Mr. Nicholas C. Fanandakis has been Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company since November 1, 2009 and serves as its Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Fanandakis served as Group Vice President - Dupont Applied Biosciences of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company from January 2008 to September 2009. He served as Senior Vice President of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company from September 1, 2009 to November 2009. Mr. Fanandakis served as Vice President of Planning of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company from February 1, 2007 to January 2008 and also its Vice President and General Manager of DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise from September 2003 to February 1, 2007. He joined DuPont in 1979 as an Accounting and Business Analyst in the Petrochemicals Department in Wilm., Del. Mr. Fanandakis served in a variety of plant, marketing and product management positions within Petrochemicals, Chemicals and Pigments and Specialty Chemicals. He spent six years in the Fluorochemicals business. He served as Regional Manager of Specialty Chemicals since 1993. Mr. Fanandakis served as Business Manager, Safety and Environmental Management Services since 1995. He served as Global Business and Operations Manager, Peroxygens since January 1997. He served as Business Director of Industrials since October 1999, with responsibility for the Industrial Solutions market space, which includes Acrylonitrile, Anchorage Systems, Aniline, Aramid Intermediates, Cyanides, Dimethyl Sulfate, Methylamines, Reactive Metals, Refinery, Secure Environmental Treatment and DuPont™ Vazo® Free Radical Initiators. He has been Chairman of Danisco A/S since June 10, 2011. Mr. Fanandakis obtained BA Accounting and MBA degrees from Northeastern University in 1979 and Grand Valley State College in 1984.