Merit E. Janow
Director

Merit E. Janow joined the Company’s Board of Directors in March 2008. Ms. Janow is a leading expert in international economic law and policy with extensive experience in academia, government, business and the Asia-Pacific region. For the past thirteen years, she has been a Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) and Columbia Law School where she teaches advanced courses in international trade/WTO law, comparative antitrust law and international economic policy. At Columbia, Ms. Janow is also the Co-Director of the APEC Study Center and a member of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. From 2002 to 2004, she was Director of the Masters Program in International Affairs at Columbia. From 2003 to 2007, Ms. Janow was elected as one of the seven Members of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Appellate Body, which is the court of final appeal for intergovernmental trade disputes between the 151 members of the WTO. She is the author of a number of books and articles on topics in international trade relations. Ms. Janow’s current board of director assignments include the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, where she serves as Chair and member of the Executive, Audit and Regulatory committees, Rockefeller & Co., and two global mutual funds of the American Funds. She also is a trustee of the Japan Society. From 1997 to 2000, Ms. Janow served as the Executive Director of an international antitrust advisory committee to the Attorney General and the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, U.S. Department of Justice. From 1990 to 1993 she was Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Japan and China where she was responsible for developing, coordinating and implementing U.S. trade policies and negotiating strategies towards Japan and China. Earlier, Ms. Janow was a corporate lawyer specializing in cross-border mergers and acquisitions with the global law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York and before that she worked on international trade policy matters at a U.S. think tank. She received a JD from Columbia Law School and a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Michigan.