WET SEAL INC - DEF 14A - 20040415 - NAME_AND_TITLE
Name and Age
Principal Occupation and Background
George H. Benter, Jr.
Age: 62
Mr. George H. Benter, Jr. has been a director of the Company since 1990. Since May 1992, Mr. Benter has been President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of City National Corporation and
President and Chief Operating Officer of City National Bank. From 1965 until April 1992, Mr. Benter worked in various capacities with Security Pacific Corporation, culminating in the position of Vice Chairman. Prior to that time he held various
positions with Security Pacific National Bank.
Barry J. Entous
Age: 59
Mr. Barry Entous has been a director of the Company since May 2002. Since 1977, Mr. Entous has been a partner of the certified public accounting firm of Entous & Entous, Inc. Prior
to that he was a partner in the firm of Blauer, Fridell, Entous & Co. Chartered Accountants in Montreal, Canada.
Stephen Gross (1)
Age: 58
Mr. Stephen Gross has been the Secretary and a director of the Company since 1984. Since 1982, he has been a director and an officer of La Senza Corporation, and currently serves as
President, Chief Operating Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. La Senza Corporation is a Canadian public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange retailing women’s lingerie and sleepwear and apparel for girls in over 290 stores in Canada.
Mr. Gross also serves as President of Irwel Management Services Inc., a management consulting firm established in 1975.
Walter F. Loeb
Age: 79
Mr. Walter F. Loeb has been a director of the Company since 1993. Since 1998, Mr. Loeb has been President of Loeb Associates, a New York based retail consultancy company that serves a
variety of domestic and international companies. Mr. Loeb is also the publisher of “Loeb Retail Letter,” a monthly analysis of the retail industry. He currently is a director of Realty Federal Investment Trust, Gymboree Corporation
and Hudson’s Bay Company.
Wilfred Posluns
Age: 72
Mr. Wilfred Posluns has been a director of the Company since 1990. Since 1996, Mr. Posluns has been Managing Director of Cedarpoint Investments, Inc., a Toronto-based management company. Mr.
Posluns was the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Dylex Limited from July 1988 to August 1995 and President from 1976 through 1990. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Dylex Limited from 1966 to August 1995.
Mr. Posluns currently serves as a director of Radiology Corporation of America. He has also been Managing Partner of Tanurb Development, a private real estate company since 1984, Chairman of the Baycrest Foundation since 2003 and Director of the
Baycrest Centre since 2000.
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