ERIN F. BURKE
Director of Investor Relations

Erin Burke joined IPR in January 2000 as Senior Counselor, Investor Relations. Ms. Burke had previously served as Senior Vice President and Group Manager at Ludgate Communications. Ms. Burke joined Ludgate after spending several years in financial services and marketing with Citibank and Merrill Lynch.

During her eight-year tenure with Ludgate Communications, she was responsible for the development and implementation of the financial communication programs for a wide variety of international clients, including Cadbury Schweppes, Pechiney, Koor Industries, OMV and Reliance Industries. Ms. Burke specializes in creating focused investor relations programs based on market perception research, message development and institutional investor and sell-side analyst targeting to meet the particular communications goals of her client companies.

Ms. Burke was a senior account executive at Citibank's American Depositary Receipt (ADR) division before joining Ludgate. At Citibank she coordinated the ADR launch of European and Asian companies and provided after-market support for the companies and their U.S. shareholders. She managed the investment community activities for the ADR programs, including cash and stock dividends, reorganizations, rights offerings, stock splits, mergers and acquisitions and proxy voting. Her role at Citibank required daily contact and coordination of key agencies involved in ADR programs such as the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, underwriters, legal counsel and global financial audiences.

Prior to her work at Citibank, Ms. Burke was an International Account Manager in the Foreign Securities division of Merrill Lynch. She was the principal liaison to Merrill Lynch traders, operations staff, custodial banks and foreign clients and was responsible for foreign equity, debt and currency settlements.

Ms. Burke is a graduate of Rutgers University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Accounting.