Mr. Jerome P. Kenney
Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch

Jerome P. Kenney, vice chairman of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., member of the Executive Client Coverage Group.

He is responsible for senior client relationships globally with particular focus on financial institutions in North America.

Mr. Kenney was a member of the Executive Management Committee for 20 years. From 1990 until February 2002, he served as head of Corporate Strategy and Research and for several years also oversaw Corporate Credit, Marketing and Government Relations.

Previously, he served as president and chief executive officer of the Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Group from 1984, and as a member of the board of directors from 1985 to 1991. He also served earlier as director of Securities Research, director of Institutional Sales and Marketing and head of Investment Banking.

Mr. Kenney came to Merrill Lynch in 1978 at the time of the merger with White, Weld & Co. where he was director of Research, director of Worldwide Institutional Sales and Equity Trading and a member of the Board of Directors. Previously, as a research analyst he was named to Institutional Investor's All-American team.

Mr. Kenney received a B.A. in economics from Yale University and an MBA in finance from Northwestern University.