Doug Knowles

Douglas "Doug" Knowles was the chairman of the the board of directors for Starkwood during Day 7.

Before Day 7
Doug was responsible for securing overseas contracts with the United States government, under former President Noah Daniels, permitting Starkwood mercenaries to participate in military conflicts. This was later canceled following the inauguration of President Allison Taylor and her administration.

Day 7
At about 10:00pm, Doug and other Starkwood executives were assembled at the group's headquarters by Jonas Hodges. There, he listened to Hodges' rant about how their soldiers could have protected America if their contracts weren't canceled. But Doug differed with Hodges' more ambitious and immoral plans. Outside the offices, he confronted him about the death of Senator Blaine Mayer, but was dismissed by Hodges, who was disappointed they couldn't see things the same way. Doug wanted reassurance from Jonas that he was not involved in the murder of Blaine Mayer, but Hodges only replied that Starkwood wasn't in the business of political assassination. Although he suggested that it might be more profitable, which visibly unnerved Doug, as Hodges walked away.

Shortly after midnight, Doug was watching the F.B.I. raid on Starkwood from a tower of the complex. He was called by Jack Bauer who plead for him to give some assistance, since Hodges was obviously going to jail for his crimes. He agreed and snuck around the outside of tower, where he met Tony Almeida, who had slipped away from the commandos. At the entrance of a secure warehouse, they were forced to break a code on the door as a patrol came through. Doug slipped away from Tony and approached the patrol in order to take their attention away from the building, and Tony's break-in.

At the command of Hodges, he was returned to his office by force and held captive. When Hodges finally arrived, he explained his suspicions of Doug, which both knew were true. Doug confronted Hodges about his madness and the repercussions of a potential war against their own country. But Hodges yelled at him for his lack of loyalty.

Hodges viciously bashed him over the head with a customized whiskey bottle and flipped him over the railing of the floor. Doug plunged twenty-feet onto a marble-floor, which had a gigantic emblazoned map of the world on it. Hodges cleaned his bloodied shirt with some club soda and distantly left the room. When Greg Seaton later noticed the blood on his shirt, Jonas Hodges sarcastically joked: "Too bad Mr. Knowles couldn't be here."