Decision Makers
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Executive Assistant To CEO |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Executive Assistant To the CEO |
Current |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Secretary |
Current |
| Weber State University |
Undergraduate Degree In English |
Former |
Gerard P. Charlier, 70, has been a director and our President and Chief Executive Officer since September 2002. Mr. Charlier served as our Secretary from March 2003 until December 2006 and as our interim Chief Financial Officer from August 2006 to December 2006. Mr. Charlier has been President and Chief Executive Officer of GPI SAS since 1994 and President and Chief Executive Officer of the former Bud Jones Company from 2000 to 2002, when it merged into Gaming Partners International USA, Inc. Mr. Charlier worked from 1965 to 1968 for The Cincinnati Milling Machine in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Charlier worked for Booz Allen & Hamilton in London and Paris in 1968 and 1969. He then joined Peat Marwick Mitchell Management Consulting (now KPMG) in Paris in 1969 where he became Partner in 1975 and acted as Partner in Charge of the German Management Consulting Department from 1978 to 1982. From 1982 to 1985, Mr. Charlier served as Vice President of International Development of Dexi International, a French company specializing in the manufacture of cosmetic products distributed by party plans. From 1985 to 1988 and again from 1991 to 1994, Mr. Charlier was an independent management consultant for G.C. Management, a firm that he owned. Between 1988 and 1991, Mr. Charlier served as the General Manager in France of Arthur D. Little, a management consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Charlier holds a mechanical engineering degree from Ecole Nationale d'Arts et Métiers in Paris (1962), a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, California (1963) and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France (1968).
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
CEO & President |
Current |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. |
|
Former |
| Stanford University |
M.S. In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| California Inc |
M.S. In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| INSEAD |
MBA |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
COO & Executive Vice President |
Current |
Laura McAllister Cox, an attorney at law licensed to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, has been Chief Legal and Gaming Compliance Officer for the Company since December 2003. Previously, Ms. McAllister Cox was an attorney for 16 years with the Atlantic City law firm of Cooper Levenson April Niedelman & Wagenheim, P.A. and became a partner of the firm in 1996. A member of the Cooper Levenson Casino Law Department, Ms. McAllister Cox represented casino operators, gaming manufacturers and distributors, and casino employees in all aspects of regulatory, licensing and litigation matters. As part of her practice, Ms. McAllister Cox handled gaming regulatory matters for GPI SAS since 1997, for the former Bud Jones Company since 2000 and for GPIC since 2002. Ms. McAllister Cox holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Studies from the University of Tennessee (1980) and a Juris Doctorate from Rutgers University School of Law (1987).
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Chief Legal and Gaming Compliance Officer |
Current |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Gaming Compliance Officer |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Cfo |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
General Services Manager |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
International Sales & Marketing Manager |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Rfid Technology Products Manager |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Jeton and Plaque Manager |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Area Sales Manager |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Group Marketing Manager |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Area Sales Manager for the U.K. |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Area Manager, Sales, Latin America |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Area Sales Manager |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Value Chips Production Manager |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Sales Assistant |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Sales Assistant |
Current |
Martin A. Berkowitz, 60, has been a director since August 2007. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Virtual Coaching, LLC, a technology-enabled service company based in New York City. From 2007 to 2008, Mr. Berkowitz was Chief Financial Officer of ChildNet, Inc, a community-based non-profit corporation that administers foster care and adoptive services for Broward County, Florida. From 2006 to 2007, he was a consultant in the areas of financial management and business development. He was Chief Financial Officer for the Miami-Dade County Public Schools in 2005 and 2006. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Berkowitz held the positions of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, then President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Veterans Business Development Corporation. He retired as Senior Vice President from Prudential Financial in 2000 following a twenty-five year career where he served as Comptroller of the individual insurance unit, Chief Financial Officer of the investment management business unit, and the Corporate Comptroller. He played a major role in the conversion of Prudential from a mutual insurance company to a public shareholder-owned company. Mr. Berkowitz earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1970 and his Master of Business Administration from St. John's University in 1975. He has attended executive programs at the University of Michigan, Stanford University and Harvard University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Consultant |
Current |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| St. John's University |
Master of Business Administration |
Former |
Alain Thieffry, 53, has been a director since September 2002. Mr. Thieffry has served as President of the Executive Board of Holding Wilson, S.A. since February 2002. He has been an executive officer of Holding Wilson, S.A. since 1984. Since 2003, Mr. Thieffry has also served as Chief Executive Officer of DeRoche, S.A., wholly-owned subsidiary of Holding Wilson, S.A. Mr. Thieffry holds Masters of Law and Business Administration and the equivalent of a CPA license in France.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Chairman |
Current |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Committee Member |
Current |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Director |
Former |
Elisabeth Carrette, 64, has been a director since January 2005. Mrs. Carrette is the President of the Supervisory Board of Holding Wilson, S.A., a privately-held French company that through its affiliates engages in consulting and food distribution. Holding Wilson, S.A. is the principal stockholder of the Company. For more than two decades, Mrs. Carrette has served on both the Executive and Supervisory Boards of Holding Wilson, S.A. and helped define the strategy of the group.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Chairperson of the Board |
Current |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
Charles R. Henry, 71, has been a director since June 2006. Mr. Henry is a retired two-star general, with 41 years of leadership experience, a distinguished military career and an advanced law degree. He is currently the President of CRH, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in defense acquisition issues. From 2005 to 2007, he was the Chief Operating Officer and, from 1994 to 2007, a board member of CEG Company in Rico Rica, Arizona, a leading producer of wiring harnesses for military vehicles. Prior to that, he was a consultant in Washington D.C. for various companies on defense issues. In 2001, he was also appointed Chief Executive Officer and President of the National Veterans Business Development Corporation, part of Public Law 106-50, which was created by Congress. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Henry served as President of LFR Levine Fricke, an environmental management and consulting firm, which is an affiliate of Holding Wilson, S.A., our principal stockholder. Mr. Henry holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Middle Tennessee State University; he is a graduate of the United States Army War College and the United States Army Command and General Staff College; he holds a J.D. and a L.L.M. degree from Woodrow Wilson Law School.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Middle Tennessee State University |
Undergraduate Degree In Economics |
Former |
Eric P. Endy, 54, has been a director since our inception in 1993. Mr. Endy was our Executive Vice President from September 2002 to March 2003, and served as a consultant to us from April 2003 to September 2007. He served as our Secretary from May 1984 to March 2003, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from November 1998 to September 2002, President from January 1994 to September 2002 and Treasurer from July 2001 to September 2002. From May 1998 to July 1998, Mr. Endy was our Treasurer and from January 1994 to July 1995, Mr. Endy was our Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Endy was Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the former Paul-Son Gaming Supplies from November 1998 to September 2002, and Executive Vice President and General Manager of the former Paul-Son Gaming Supplies from July 1990 to November 1998. Mr. Endy received a Master of Arts from California State University-Los Angeles in 1981 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in 2007.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Robert J. Kelly, 53, has been a director since February 2006. Mr. Kelly received a Master in Business Administration from Harvard in 1986 and an engineering degree from Princeton in 1977. Since 2000, Mr. Kelly has been the founder, patent holder and primary stockholder of EarthSource Inc., Raynham, Massachusetts, a waste-water treatment plant. He is also a civil engineer and responsible for designing the EarthSource process and managing its operations. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Kelly worked with LFR, Inc., an environmental engineering company and affiliate of Holding Wilson, S.A., our principal stockholder. Prior to 1994, Mr. Kelly worked as a Division Manager for OHM Corporation, a publicly-traded company that provides technology-based, on-site hazardous waste remediation environmental services, and as a Field Service Manager at IT Corporation, a publicly-traded company in the environmental engineering business, providing environmental consulting, engineering and construction and remediation services.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Committee Member |
Current |
| Gaming Partners International Corporation |
Director |
Former |
| Harvard University |
MBA |
Former |
| Princeton University |
Degree |
Former |
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