Vincent Pagano, Jr.

Biography

 Director since April 2013. Chairman of the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Executive and Audit Committees. Mr. Pagano was a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP until his retirement at the end of 2012. He was the head of the firm’s capital markets practice from 1999 to 2012 and, before that, administrative partner of the firm from 1996 to 1999. He was a member of the firm’s executive committee during substantially all of the 1996–2012 period. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC, the general partner of Cheniere Energy Partners, and Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. In addition, Mr. Pagano serves on the Engineering Advisory Council of Lehigh University.

Research Interest

 Nominating/Corporate Governance