John A. Thain Chairman and chief executive officer; former chief executive officer of NYSE Euronext, Inc. and its predecessor companies, NYSE Group, Inc. and New York Stock Exchange Inc., from 2004 until 2007; president from 1999 to 2004, chief operating officer from 2003 to 2004 and co-chief operating officer from 1999 to 2003 of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; 52 years old; director of Merrill Lynch since 2007.

Carol T. Christ President of Smith College; former executive vice chancellor and provost, University of California, Berkeley; 63 years old; director of Merrill Lynch since 2007.

Armando M. Codina President and chief executive officer of Flagler Development Group, a real estate investment, development, construction, brokerage and property management firm; 61 years old; director of Merrill Lynch since 2005.

Virgis W. Colbert Retired executive vice president of Worldwide Operations for Miller Brewing Company; 68 years old; director of Merrill Lynch since 2006.

Alberto Cribiore Managing partner and founder of Brera Capital Partners, a global private equity investment firm; former co-president of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.; 62 years old; director of Merrill Lynch since 2003; lead independent director since 2007.

John D. Finnegan Chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of The Chubb Corporation, a property and casualty insurance company; former executive vice president of General Motors Corporation, and chairman and president of General Motors Acceptance Corporation, a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation; 59 years old; director of Merrill Lynch since 2004.

Judith Mayhew Jonas Former member of the U.K. government's Equalities Review Panel; former provost of Kings College, Cambridge; former special advisor to the chairman of Clifford Chance, Solicitors; former vice chair of the London Development Agency; 59 years old; director of Merrill Lynch since 2006.

Aulana L. Peters Retired partner in the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher L.L.P.; member of the International Public Interest Oversight Board; member of the U.S. Comptroller General's Accountability Advisory Panel; former member of the Public Oversight Board of AICPA; former commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; 66 years old; director of Merrill Lynch since 1994.

Joseph W. Prueher Consulting professor and senior advisor to the Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation; U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1999 to 2001; U.S. Navy Admiral (Ret.), commander-in-chief of U.S. Pacific Command from 1996 to 1999; 65 years old; director of Merrill Lynch since 2001.

Ann N. Reese Co-founder and co-executive director of the Center for Adoption Policy, a not-for-profit corporation; former principal, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private equity investment firm; former executive vice president and chief financial officer of ITT Corporation, a hotel and leisure company; 55 years old; director of Merrill Lynch since 2004.

Charles O. Rossotti Senior advisor to The Carlyle Group, a private global investment firm; former commissioner of Internal Revenue at the Internal Revenue Service; former chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of American Management Systems, an international business and information technology consulting firm; 67 years old; director of Merrill Lynch since 2004.