Starwood 2007 Annual Report Download - page 108

Changes in Internal Controls
There has not been any change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the
evaluation that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2007 that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, those controls.
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
The Board of Directors of the Company is currently comprised of 10 members, each of whom is elected for a
one-year term. The following table sets forth, for each of the members of the Board of Directors as of the date of this
Annual Report, certain information regarding such Director.
Name (Age) Principal Occupation and Business Experience Service Period
Frits van Paasschen (46) Chief Executive Officer of the Company since
September 2007. From March 2005 until September
2007, he served as President and CEO of Molson
Coors Brewing Company’s largest division, Coors
Brewing Company. Prior to joining Coors, from
April 2004 until March 2005, Mr. van Paasschen
worked independently through FPaasschen
Consulting and Mercator Investments, evaluating,
proposing, and negotiating private equity
transactions. Prior thereto, Mr. van Paasschen spent
seven years at Nike, Inc, most recently as Corporate
Vice President/General Manager, Europe, Middle
East and Africa from 2000 to 2004.
CEO and Director since
September 2007
Adam M. Aron (53) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of World
Leisure Partners, Inc., a leisure related consultancy,
since 2006 From 1996 through 2006, Mr. Aron
served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Vail Resorts, Inc. (an owner and operator of ski
resorts and hotels). Mr. Aron is also a director of
FTD Group, Inc., Rewards Network, Inc. and
Marathon Acquisition Corp.
Director since August
2006
Charlene Barshefsky (57) Senior International Partner at the law firm of
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP,
Washington, D.C. since 2001. From March 1997 to
January 2001, Ambassador Barshefsky was the
United States Trade Representative, the chief trade
negotiator and principal trade policy maker for the
United States and a member of the President’s
Cabinet. Ambassador Barshefsky is a director of
The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., American
Express Company and Intel Corporation.
Ambassador Barshefsky also serves on the Board of
Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Director and Trustee
(1)
since October 2001
Jean-Marc Chapus (48) Group Managing Director and Portfolio Manager of
Trust Company of the West, an investment
management firm, and President of TCW/ Crescent
Mezzanine L.L.C., a private investment fund, since
March 1995.
Director from August
1995 to November 1997
and since April 1999;
Trustee
(1)
since November
1997
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