Stanley L. Greanias became a Director of the Company in March, 2010 and was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer on May 27, 2010. Mr. Greanias has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Greek American Restaurant Cooperative since 2009. From 2005 to 2007, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Grecian Delight Foods, Inc. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Greanias was the Vice President of Sara Lee Corporation and the Chief Executive Officer of Sara Lee Coffee and Tea, North America. From 1990 to 1999, he was Group President of Sara Lee Coffee and Tea, North America and from 1985 to 1990, the President and CEO of Superior Coffee. From 1992 to 1993, Mr. Greanias served as the chairman of the National Coffee Association.
Scott P. Dickey became a Director of the Company in June 2009. Mr. Dickey brought a 20-year career of managing high-profile global businesses to Falconhead Capital, LLC in 2008. Scott was previously the President of Transworld Media, a former division of Time Warner, where he led the growth and multimedia expansion of the world’s leading action sports media company, with brands including Transworld SKATEboarding, Transworld SNOWboarding, Transworld SURF, and Transworld Motocross. He was recruited to Transworld from K2 Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of premier branded sporting goods equipment (NYSE: KTO), where for five years he was President of its $45 million K2 Licensed Products division as well as K2 Properties, a division he organized and launched. Previously, Mr. Dickey was President and COO of Fotoball USA Inc., a publicly-traded sports and entertainment licensed product manufacturer (NASDAQ: FUSA), where he completed a financial turnaround before selling to K2 Inc. Dickey has held other top executive posts at leading sports and entertainment entities including working with Robert Redford at Sundance, to Disney Regional Entertainment, where he managed the development and launch of ESPN Zone, to the National Basketball Association, leading the league’s consumer product marketing and sales initiatives and assisting in both the launch of the WNBA and the league’s expansion into Canada. Scott is currently the President of Competitor Group where he serves on the Board of Directors.
David Gubbay became a Director of the Company in May 2011. Mr. Gubbay brings a wealth of operating experience in both private and public companies, as well as significant transactional experience. Mr. Gubbay is a General Partner of Falconhead Capital, LLC. He serves on the boards of Premier Spas, Extreme Fitness, Our365, and Whitehall Financial Group. Between 1982 and 1996, he was employed by Whitehall Financial Group, a privately-held investment firm where he served as Chairman & CEO of Whitehall Insurance Holdings and President of Life Partners Group. Mr. Gubbay was responsible for Whitehall’s private equity investments in a number of companies, including Eagles National Corp. and Bradford National (third party claims administrators), Lamar Life Insurance, and Life Partners Group, which was sold to Conseco Inc. in 1996. From 1997 to 1998, he led the corporate development and mergers and acquisitions group of Fortis Inc. He was Chairman of N.H.P Holdings, a Miami-based H.M.O, from 1998 to 2002 which was sold to United Health Group. In 1999, he served as Head of Operations at Norwegian Cruise Lines, where he helped implement the company’s expansion plans and led the shore-side operations. Norwegian was sold in April 2000. In 2000, he acquired and built the business of Digital Seas International, an Internet services provider serving the maritime and cruise industry, which was sold in December 2000 to Maritime Telecommunications Networks. He was recruited in 2001 by Gary Wendt to help restructure Conseco, and joined Falconhead Capital in 2002. Mr. Gubbay has been a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England.
Zuher Ladak became a Director of the Company in May 2011. Mr. Ladak is a General Partner of Falconhead Capital, LLC, which he joined in 2002 after serving as a Senior Associate with Odyssey Investment Partners, a $760 million private equity firm. With Odyssey Partners, Mr. Ladak spent three years working on a wide range of transactions in the financial services and telecom sectors. Mr. Ladak began his investment career with BT Capital Partners, the private investment division of Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank. He serves on the boards of Premier Spas, Escort, Our365, and NYDJ Apparel.
