NC State University College of Management Enterprise Risk Management Roundtable scheduled for January 25

January 22, 2008 - Brian Warren, director of the Treasury Risk Group at Microsoft Corporation, is speaking at the January 25 ERM Roundtable hosted by the Enterprise Risk Management Initiative at North Carolina State University College of Management. He will discuss the Interaction of Treasury and Risk Management.

The ERM Roundtables are held at the Wachovia IMAX Theatre at Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh. Each program begins with registration and a continental breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., followed by the roundtable presentation and discussion from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Registration is required. There is a charge of $45 for each individual program, or $120 for the series of three roundtables. The next two ERM Roundtables will be held February 29 and April 11. Registration details and additional information about the ERM Roundtable series are available online at http://mgt.ncsu.edu/erm/.

About the speaker:

Brian Warren is a director in the Treasury Risk Group of Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington. His responsibilities include quantitative risk analysis, claims management, captive insurance program development and oversight of accounting policies and transactions related to insurance.

Warren joined Microsoft in June 1996 as a risk analyst, coming from Allstate Insurance Company's Seattle regional office where he was a financial analyst in their Controller Department. Prior to Allstate, he served in the U.S. Army as a field artillery officer at Fort Ord, California. He retired from the U.S. Army Reserve in 2003. He earned his bachelor's degree in economics from Princeton University.

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February 29, 2008

Doug Anderson, Corporate Auditor, Dow Chemical Company, will discuss
Board and Audit Committee Engagement in Risk Oversight.

Douglas J. Anderson

Corporate Auditor

The Dow Chemical Company

Doug is the Corporate Auditor for The Dow Chemical Company, a position he has held since 2001. Dow Chemical is a global manufacturer with 43,000 employees and revenues of $49 Billion. As Dow's CAE, Doug has responsibility for internal audit, fraud investigation, and contract compliance audits.

From 1998 to 2001, Doug was the Finance Leader for the global Dow Latex business responsible for the accounting, business analysis, and valuation activities of this business and interfacing with the corporate finance functions of Dow. Doug joined Dow in 1991 in internal auditing. Prior to 1991, Doug was a Senior Audit Manager with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Detroit. During his ten years with PriceWaterhouseCoopers he was involved in a wide variety of audit and litigation related assignments.

Doug received a BA in Economics from The University of Michigan and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from The University of Chicago. He is a Certified Internal Auditor, a Certified Public Accountant, and a Certified Management Accountant. He was the Gold Medal Winner for the May 1995 Certified Internal Auditor Examination. Doug is a Vice-Chair of the Professional Issues Committee of the Institute of Internal Auditors which provides guidance for internal auditors globally. Doug is also a member of the COSO Monitoring project task force which is working on developing guidance on applying monitoring controls in the COSO internal control framework.

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