Michael P. Tarnok, has served on our Board of Directors since September 2007, and as Chairman since June 2009. A seasoned finance and operational executive, Mr. Tarnok joined the Board with extensive pharmaceutical industry experience in a wide range of functional areas. Mr. Tarnok spent the majority of his career at Pfizer Inc., which he joined in 1989 as Finance Director - US Manufacturing, and from 2000-2007, served as Senior Vice President, Finance in Pfizer's US Pharmaceuticals Division. In this position, Mr. Tarnok handled all finance responsibilities for the division, including contracting, trade management, forecasting of significant product launches and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Prior to joining Pfizer, Mr. Tarnok worked primarily in financial disciplines for ITT Rayonier, Inc., Celanese Corporation and Olivetti Corporation of America. Mr. Tarnok earned an M.B.A. in Marketing from New York University and B.S. in Accounting from St. John's University.

Jack Kaye, has served on our Board of Directors since September 2006. Mr. Kaye served as a Partner at Deloitte & Touche, LLP, an international accounting, tax and consulting firm from 1978 until his retirement in May 2006. Leading up to his retirement, Mr. Kaye served as Partner-in-Charge of Deloitte's Tri-State Core Client practice, a position he held for more than twenty years. Mr. Kaye currently serves as Chairman of the Banking/Tabulations Committee for Variety-the Children's Charity, a position he has held for more than twenty years. Mr. Kaye also serves as consultant and fundraiser for several not-for-profit organizations, and has been honored by Women's League Community Residences, OTSAR, B'nai Brith and American ORT; having received each organization's Distinguished Service Award for numerous civic and charitable endeavors and commitment to community volunteer service. Mr. Kaye holds a BBA from Baruch College and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Kevin J. Cameron, has served on our Board of Directors since April 2007. Mr. Cameron has more than ten years of corporate governance and strategy experience. In 2003, Mr. Cameron co-founded and currently serves as Chairman of the Policy Advisory Board of Glass Lewis & Company, a leading independent research firm focused on issues of corporate governance. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Cameron handled corporate affairs for Moxi Digital, a technology venture focused on digital entertainment. From 1997 to 2001, he was employed by NorthPoint Communications, a publicly-traded broadband telecommunications company. Prior to 1997, Mr. Cameron was an attorney with the corporate law firm of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans in Washington D.C. and served as a law clerk to the Hon. James L. Buckley of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Mr. Cameron earned a law degree from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from McGill University.

Wyche Fowler, Jr., has served on our Board of Directors since November 2006. Senator Fowler served for 16 years in the United States Congress representing the state of Georgia, including service in the U.S. Senate from 1987 to 1993 where he served as assistant floor leader, helping build a bipartisan consensus for major public policy issues. During his Senate service, Senator Fowler was a member of the Senate Appropriations, Budget, Energy and Agriculture Committees. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1977 and serving there until 1987, he was a member of the House Ways and Means and Foreign Affairs Committees, as well as the Select Committee on Intelligence. Following his service as a Senator, President Clinton appointed Senator Fowler as the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1996, a post he held through 2001. Prior to his election to Congress, he practiced law in Atlanta, Georgia for eight years. He is currently engaged in an international business and law practice and serves as Chairman of the Board of the Middle East Institute, a non-profit research foundation in Washington, D.C. Senator Fowler received his B.A. in English from Davidson College, a J.D. from Emory University and honorary degrees from Hofstra University, Davidson College and Morris Brown College.

Joseph Feczko, M.D., has served on our Board of Directors since July 2010. A seasoned pharmaceutical executive, Dr. Feczko joined the Keryx Board with broad industry experience across the spectrum of medical, regulatory and operational affairs. Dr. Feczko was, until his retirement in May 2009, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Pfizer Inc and member of the Executive Leadership Team with global responsibilities for all aspects of the company’s medical, regulatory and safety activities. Following a time in private practice, he joined Pfizer in 1982 in New York, and then worked for ten years in the United Kingdom for both Pfizer and Glaxo where his responsibilities included supervising clinical research, regulatory affairs, data management and safety reporting. He returned to Pfizer in New York in 1996, where he held positions of increasing responsibility in clinical research and regulatory affairs and safety, culminating in the role of CMO. Dr. Feczko is board-certified in Internal Medicine and a specialist in Infectious Diseases. He has a B.Sc. degree from Loyola University Chicago, and an M.D. from the University of Illinois College of Medicine.

Ron Bentsur, has served as Keryx's Chief Executive Officer since May 2009 and has served on our Board of Directors since June 2009. Prior to joining Keryx, Mr. Bentsur served as Chief Executive Officer of XTL Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. ("XTL"), a position he held from January 2006 until April 2009. Prior to his tenure at XTL, Mr. Bentsur was with Keryx from 2000-2006, serving as our Chief Financial Officer from June 2003 until his departure in January 2006. From July 1998 to October 2000, Mr. Bentsur served as Director of Technology Investment Banking at Leumi Underwriters, where he was responsible for all technology/ biotechnology private placement and advisory transactions. From June 1994 to July 1998, Mr. Bentsur worked as an investment banker in NYC, most of this period at ING Barings Furman Selz. Mr. Bentsur holds a BA in Economics and Business Administration with distinction from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and an MBA, Magna Cum Laude, from New York University's Stern Graduate School of Business.