Mr James Bloem
| James H. Bloem, Director at Allergan Inc, is a Senior Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of Humana Inc. (“Humana”), a position he has held since 2001. Humana is one of the nation’s largest health benefit companies with approximately 11.1 million medical members and approximately 7.3 million specialty-benefit members. Mr. Bloem also currently serves on the board of Rotech Healthcare, Inc. In addition, from 1996 to 2000, he served as a member of the board of directors of one of the Company’s predecessors. |
Mr William J. Mcdonald
| Mr William J. McDonald was initially elected to the Board of Humana Inc in October 2007. Mr. McDonald is Executive Vice President, Brand Management of Capital One Financial Corporation, having held that position since 1998. |
Mr Edward A. Kangas
| Mr. Kangas is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of United Technologies Corporation since November 23, 2014. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu from December 1989 to May 2000, when he retired. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE), AllScripts, Inc. (NASDAQ), Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Inc. (NYSE), and Intuit, Inc. (NASDAQ). He was on the Board of Directors of Electronic Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE) from 2004 to 2008. Mr. Kangas is the past Chairman of the Board of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Mr. Kangas was elected as a Director of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. in September 2002, is Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee and a member of the Company’s Compensation Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. |
Mr Thomas Ryder
| Thomas O. Ryder has been a director at amazon since November 2002. Mr. Ryder was Chairman of the Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. from April 1998 to December 2006, and was Chief Executive Officer from April 1998 to December 2005. From 1984 to 1998, Mr. Ryder worked in several roles at American Express, including as President of American Express Travel Related Services International. Mr. Ryder has been a director of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. since April 2001, a director of RPX Corporation since December 2009, and a director of Quad/Graphics, Inc. since July 2010. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors at Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. from October 2007 to November 2009. |
Mr J. Frank Brown
| Mr. Brown is a seasoned international business and academic leader whose strong technical expertise in financial and accounting matters qualifies him as an “audit committee financial expert” under SEC guidelines, as described in the “Audit Committee Report” on page 17 of this Proxy Statement. He is expected to serve on the Audit Committee in such capacity upon election to the Board. In March 2011, he completed his term as Dean of INSEAD, an international business school with campuses in France, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Before his appointment as Dean of INSEAD in July 2006, he served as a member of its Board and as Chairman of its U.S. Council. Prior to his tenure at INSEAD, Mr. Brown spent 26 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”), where he held a series of leadership roles, including head of its Assurance and Business Advisory Service, Transactions Services and Corporate Development practices, and most recently the leader of the $3.5 billion Advisory Services operating unit of PwC. He also launched PwC’s Genesis Park, a leadership development program to train the next generation of global leaders within the firm. Mr. Brown is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) Board and the European Executive Council (EEC). In June 2011, he will join General Atlantic LLC, a global growth equity firm, as a Managing Director. Brown is an author and frequent speaker on leadership. |
Mr Ari Bousbib
| Mr. Bousbib plays a key role in the Board’s oversight of the Company’s supply chain, information technology, international and finance matters, as well as providing insight into the development of corporate strategy. In September 2010, Mr. Bousbib joined IMS Health Inc., an information services company, as its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to IMS Health, Mr. Bousbib spent 14 years at United Technologies Corporation (“UTC”), a diversified company, where he most recently served as Executive Vice President of UTC and President of UTC’s Commercial Companies, responsible for the strategic direction and operational performance of subsidiaries Otis Elevator Company, Carrier Corporation and UTC Fire & Security. From 2002 to 2008, he served as President of Otis Elevator Company, and from 2000 to 2002 he served as its Chief Operating Officer. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Bousbib was Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development of UTC. Prior to joining UTC, Mr. Bousbib was a partner at Booz Allen Hamilton, a global management and technology consulting firm. In serving on our Board, Mr. Bousbib draws from his experience with managing large, sophisticated businesses, including oversight of extensive global operations, as well as strategic, finance, supply chain and information technology matters. |
