John Rickel

Mr. Rickel has been the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Group 1 Automotive, Inc., a large automotive retailer, since 2005. From 1984 until joining Group 1, Mr. Rickel held a number of executive and managerial positions of increasing responsibility with Ford Motor Company, a global manufacturer and distributor of cars, trucks and automotive parts. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Rickel was a member of the board of directors and head of the audit committee of Ford Otosan, a publicly traded automotive company located in Turkey and owned 41% by Ford. We believe that Mr. Rickel's extensive experience as a chief financial officer, a member of the audit committee of a publicly traded company and his background in the transportation sector qualify him to be a director and an "audit committee financial expert" as such term is defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K.