Panelist

Vincent DiVito

Mr. DiVito is the owner and Managing Director of Vincent L. DiVito, Inc., a financial and management consulting firm.  Previously, he spent 20 years with Lonza, a global Life Sciences company which is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange, and its predecessor (Alusuisse Lonza) which included Packaging and Aluminum businesses as well.   In that latter half of that 20 year period Mr. DiVito was President of Lonza America, Inc., after having served as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  Prior to that he was the Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer for Algroup Wheaton, a global pharmaceutical and cosmetics packaging company within Alusuisse Lonza.  He currently serves on the board of AquaMetals (NASDAQ) where he chairs the Audit Committee and serves on the Compensation and Nominating/Governance Committees and has recently been nominated to serve as the company’s Non-Executive Chairman.  Mr. DiVito also serves on the board of Elara Foodservice Disposables (a private company).  Previously, he served on the board of Riviera Holdings Inc (Amex) where he chaired the Audit Committee and served as Non-Executive Chair through a change in control.  In addition, he served on the boards of Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc (NASDAQ), an Asian based gaming company and  Virtgame, Inc (NASDAQ), a technology company.  Mr. DiVito is a certified public accountant and a certified management accountant as well as a NACD Board Leadership Fellow and is a Past-President of the Long Island Chapter of Financial Executives International.
Mr. DiVito is the owner and Managing Director of Vincent L. DiVito, Inc., a financial and management consulting firm.  Previously, he spent 20 years with Lonza, a global Life Sciences company which is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange, and its predecessor (Alusuisse Lonza) which included Packaging and Aluminum businesses as well.   In that latter half of that 20 year period Mr. DiVito was President of Lonza America, Inc., after having served as its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.  Prior to that he was the Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer for Algroup Wheaton, a global pharmaceutical and cosmetics packaging company within Alusuisse Lonza.  He currently serves on the board of AquaMetals (NASDAQ) where he chairs the Audit Committee and serves on the Compensation and Nominating/Governance Committees and has recently been nominated to serve as the company’s Non-Executive Chairman.  Mr. DiVito also serves on the board of Elara Foodservice Disposables (a private company).  Previously, he served on the board of Riviera Holdings Inc (Amex) where he chaired the Audit Committee and served as Non-Executive Chair through a change in control.  In addition, he served on the boards of Entertainment Gaming Asia Inc (NASDAQ), an Asian based gaming company and  Virtgame, Inc (NASDAQ), a technology company.  Mr. DiVito is a certified public accountant and a certified management accountant as well as a NACD Board Leadership Fellow and is a Past-President of the Long Island Chapter of Financial Executives International.