Dennis Chookaszian served as Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, which advises the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), from January 2007 to December 2011. Mr. Chookaszian was formerly the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNA Financial Corporation. During his 27-year career with CNA, Mr. Chookaszian held several management positions at CNA’s business unit and corporate levels. In 1992, he was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNA Insurance Companies, and in 1999 he became Chairman of CNA’s executive committee. Mr. Chookaszian retired from CNA in 2001. He is a professor of corporate governance at the University of Chicago. Mr. Chookaszian has a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Northwestern University, a Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Chicago and a Master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics.