(Exhibit 24.1)


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



     The  undersigned  does hereby  appoint Roger S.  Begelman,  Edward T. Joel,
Saskia  Brookfield  Martin and Susan P. Goddard  (and any other  employee of The
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its affiliates  designated in writing by one
of the  attorneys-in-fact)  his lawful attorneys,  and each of them his true and
lawful  attorney,  with power to act without  the other,  and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, to execute and file for him and in his name the
Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form 3, any Statement
of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4 and any Annual Statement of Changes
in Beneficial  Ownership on Form 5, or any similar or successor form,  which may
be  required  to be filed by him with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission
pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,  and
any and all instruments necessary or incidental therewith,  hereby granting unto
said  attorneys  and each of them full power and  authority to do and perform in
the name and on behalf of the undersigned,  and in any and all capacities, every
act and  thing  whatsoever  required  or  necessary  to be done in and about the
premises,  as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned  might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and
each of them.

     This power of attorney shall not be affected by the  subsequent  disability
or  incompetence  of the principal.  This power of attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until  either  revoked in writing by the  undersigned  or until
such time as the person or persons to whom  power of  attorney  has been  hereby
granted  cease(s) to be an employee of  The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.  or one of
its affiliates.

     IN WITNESS thereof the  undersigned  hereunto signed his name this 22nd day
of June 2003.



                                              /s/ Claes Dahlback
                                              ------------------
                                                  Claes Dahlback