Richard T. Schwarz has been a partner in Sycamore Partners LLC, a private investment firm focused on investments in specialty chemical companies, since 1997. Mr. Schwarz was President and Chairman of Carbinol Industries, an investment company, from September 1997 to January 1998 and was President of Laurel Industries, Inc., a privately held chemical manufacturer and a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, from September 1996 to September 1997.
