Paul J. Van Der Wansem

Paul J. van der Wansem, the Chairman of BTU International’s board of directors
since 1979, returned as Chief Executive Officer in October 2004 after a two-year
hiatus. He previously served as the company’s CEO from 1979 to July 2002. From
1977 to 1981, Mr. van der Wansem served as Vice President of Holec, N.V., a
Dutch electronics company; from 1978 through 1981, he was President of Holec
(USA), Inc. Prior to that, Mr. van der Wansem worked as a Management Consultant
for the Boston Consulting Group, Inc., and as an Adjunct Director of First
National City Bank in both Amsterdam and New York. He received an undergraduate
degree in automotive engineering from Bromsgrove College, England, and holds an
MBA from IMD, Switzerland.