ABAC Member Biographies

Spencer H. Kim, Chairman, CBOL Corporation

Spencer H. Kim is Chairman of CBOL Corporation. Specializing in the sale of aerospace products, CBOL markets to customers located in the United States, Europe, South America and on the Pacific Rim. Mr. Kim also serves as Chairman of Celltron, Inc., a Kansas manufacturer of aerospace and industrial wiring harnesses, and Solafide, Inc., dba Union Foods Newcorp, manufacturer and distributor of the Smack and Enchilosa brand cup ramens. Between August, 1993 and September, 1998, Mr. Kim was Chairman of Pioneer Aluminum, Inc., a company specializing in the sale of heat treatable hard alloy aluminum to the domestic and international aerospace market. Before founding CBOL Corporation, Mr. Kim was President and CEO of KAMEX Construction Corporation, a Louisville, Kentucky general, electrical and mechanical contracting firm that he co-founded in 1979.

Born in Seoul, Korea in 1946, Mr. Kim attended Korean schools until 1963. First coming to the U.S. as a student in Washington, D.C. area, Mr. Kim completed high school in Seattle, Washington. He studied engineering at Seattle Pacific University and at the University of Washington and studied Business at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

In addition to his business interests, Mr. Kim serves on the leadership team with the Cal-Pacific Conference of the United Methodist Church and as a member of the Commission on Race and Religion. Mr. Kim also serves on the Board of Directors of The Korea Society headquartered in New York. Mr. Kim is a founding member of Pacific Century Institute, a non-profit foundation, dedicated to improving understanding and developing greater communication among peoples of the Pacific Rim nations. Mr. Kim is also a founding member of Pacific Council on International Policy, West Coast partner of Council on Foreign Relations. He serves as a board member for the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College, the Los Angeles Public Library Foundation, Town Hall Los Angeles and as an advisory board member of the School of Public Affairs at UCLA.

Michael Phillips, Chairman, Russell Investment Group

Michael J. Phillips is chairman of Russell Investment Group, global leaders in multimanager investing. He served as chief executive officer from 1993 to 2003.

He is a board member of Frank Russell Company, Frank Russell Investment Company, Frank Russell Trust Company, and Frank Russell Company Limited (London).

In 1981, Mike joined Russell in the London office and became the managing director in 1983. There, he helped build a European presence for Russell. In 1986, Phillips moved to company headquarters in Tacoma, Washington, USA, to serve as director of international consulting. In that capacity, he led Russell's efforts to establish offices in Toronto, Sydney and Tokyo. Mike became president of Russell in 1990.

Before joining Russell, from 1971-1981, Mike was an investment analyst and a portfolio manager at Barclays Investment Management Ltd. in London, where he was responsible for managing internationally diversified pension fund assets. Mike also taught investment courses at City of London Polytechnic School of Business Studies.

Under Mike's leadership, in 1994, 1996 and 1998, Russell was awarded Washington CEO magazine's "Best Companies to Work For" in Washington State. In 2001, Russell was ranked number 11 on Fortune magazines "100 Best Companies to Work For in America".

Mike graduated with honors in law from University College, London in 1970; becoming a Fellow in 2002. He spent a year on Voluntary Service Overseas in South Africa before attending university. He has participated in several advanced management programs including the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts Investment Management (ICFA) Workshop at Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Advanced Management Program on Strategic Planning, and IBM's Advanced Management Program. He currently has the UKSIP designation and is a NASD registered representative.

Mike is a board member of the Tacoma Youth Chorus, a board member of the Harold LeMay museum, and on the advisory board of the University of Washington Tacoma.

D. Nick Reilly, Group Vice President, General Motors, President, GM Asia Pacific

Nick Reilly has served as president of GM Asia Pacific and GM group vice president since July 1, 2006 . Based in Shanghai, China, he is also chairman of both the GM Daewoo Auto and Technology Company (GMDAT) and Shanghai GM (SGM).

Reilly began his GM career in 1975 with the former Detroit Diesel Allison Division in the United Kingdom. From 1978 to 1984, he held various assignments with General Motors in Belgium, the United States, and Mexico.

Returning to England, he moved to Vauxhall Motors as general operations manager, aftersales. He later held the post of Vauxhall supply manager and was appointed a director of the company in 1986.

In 1987, Reilly was named vice president of operations and a member of the board of directors of GM's IBC vehicle joint venture with Isuzu in Luton, England. In 1990, he was appointed director of manufacturing at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant. Four years later, he became vice president of quality and reliability for General Motors Europe in Zurich, Switzerland, and a member of the GM Europe Strategy Board.

He returned to the U.K. in 1996 as chairman and managing director of Vauxhall and, in 1997, was named a GM vice president. In 2001, Reilly returned to Zurich, Switzerland, as vice president of sales, marketing, and aftersales for GM Europe, from where he transferred to Korea to lead GM's transition team in the formation of GM Daewoo, beginning in January 2002. He assumed the duties of president and chief executive officer of GMDAT upon the company's founding in October 2002.

A native of the United Kingdom, Reilly is a graduate of Cambridge University. In 2000, he was appointed as a Commander of the British Empire ( CBE ) in recognition of his contribution to the U.K. automotive industry. He has advised the U.K. government in the fields of vocational training and integrated transport. Reilly currently serves as chairman of the U.S. National Center for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (NCAPEC). He received the Global CEO Grand Prize 2006 from the Korean Academy of International Business.