Executive Bio

Andrew Fastow is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Enron Corp., responsible for Enron's finance, treasury, risk management, and asset syndication. Mr. Fastow is also a member of Enron's Executive Committee and Enron Corporate Policy Committee.

Previously, Mr. Fastow was a managing director with Enron Capital & Trade Resources (ECT). He joined ECT in 1990 to develop the company's funding business, providing and managing the debt and equity capital required for ECT's third-party finance business, as well as for ECT's physical and financial acquisitions and investments. In 1996, Mr. Fastow led the development of Enron's retail energy business. Mr. Fastow was named CFO in 1998 and executive vice president in 1999.

Prior to joining Enron, Mr. Fastow served as senior director in Continental Bank's Asset Securitization Group in Chicago, where he structured short and medium-term asset-backed securities for commercial banks, leasing companies and corporate clients.

Mr. Fastow received a bachelor's degree in economics and Chinese from Tufts University and an MBA in Finance from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Enron is one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas and communications companies. The company, with revenues of $101 billion in 2000, markets electricity and natural gas, delivers physical commodities and financial and risk management services to customers around the world, and has developed an intelligent network platform to facilitate online business. Fortune magazine has named Enron "America's Most Innovative Company" for six consecutive years. Enron's Internet address is www.enron.com. The stock is traded under the ticker symbol "ENE."

Date of birth: December 22, 1961