yrc worldwide inc (YRCW:NASDAQ GS)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Mr. Robert Laurence Friedman, J.D. , Bob serves as the Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer at Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. Mr. Friedman served as the Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Legal Officer at Blackstone Distressed Securities Advisors L.P. Mr. and Friedman served as a Senior Managing Director the Chief Legal Officer at The Blackstone Group LP. On joining Blackstone in February 1999, he worked primarily in The Blackstone Group, Private ... Equity Group and also participated in the work of the Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory group. He served as Vice President and Chief legal Officer of The India Fund, Inc. from January 2003 to 2005. Mr. Friedman served as Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Asia Tigers Fund Inc. since 2005. He served as the Senior Managing Director at The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group. From 1974 until the time he joined Blackstone, Mr. Friedman was a Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP for 25 years, where he was a Senior Member of that law firm's mergers and acquisitions practice. At Simpson Thacher, Mr. Friedman advised The Blackstone Group. He also served as a Senior Vice President of Business Development at StreetFusion. He has been Director of Axis Specialty Limited since December 2001 and Financial Guaranty Insurance Company since February 2009. Mr. Friedman has been an Independent Director at Axis Capital Holdings Limited since November 8th, 2001. Mr. Friedman has been a Director of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp since February 2003, TRW Automotive Inc. He has been a Director of Houghton Mifflin Company since December 2002. He serves as a Director of HM Publishing Corp. Mr. Friedman serves as a Director of Northwest Airlines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Holdings Corp. He serves as a Director of Republic Technologies International Holdings LLC, Houghton Mifflin Holdings Inc, and Crowley Data LLC. He has been Director of India Fund, Inc. since January 7, 2009 and Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. since March 25, 2011. He serves as Director of Port Arthur Finance Corp. Mr. Friedman serves as a Director of Sabine River Holding Corp., General Partner of Port Arthur Coker Company L.P. He served as Director of Premcor Inc. from July 1999 to May 2005. He served as Director of Corp Group Banking S.A. He served as a Director of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc., since 1999. He served as a Director of Northwest Airlines Corporation from May 2002 to October 2008. He served as Director of The Premcor Refining Group Inc. since July 1999 and The Corp Group. Mr. Friedman has been a Member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute for Law and Economics of the University of Pennsylvania; a Member of the Board of Visitors of Columbia College; a Trustee of the Nantucket Land Council; and a Trustee of Chess-in-the-Schools and New Alternatives for Children. He has been Director at YRC Worldwide Inc. since July 22, 2011. He received a B.A. degree from Columbia College and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

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