W. Clayton Sparrow

W.
Clayton Sparrow, Jr., a director of the Company since its inception in July 1987 and currently a member of the Company's Compensation, Credit Risk Management and Nominating Committees, also served as Chairman of the Board from April 1994 through April 1996.
He is a partner in the national law firm of Seyfarth Shaw.
Mr. Sparrow's corporate and business law practice includes the general counsel representation of domestic and multinational sales and manufacturing businesses.
His professional activities include membership in the American and International Bar Associations, the State Bar of Georgia, and past Chairman of the International Transactions Section and Director of the Atlanta Bar Association.
Mr. Sparrow is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology (BS Physics), Georgia State University (MBA Finance) and the University of Georgia Law School.
He is a past President of the Georgia State University Alumni Association, and has held Director and officer positions with the Dekalb Chamber of Commerce, the Japan-American Society, the Korea U.S.
Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Tech Alumni Association.
He retired from the Naval Reserve in the rank of Captain