David E. Thomas

Mr. Thomas has over 35 years of investment and merchant banking experience. He has advised companies and shareholders across a broad range of industries with regard to capital formation, acquisition, and divestiture strategies. Mr. Thomas currently serves as Senior Managing Director of Raymond James Capital, Inc., a private equity firm affiliated with Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE). Previously, Mr. Thomas served as Chairman and CEO of Safety-Kleen Corp. (NYSE), a $1.7 billion environmental and industrial services company during its corporate investigation, financial restatement, and restructuring. Prior to that, he served as Head of Investment Banking and as Head of Mergers and Acquisitions at Raymond James Financial, Inc. Mr. Thomas graduated from Emory University, receiving JD and MBA degrees, with distinction, and from the University of Richmond, summa cum laude. In addition to his role as Chairman of Nielsen BioSciences, Inc., Mr. Thomas serves as the Chairman of Sirchie Acquisition Company, LLC. and is a Director of Salon Lofts Group, LLC. Mr. Thomas previously served as Chairman of Albion Medical Holdings, Inc., Greer Laboratories, Inc., Allermed Holdings, Inc., and as a Director of Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc.