Mr. Alan S. Bernikow

Biography

    Mr. Alan S. Bernikow is an Independent Director of the Company. He has been a Director of the Company and of Products Corporation since September 2003 and serves as Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee and as Chairman of the Company’s Compensation Committee. From 1998 until his retirement in May 2003, Mr. Bernikow served as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”). Prior to that, Mr. Bernikow held various senior executive positions at D&T and its predecessor, Touche Ross, which he joined in 1977. Prior to that, Mr. Bernikow was the National Administrative Partner in Charge for the accounting firm, J.K. Lasser & Company, which he joined in 1966. Mr. Bernikow also serves as Lead Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and member of the Nominating and Governance Committee and Compensation Committee of FCB Financial Holdings, Inc. (“FCB Financial”); and as Lead Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and member of the Board of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (“Mack-Cali”); each of which is a public reporting company. Additionally, from 2003 to March 2017 Mr. Bernikow served as a Director and as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Destination XL Group, Inc. Mr. Bernikow is also a director or trustee and serves as Chairman of the audit committees of certain funds the “UBS Funds”) for which UBS Global Asset Management (US) Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS AG, or one of its affiliates (“UBS”) serves as investment advisor, sub-advisor or manager. During the past 5 years, Mr. Bernikow has served on the boards of directors of the following public reporting companies: Revlon, Inc. (2003 – present); Revlon Consumer Products Corporation (2003 – present); Destination XL Group, Inc. (2003 – March 2017); Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (2004 – present); UBS Funds (2005 – present); and FCB Financial Holdings, Inc. (2010 – present) (which became a publicly-traded company in July 2014).

Research Interest

 Clinical Pediatric