William G. Parrett is a member of Blackstone's Board of Directors, elected effective November 9, 2007, and is the retired Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and Senior Partner of Deloitte (USA), roles he held until May 31, 2007. At Deloitte he co-founded the Global Financial Services Industry practice and served as its first chairman, and he has since served on boards including Oracle, Eastman Kodak, Thermo Fisher Scientific and UBS AG.