Richard Barker is former Vice Chairman of the Board and Director of Capital Group International, Inc. (CGII). He is also former Vice Chairman of the Board of Capital International Limited (CIL). Mr. Barker is a graduate of Brown University and did graduate study at the University of Connecticut School of Business Administration. He had previously served as Executive Vice President of Standard & Poor's Equity Services, Inc. and as Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of Standard & Poor's InterCapital Corporation. Before joining the S&P organization, he had served as a Director of Research and subsequently as Portfolio Manager at Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and its affiliate, CG Investment Management Company. Mr. Barker joined Capital Group International in 1971 and has also served as Chairman of the Board of Capital Guardian Trust Company and as Director of the Capital Group and Capital Management Services. He managed U.S. equity portfolios for the organization for 26 years. He is a trustee of Brown University, the Brown University Sports Foundation, the BASIC Fund, the California Film Institute, Landmine Survivors Network and the San Francisco Ballet. He is also president emeritus of the Branson School, trustee emeritus of Marin General Hospital Foundation and the Naval War College Foundation.