Virgin Mobile USA

Thomas O. Ryder, 63, retired as Chairman of the Board of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. in January 2007, a position he had held since January 1, 2006. Mr. Ryder was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from April 1998 through December 31, 2005. Mr. Ryder was President, American Express Travel Related Services International, a division of American Express Company, which provides travel, financial and network services, from October 1995 to April 1998. In addition, he is a director of Amazon.com, Inc. Mr. Ryder has been a Director of the Company, and was a Trustee of the Trust since April 2001.

Bob Stohrer joined Virgin Mobile USA in early 2003 as vice president of brand and communications. Previously, he served as vice president and creative director at the National Football League (NFL), where he directed the League's branding and communications efforts including advertising, design, and promotion. At Virgin Mobile, Stohrer has been responsible for all aspects of brand presentation and marketing communications. He has been behind Virgin Mobile's defining campaigns—including Chrismahanukwanzakah, the Nothing to Hide naked campaign and No Seas Normal, the most awarded Hispanic campaign of 2005. In his current role, Stohrer oversees an expansive marketing team that includes advertising, media, partnerships, viral marketing, retail marketing, pro-social, and design. He attended the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University.

David Messenger joined us in July 2005 and, as chief people officer, is responsible for attracting, retaining and engaging the best talent for the company and managing all human resources capabilities including recruitment, compensation, organizational design, leadership development, workplace culture and benefits. Prior to joining us, Mr. Messenger served as senior vice president of human resources for Take-Two Interactive Inc. in New York City. Mr. Messenger also worked at Towers Perrin as a principal and practice leader, responsible for the change management practice in the east and central regions, and at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a principal consultant, leading the human resources team in the entertainment, media and communication practice. He was educated at the University of Wales College Cardiff and Robinson College Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

John Feehan joined us in January 2002 as vice president of finance and was promoted to chief financial officer in August 2006. He is responsible for the company's overall financial activities and planning. Prior to joining us, he served as chief financial officer of SAGE BioPharma. Mr. Feehan previously worked for Faro Pharmaceuticals as vice president for financial and operational planning and for Stadtlander Drug Distribution Co. as director of finance. Mr. Feehan began his career at Price Waterhouse in Philadelphia after earning a bachelor's degree in accounting from St. Joseph's University.

Jonathan Marchbank joined us in March 2006 as chief operating officer, charged with running day-to-day operations including retail sales, product management, customer care and IT. Prior to joining us, Mr. Marchbank worked for the Virgin Group, serving as chief executive officer for Virgin Mobile in Asia and in Australia. Prior to joining the Virgin Group in 2002, Mr. Marchbank held senior executive roles with Nokia, Philips Electronics and at Telstra Corporation. Mr. Marchbank holds a diploma in business studies, majoring in marketing, from Newcastle Business School in the United Kingdom.

Tim Evans joined Virgin Mobile USA in 2001 with nearly 20 years of in-depth business experience - including 16 years at AT&T. At Virgin Mobile, Evans handles all aspects of the company's forward and reverse logistics, including oversight of forecasting, procurement, and management of third party providers. He is responsible for the quality control that ensures Virgin Mobile handsets, Top-Up cards, and point-of-sale materials are purchased, packaged, and efficiently delivered to retail partners and direct customers. Evans is also responsible for billing & collections of VMU's equipment revenues. Prior to joining the company, Evans was a founding member and chief operating officer of Ziptone LLC, a customer service startup with such clients as AT&T Consumer Services, Avis, Excite and a variety of other eBusinesses. At AT&T, he worked in various operational roles including customer service, billing and collections, and data center operations. He also served as a product manager for CustomNet (AT&T's first bundled business service), led strategic pricing for AT&T consumer markets, and held several other strategic roles including business planning and results reporting. Evans has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Dayton, and an M.B.A. from NYU's Stern School of Business.

Peter Lurie is general counsel of Virgin Mobile USA, and, as co-founder, he played a key role in the formation and launch of the company. He has played a critical role in guiding the company from the start-up phase through its national launch and subsequently rapid growth, completing several capital transactions and an initial public offering and, most recently, managing the obligations of a public company. He has broad management and strategic responsibilities and focuses on negotiating relationships with key partners, including technology, major media—he structured some of the more innovative deals in the digital media—retail, financial and manufacturing companies. Previously, Lurie served as principal of a private equity group for a German bank, which completed the first public offering of a private equity fund of funds in Europe. Prior to that, he worked on mergers & acquisitions and private equity transactions at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Mr. Lurie is a graduate of Dartmouth College and The University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of The University of Chicago Law Review.

Mr. Cox has served as the Executive Vice President of Human Resources at the American Express Company since 2005. Prior to joining American Express, Mr. Cox held several positions at The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. since 1999, most recently that of Executive Vice President. From 1989 to 1999, Mr. Cox held various human resources positions at PepsiCo Inc. and its subsidiary, The Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company, playing a key role in that entity's initial public offering. Mr. Cox received a Bachelor of Arts degree in counseling rehabilitation from Marshall University in 1985 and a Masters degree in labor and industrial relations from Michigan State University in 1987.

Mark Poole has served on our board of directors since June 2007. Mr. Poole joined the Virgin Group in 1991 as a tax consultant and was subsequently appointed Group Tax Director. After five years in this position, he was appointed the Virgin Group chief financial officer in 2000 and the Deputy Group chief executive officer in September 2005. Mr. Poole is a member of the Virgin Group Investment Advisory Committee and holds a number of non-executive directorships in the Virgin Group including Virgin Group Holdings Limited (Group holding company), Virgin Atlantic Limited (for which he chairs the Audit Committee), SN Airholdings, Virgin Retail Limited. Virgin Hotels Group Limited and Virgin Active Group Limited amongst numerous others. Mr. Poole graduated from Bristol University in 1983 with a degree in Civil Engineering (Bachelor of Science). He qualified as a Chartered Accountant (Association of Chartered Accountants) with Binder Hamlyn in London in 1989.

Robert Samuelson has served on our board of directors since June 2007 and has served on the board of directors of Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. since February 2005. Mr. Samuelson joined Virgin Management Limited in July 2000 as director of Corporate Development and was subsequently promoted to executive director Telecoms and Media, overseeing Virgin's telecoms and media interests worldwide. He was part of the team responsible for the creation of Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. in 2001 and has been involved closely with the business ever since. Mr. Samuelson is a member of the Virgin Group's Investment Advisory Committee, the body that recommends all new investments and corporate transactions for the Virgin Group. In addition to his role with Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., he also serves on the boards of Virgin Mobile Canada, Virgin Mobile France and Virgin Mobile South Africa. Prior to joining Virgin, Mr. Samuelson was a director of Arthur D Little, the management consultants, where he led the corporate finance advisory services practice. He holds an MBA from Cranfield University in the United Kingdom and a first class masters degree in natural sciences from Cambridge University.