Investment Team
Operating Partners
Peter Croden
Richard U. De Schutter
Anthony K. Kesman
Thomas Kuhn
Gerard Moufflet
Richard Novak
Mary Beth Pieprzyca
James O. Rollans
J. Stark Thompson Ph.D.
Resource Network
Madison Dearborn Partners

Richard U. De Schutter
Operating Partner

Richard U. De Schutter, formerly Chairman and CEO of G.D. Searle, is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DuPont Pharmaceutical Company, a drug manufacturer formerly based in Wilmington, DE. He is also the director of Ecolab since February, 2004 and a member of the Audit and Compensation Committess.

Following a 35-year career at Monsanto Company where he last served as Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of G.D. Searle Pharmaceuticals, Richard transitioned to Pharmacia Corporation, when Monsanto was acquired by Pharmacia and Upjohn in 2000. In 2000, Richard joined DuPont Pharmaceutical Company, serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until the 2001 sale of the company to Bristol-Myers Squibb. He is a director of Incyte Corporaton (Chairman), Smith & Nephew pic and Varian, Inc. and several private companies.