Ms Carol B. Tome
| Ms Carol B. Tome is an independent director of United Parcel Service Inc since 2003. She has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Home Depot, Inc., the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer and the fourth largest retailer in the United States, since May 2001. In January 2007 Carol assumed the additional role of Executive Vice President — Corporate Services. Prior to that, she had been Senior Vice President — Finance and Accounting/Treasurer since February 2000. From 1995 until 2000, she served as Vice President and Treasurer. A native of Jackson, Wyoming, Carol holds a B.S. in Communication from the University of Wyoming and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Denver. She is an active volunteer, including serving as a member of The Committee of 200 and a member of the Atlanta Botanical Garden board. In January 2008, Carol joined the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and serves as chair of the board. She also serves on the board of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. |
Mr Craig Menear
| CRAIG A. MENEAR, age 54, has been Executive Vice President – Merchandising since April 2007. From August 2003 through April 2007, he served as Senior Vice President – Merchandising. From 1997 through August 2003, Mr. Menear served in various management and vice president level positions in the Company’s Merchandising department, including Merchandising Vice President of Hardware, Merchandising Vice President of the Southwest Division, and Divisional Merchandise Manager of the Southwest Division. He is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer at Home Depot Inc since 2015. |
Francis Stanton Blake
| Mr. Blake is Independent Director in Procter and Gamble Co since 10 February 2015, he has served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since January 2007. Previously, Mr. Blake served as our Vice Chairman from October 2006 to January 2007 and as Executive Vice President – Business Development and Corporate Operations from March 2002 to January 2007. In the latter position, he was responsible for the Company’s real estate, store construction, credit services, strategic business development, growth initiatives, international, call centers and Home Services businesses. Mr. Blake previously served in a variety of executive positions at General Electric, including as Senior Vice President, Corporate Business Development in charge of all worldwide mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and identification of strategic growth opportunities. He is a Director at Delta Air Lines Inc since 2014. |
Mr Armando Codina
| Mr. Codina’s extensive expertise in commercial real estate development and management provides our Board with significant insight into and understanding of the real estate issues faced by a large retail organization. Mr. Codina founded Codina Group, a South Florida-based commercial real estate firm, in 1980. As Codina Group’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, he led the company through significant growth for 26 years and successfully merged it with Florida East Coast Industries in 2006 to become Florida East Coast Industries’ full-service real estate business, Flagler Development Group. Flagler Development Group owns, leases and manages over 12.0 million square feet of Class-A office and industrial space. In 2006, Mr. Codina was appointed Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Flagler Development Group, where he served until September 2008. He continued to serve as non-executive Chairman of Flagler until December 31, 2010. Mr. Codina is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Codina Partners, LLC, which he formed in 2009, and through this entity and its affiliates is engaged in multiple real estate development and investment activities. Prior to founding Codina Group, Mr. Codina served as President of Professional Automated Services, Inc., a pioneer in the development of comprehensive medical management systems that provided data processing services to physicians. Mr. Codina’s deep roots in Florida have afforded the Board a unique insight into this market. In addition, Mr. Codina’s service on a number of public company boards of directors, including those listed below, provides significant and valuable perspective into corporate management and board dynamics. |
Mr Gregory Brenneman
