D.C. Mr. Coleman has served as a director of the Company since the Merger, and prior thereto as a director of Gendex.

Willie Deese

Mr. Willie A. Deese is Independent Director of Dentsply International Inc since February 2011. Mr. Deese has served as Executive Vice President at Merck & Co., Inc., since 2008 and President of the Merck Manufacturing Division since 2005. Mr. Deese originally joined Merck in 2004 as the company’s Senior Vice President of Global Procurement. Previously, Mr. Deese served as Senior Vice President of Global Procurement and Logistics at GlaxoSmithKline and as Vice President of Purchasing, at Kaiser Permanente.

Leslie Jones

Mr. Leslie A. Jones is Independent Director of Dentsply International Inc. Mr. Jones served as Chairman of the Board of the Company from May 1996 to May 1998. From January 1991 to January 1992, he was a Senior Vice President and Special Assistant to the President of DENTSPLY. Prior to that time, Mr. Jones served as Senior Vice President of North American Operations. Mr. Jones has served as a director of the Company since the merger of Dentsply International Inc., (“Old Dentsply”) with Gendex Corporation (“Gendex”) on June 11, 1993 (the “Merger”), and prior to the Merger served as a director of Old Dentsply.

Francis Lunger

Mr. Francis J. Lunger is Independent Director of Dentsply International Inc., since May 2005. Mr. Lunger served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Millipore Corporation from 2001 until March 2005. Mr. Lunger joined Millipore in 1997 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and held several executive management positions, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2000 until 2001. Prior to joining Millipore, Mr. Lunger held executive management positions at Oak Industries, Inc., Nashua Corporation, and Raychem Corporation. From June 2007 through July 2010, Mr. Lunger served as a director of NDS Surgical Imaging. Since July 2009, Mr. Lunger has been an Operating Partner with Linden LLC.

John Miclot

Mr. John L. Miclot is Independent Director of Dentsply International Inc. Mr. Miclot is currently the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Tengion Inc., a public company focused on organ regeneration. Prior to Tengion, he was an Executive-in-Residence at Warburg Pincus from March 2010 to March 2011. From November 2008 through March 2010, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CCS Medical Inc., a provider of products and services for patients with chronic diseases. Prior to joining CCS Medical, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Respironics, Inc., from 2003 until November 2008. Mr. Miclot served in various positions at Respironics, Inc. from 1998 to 2003, including Chief Strategic Officer and President of the Homecare Division. Previously, Mr. Miclot served as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Healthdyne Technologies, Inc., from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Miclot is a director of Wright Medical and serves as Chairman of the Board of Breathe Technologies, as well as a director of the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium and Burger King Cancer Caring Center.

John Miles

Mr. John C. Miles, II, is Independent Director of Dentsply International Inc. Mr. Miles served as Chairman of the Board from May 1998 until May 2005, and remains a director of the Company. In January 2004, he retired from his position as Chief Executive Officer, a position which he held since January 1, 1996. Mr. Miles served as Vice Chairman of the Board from January 1, 1997 until becoming Chairman of the Board in May 1998. Prior to January 1, 1996, he had been President and Chief Operating Officer since the Merger, and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Old Dentsply prior to the Merger. Mr. Miles has been a director of the Company since the Merger and was a director of Old Dentsply commencing January 1990.

Derek Leckow

Basic Compensation

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Bret Wise

359,236 4,194,670

Christopher Clark

69,000 1,347,860

James Mosch

27,000 528,644

Robert Size

10,000 206,525

Albert Sterkenburg

2,300 44,360

Deborah Rasin

0 0

William Hecht

0 0

Michael Alfano

0 0

Eric Brandt

0 0

Paula Cholmondeley

0 0

Michael Coleman

0 0

Willie Deese

0 0

Leslie Jones

0 0

Francis Lunger

0 0

John Miclot

0 0

John Miles

1,326,700 28,646,458

Derek Leckow

0 0
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