Leonard M. Harlan, now retired, was a named Partner of Castle Harlan, Inc., and its former President and in his last three years, served as its Senior Adviser. He was also a founding executive committee member of CHAMP, the Australian affiliate of Castle Harlan and a member of the Investment Committee of CHAMP Management Pty Limited. Mr. Harlan was formerly a director of Gold Star Foods, Director Emeritus of The America for Bulgaria Foundation (established by the U.S. Congress) and a director of over 15 companies. Mr. Harlan is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Weill Cornell Medical College and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, co-chairman of the Deans Council Executive Committee, a member of the Clinical Affairs Committee (formerly the chair and co-chair for 16 years), a member of the Special Committee on Research, the Business and Finance Committee and the Compensation Committee. He is co-chair of the Policy Board of the Cornell Physicians Organization and a member of the Advisory Board of the Healthcare Leadership and Management Scholarship Program. He is a member of the Steering Committee of Cornell Tech; a director of the Voice Health Institute (VHI), the Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York, formerly a member of the Dean's Advisory Council of Harvard Business School, vice president and member of the Executive Committee of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association, and for six years was a member of the Harvard Business School Visiting Committee. Mr. Harlan is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), a director of the Foundation for Art & Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), and co-chair of the New York Region of BENS (Business Executives for National Security). He is President of the Garvan Institute (Australia) U.S. Charitable Trust; and was for 25 years a trustee of the New York City Citizens Budget Commission. He is a general partner of Harlan Capital Partners LLC, founded by his son Josh in 2011.

Mr. Harlan began his career as a Vice President at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. From 1969 to 1995, he was chairman and chief executive officer of The Harlan Company, Inc., a real estate investment banking and advisory firm. A graduate of Cornell University with a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Mr. Harlan has a Masters with Distinction and Doctorate from the Harvard Business School. He lives with his wife, Fleur, in Palm Beach and New York and has two sons and three granddaughters.