| Greg Brenneman has served on Edwards Group plc's board of directors since October 2009. He is the Chairman of CCMP and a member of its investment committee. Prior to joining CCMP in October 2008, Mr. Brenneman served as Chief Executive Officer of QCE Holding LLC (Quiznos), a U.S. quick service restaurant chain, from January 2007 until September 2008 and as President of Quiznos from January 2007 until November 2007. He also served as Executive Chairman of Quiznos from 2008 to 2009. Prior to joining Quiznos, from 2004 to 2006, Mr. Brenneman was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Burger King Corporation. In 2002, Mr. Brenneman was named President and Chief Executive Officer of PwC Consulting, and led its strategic sale to International Business Machines Corp. (IBM). From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Brenneman was with Continental Airlines Inc. as President, Chief Operating Officer and a member of its board of directors. Mr. Brenneman currently serves on the board of directors of Francesca's Collections, a women's fashion retailer, The Home Depot, Inc. and Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Mr. Brenneman has served on Edwards Group Limited's board of directors since March 2012. Mr. Brenneman holds a M.B.A. degree with distinction from Harvard Business School and a B.A. of Business in Accounting/Finance, summa cum laude from Washburn University. and he serves as ditector in Baker Hughes Inc. |
Mr John Hinshaw
| Mr. Hinshaw served as Executive Vice President of Hewlett Packard and Hewlett Packard Enterprise from 2011 to 2016, running Technology and Operations and serving as Chief Customer Officer. Mr. Hinshaw has served as a director of the company since 2014. Prior to joining Hewlett-Packard Company, Mr. Hinshaw served as Vice President and General Manager for Boeing Information Solutions at The Boeing Company. Before that, he served as Boeing’s Chief Information Officer and led their companywide corporate initiative on information management and information security. Mr. Hinshaw also spent 14 years at Verizon Communications where, among several senior roles, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Verizon Wireless, overseeing the IT function of the wireless carrier. Mr. Hinshaw is also a board member of DocuSign, Inc., a provider of electronic signature transaction management, and NAF, an educational non-profit organization. He received a B.B.A. in Computer Information Systems and Decision Support Sciences from James Madison University. |
Mr Shumeet Banerji
| Mr Shumeet Banerji is a director of Hewlett-Packard Co since January 21, 2011. Mr Banerji has served as Chief Executive Officer of Booz & Company, a consulting company, since July 2008. Previously, Mr Banerji served in multiple roles at Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting company and predecessor to Booz & Company, while based in offices in North America, Asia and Europe, including President of the Worldwide Commercial Business from February 2008 to July 2008, Managing Director, Europe from February 2007 to February 2008 and Managing Director, United Kingdom from 2003 to March 2007. Earlier in his career, Mr Banerji was a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. |
Mr Marc Lowell Andreessen
| Mr Marc Lowell Andreessen is a director at Hewlett-Packard Co since September 17, 2009. He has served as a member of Facebook Incʼs board of directors since June 2008. Mr. Andreessen is a co-founder and has been a General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm, since July 2009. Previously, Mr. Andreessen co-founded and served as the Chairman of the board of directors of Opsware, Inc. (formerly known as Loudcloud Inc.), a software company. He also served as Chief Technology Officer of America Online, Inc., an Internet services company. Mr. Andreessen was a co-founder of Netscape Communications Corporation, a software company, serving in various positions, including Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Products. In addition to serving on our board of directors, Mr. Andreessen currently serves as a member of the boards of directors of eBay Inc. and the Hewlett-Packard Company. Mr. Andreessen holds a B.S. in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
Mr Gary M. Reiner
| Mr Gary M. Reiner is a director at Hewlett-Packard Co since January 21, 2011. Gary Reiner became one of CITI directors from 2013 . He has been an Operating Partner of General Atlantic LLC, a private equity firm, since September 2010. Mr. Reiner served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the General Electric Company from 1996 until March 2010. Mr. Reiner previously served as one of our directors from January 2007 until March 2008. Mr. Reiner is also a director on the board of Hewlett-Packard Company. Mr. Reiner is one of the nominees recommended by General Atlantic pursuant to our shareholders agreement with General Atlantic and Oak Hill. |
Mr Raymond J. Lane
| Mr Raymond J. Lane is a director of Hewlett-Packard Co since November 1, 2010. Mr Lane brings to our Board of Directors significant experience in worldwide operations, management and development of corporate strategy, considerable business and financial acumen and an understanding of the many issues facing companies in our industry. Mr Lane is a Managing Partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm, where he focuses on helping entrepreneurs with technological and market insight, organizational development, team building, selling and managing growth. Prior to joining Kleiner Perkins in July 2000, Mr Lane was President and Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Oracle. Before joining Oracle in June 1992, Mr Lane was a senior partner of Booz-Allen & Hamilton. Prior to Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Mr Lane served as division vice president with Electronic Data Systems Corporation (“EDS”). In addition, he spent ten years with IBM in various product management, sales and marketing positions. Mr Lane currently serves as a director of several private companies, including Elance, Fisker Automotive, GreatPoint Energy, Luca Technologies, Enigma, SpikeSource and Xsigo Systems. Mr Lane is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie-Mellon University and also serves as Vice Chair of Special Olympics International. Mr Lane received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from West Virginia University, on whose Board of Governors he currently serves. On March 14, 2011, Raymond J. Lane notified the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Quest Software, Inc. (Quest) that he has decided not to stand for re-election as a Quest director at our annual meeting of stockholders to be held on June 7, 2011. |
Mr Rajiv L. Gupta
| Mr Rajiv L. Gupta has been a director at Hewlett-Packard Co since November 2009. He is former Chairman and CEO of Rohm and Haas Company, which position he held from October 1999 to March 2009. Mr. Gupta began his career at Rohm and Haas in 1971 and served in a broad range of global operations and financial leadership roles. Mr. Gupta received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Operations Research from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance from Drexel University. Other Directorships: Hewlett Packard, Tyco International Ltd. and The Vanguard Group, Inc. |
Ms Margaret Cushing Whitman
| Ms Margaret Cushing Whitman is the Chairman of the Board of Hewlett-Packard Co since July 16, 2014. She is an independant director in P&G since 2011. She has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2011. She served as President and Chief Executive officer of eBay Inc., the world’s largest online marketplace and payments company, from February 1998 until March 2008, and she served as a member of eBay’s board of directors from February 1998 until January 2009. Prior to eBay, Ms Whitman served in senior leadership positions at Bain & Co., a global business consulting firm, The Walt Disney Company, an international family entertainment and media enterprise, Stride Rite Corporation, a footwear company, Florists’ Transworld Delivery, a national floral service, and Hasbro, Inc., a toy company. Ms Whitman also served as a member of the board of directors of Dreamworks Animation SKG from April 2005 until December 2008. Ms Whitman currently serves on the board of directors of the Hewlett-Packard Company, to which she was elected in January 2011, and the board of directors of The Procter & Gamble Company, on which she served from January 2003 until December 2008, and to which she was re-elected in February 2011 as Independent Director. Ms Whitman holds a degree in economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Ms Whitman’s extensive business and leadership experience and broad functional skill set give her an appreciation for the business practices that are critical to the success of a growing company such as ours. |
Ms Patricia F. Russo
| Ms Patricia F. Russo is a director Hewlett-Packard Company since January 21, 2011. She has been a member of General Motorsʼs Board of Directors since July 2009 and has been Lead Director of General Motorsʼs Board of Directors since March 2010. She served as Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel-Lucent from 2006 to 2008. Prior to the merger of Alcatel and Lucent in 2006, she served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Lucent) from February 2003 to 2006 and President and Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2003. Ms. Russo is currently a director of Alcoa Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, KKR Management LLC (the managing partner of KKR & Co. L.P.), and Merck & Co. Inc (Merck). Ms. Russo also served as a director of Schering-Plough Corporation from 1995 to its merger with Merck in 2009. |
Ms Ann M. Livermore
| Ms Ann M. Livermore serves as a director of the Hewlett-Packard Company, after retiring as an executive of the company in 2011. In her last operational role at HP, Ann was Executive Vice President of the HP Enterprise Business, an approximately $57 billion business that encompasses storage, servers, networking, software and services (2010 revenue). The products and services from this organization serve business and public sector customers of all sizes in more than 170 countries. For more than two decades, Ann has been involved with building solutions to help HP customers manage and transform their technology environments to optimize business outcomes. Ms Livermore serves as a director of United Parcel Service Inc since 1997. Ann joined HP in 1982 and has held a variety of management positions in marketing, sales, research and development, and business management before being elected a corporate vice president in 1995. She also serves as a member of the board of directors of the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Ann holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford University. |