Howard M. Lorber has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since
January 2006. He served as our President and Chief Operating Officer from January
2001 to December 2005 and has served as a director of ours since January 2001.
From November 1994 to December 2005, Mr. Lorber served as President and Chief
Operating Officer of New Valley, where he also served as a director. Mr. Lorber
was Chairman of the Board of Hallman & Lorber Assoc., Inc., consultants
and actuaries of qualified pension and profit sharing plans, and various of
its affiliates from 1975 to December 2004 and has been a consultant to these
entities since January 2005; Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1987 and
Chief Executive Officer from November 1993 to December 2006 of Nathan’s
Famous, Inc., a chain of fast food restaurants; Chairman of the Board of Ladenburg
Thalmann Financial Services from May 2001 to July 2006 and Vice Chairman since
July 2006; member of the Board of Directors since March 2015 and Chairman since
May 2015 of Morgans Hotel Group Co. Mr. Lorber was a Director of Borders Group
Inc. from May 2010 until January 2012 and was a director from 1991 to 2011 of
United Capital Corp., a real estate investment and diversified manufacturing
company, which ceased to be a public reporting company in 2011. He is also a
trustee of Long Island University.
Richard J. Lampen has served as our Executive Vice President since July 1996.
From October 1995 to December 2005, Mr. Lampen served as the Executive Vice
President and General Counsel of New Valley, where he also served as a director.
Since September 2006, he has served as President and Chief Executive Officer
of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services. From November 1998 to November 2011,
he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CDSI Holdings Inc., an
affiliate of New Valley, which is now known as SG Blocks Inc. Since October
2008, Mr. Lampen has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Castle
Brands Inc. Mr. Lampen is a director of Castle and Ladenburg Thalmann Financial
Services and served as a director of SG Blocks Inc. until January 2014.
J. Bryant Kirkland III has been our Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer since April 2006. Mr. Kirkland has served as a Vice President
of ours since January 2001 and served as New Valley’s Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer from January 1998 to December 2005. He has served since
July 1992 in various financial capacities with us, Liggett and New Valley. Mr.
Kirkland served as Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of
CDSI Holdings Inc. (now known as SG Blocks Inc.) from January 1998 to November
2011 and as a director of SG Blocks Inc. (formerly known as CDSI Holdings Inc.)
from November 1998 to September 2015. Mr. Kirkland has served as Chairman of
the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of Multi Soft
II, Inc. and Multi Solutions II, Inc. since July 2012.
Marc N. Bell has been our General Counsel and Secretary since May 1994 and our
Vice President since January 1998 and the Senior Vice President and General
Counsel of Vector Tobacco since April 2002. From November 1994 to December 2005,
Mr. Bell served as Associate General Counsel and Secretary of New Valley and
from February 1998 to December 2005, as a Vice President of New Valley. Mr.
Bell previously served as Liggett’s General Counsel and currently serves
as an officer, director or manager for many of Vector’s or New Valley’s
subsidiaries. Mr. Bell served as a member of the Board of Directors of SG Blocks
Inc. from March 2014 to September 2015.
Ronald J. Bernstein has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Liggett
since September 1, 2000 and of Liggett Vector Brands since March 2002 and has
been a director of ours since March 2004. From July 1996 to December 1999, Mr.
Bernstein served as General Director and, from December 1999 to September 2000,
as Chairman of Liggett-Ducat, our former Russian tobacco business sold in 2000.
Prior to that time, Mr. Bernstein served in various positions with Liggett commencing
in 1991, including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Vector Group Ltd currently has 1700 employees.
