Robert M. Aquilina

Robert Aquilina is the chairman of the board of directors of MedQuist. He has served as an executive partner, a senior operating consultant role, to S.A.C. Private Capital Group, LLC (SAC PCG) since 2007. Previously, he served as an industrial partner at Ripplewood Holdings LLC (Ripplewood), held the role of co-chairman of Flag Telecom Group Ltd., and was a board member of Japan Telecom Inc. Prior to these positions, he was a senior operating executive of AT&T Inc., with a 21-year career. His last post at AT&T was as co-president of AT&T Consumer Services and a member of the chairman’s Operating Group. Previously within AT&T, Aquilina held a variety of senior positions including president of Europe, Middle East & Africa; vice chairman of AT&T Unisource; vice chairman of WorldPartners; chairman of AT&T-UK; and general manager of Global Data Services. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art in New York (Cooper Union). He has been a member of Cooper Union’s board of trustees since 2000 and is currently chairing Cooper Union’s audit committee.