People: Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU)

Mark B. Grier was elected as a Director of Prudential Financial, Inc., effective January 1, 2008. He is Vice Chairman, and together with the Chief Executive Officer, a member of Prudential Financial’s Office of the Chairman providing strategic leadership to the enterprise. From April 2007 through January 18, 2008 he served as Vice Chairman responsible for the International Insurance and Investments and the Global Marketing and Communications divisions. He was initially elected a Vice Chairman of Prudential Financial in August 2002 and served as Executive Vice President from December 2000 to August 2002. He was elected Chief Financial Officer of Prudential Insurance in May 1995. Since May 1995 he has variously served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Governance, Executive Vice President, Financial Management, and Vice Chairman, Financial Management. He is a member of the Board of Managers of Wachovia Securities Financial Holdings, LLC, a joint venture formed in July 2003 as part of the combination of the retail brokerage and securities clearing businesses of Prudential Securities and Wachovia Securities. Prior to joining Prudential, Mr. Grier was an executive with Chase Manhattan Corporation.