Starwood 2007 Annual Report Download - page 110

Name (Age) Principal Occupation and Business Experience Service Period
Kneeland C.
Youngblood (52)
Managing partner of Pharos Capital Group, L.L.C.,
a private equity fund focused on technology
companies, business service companies and health
care companies, since January 1998. From July
1985 to December 1997, he was in private medical
practice. He is Chairman of the Board of the
American Beacon Funds, a mutual fund company
managed by AMR Investments, an investment
affiliate of American Airlines. He is also a director
of Burger King Holdings, Inc. and Gap, Inc.
Director and Trustee
(1)
since April 2001
(1) Prior to the Host Transaction, the Trust was a subsidiary of the Corporation and directors may have also served
as Trustees of the Trust. On April 10, 2006, in connection with the Host Transaction, the Trustees resigned.
Executive Officers of the Registrants
The following table includes certain information with respect to each of the Company’s executive officers.
Name Age Position
Frits van Paasschen ........... 46 Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Corporation
Matthew A. Ouimet .......... 49 President, Hotel Group
Vasant M. Prabhu ............ 48 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the
Corporation
Kenneth S. Siegel ............ 52 Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary of the
Corporation
Raymond L. Gellein Jr. ........ 60 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Starwood
Vacation Ownership and President of the Global Development
Group
Frits van Paasschen. See Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance above.
Matthew A. Ouimet. Mr. Ouimet has been President, Hotel Group since August 2006. Prior to joining the
Company Mr. Ouimet spent 17 years at The Walt Disney Company, most recently serving as President of the
Disneyland Resort. Mr. Ouimet joined The Walt Disney Company in 1989 and began his career there in a variety of
finance and business development roles. During his tenure with Disney, Mr. Ouimet served as Executive General
Manager of Disney’s Vacation Club; President of Disney’s Cruise Line and, most recently President of the
Disneyland Resort.
Vasant M. Prabhu. Mr. Prabhu has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the
Corporation and has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since January 2004. Prior
to joining the Company, Mr. Prabhu served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Safeway
Inc., from September 2000 through December 2003. Mr. Prabhu was previously the President of the Information
and Media Group at the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., from June 1998 to August 2000, and held several senior
positions at divisions of PepsiCo, Inc. from June 1992 to May 1998. From August 1983 to May 1992 he was a
partner at Booz Allen Hamilton, an international management consulting firm.
Kenneth S. Siegel. Mr. Siegel has been the Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary of
the Corporation since March 2006 and Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Corporation from
November 2000 to March 2006. In February 2001, he was also appointed as the Secretary to the Corporation.
Mr. Siegel was formerly the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Gartner, Inc., a provider of research and
analysis on information technology industries, from January 2000 to November 2000. Prior to that time, he served
as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of IMS Health Incorporated, an information
services company, and its predecessors from February 1997 to December 1999. Prior to that time, Mr. Siegel was a
Partner in the law firm of Baker & Botts, LLP.
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