EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each officer and director of Cambrex
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints James A. Mack and Luke M. Beshar, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all Annual Reports on Form 10-K which said Cambrex
Corporation may be required to file pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any and all amendments thereto and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF each of the undersigned has executed this instrument as
of the 15th day of March 2004.
/s/ JAMES A. MACK
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James A. Mack
President, Chief Executive Officer
Chairman of the Board
/s/ LUKE M. BESHAR
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Luke M. Beshar
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ ROSINA B. DIXON
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Rosina B. Dixon, M.D.
Director
/s/ ROY W. HALEY
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Roy W. Haley
Director
/s/ KATHRYN RUDIE HARRIGAN
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Kathryn Rudie Harrigan, PhD
Director
/s/ LEON J. HENDRIX, JR.
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Leon J. Hendrix, Jr.
Director
/s/ ILAN KAUFTHAL
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Ilan Kaufthal
Director
/s/ WILLIAM KORB
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William Korb
Director
/s/ ROBERT LEBUHN
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Robert LeBuhn
Director
/s/ JOHN R. MILLER
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John R. Miller
Director
/s/ PETER G. TOMBROS
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Peter G. Tombros
Director