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EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
I. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Our executive officers and their positions as of March 17, 2010 are:
Name
(listed alphabetically, after
Chief Executive Officer) Position
Frits van Paasschen ................ Chief Executive Officer and President and a Director
Matthew E. Avril .................. President, Hotel Group
Jeffrey M. Cava................... Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources
Officer
Philip P. McAveety ................ Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer
Vasant M. Prabhu ................. ViceChairman and Chief Financial Officer
Kenneth S. Siegel ................. Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and
Secretary
Simon M. Turner .................. President, Global Development
The biography for Mr. van Paasschen, our Chief Executive Officer and President, follows the table listing our
Directors under Election of Directors beginning on page 7 above. Biographies for our other executive officers are:
Matthew E. Avril. Mr. Avril, 49, has been President, Hotel Group since September 2008. From May 2005
until August 2008, he was President and Managing Director of Operations for Starwood Vacation Ownership
(“SVO”); and immediately prior, from September 2002 to May 2005, served as Senior Vice President for SVO.
Mr. Avril was with Vistana, Inc. (SVO’s predecessor entity) for the ten year period from January 1989 to December
1998, serving as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and, prior to that, as the company’s Chief
Financial Officer. Prior to joining Vistana, Mr. Avril, a certified public accountant, spent five years with KPMG Peat
Marwick.
Jeffrey M. Cava. Mr. Cava, 58, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since
May 2008. Mr. Cava served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Wendy’s
International, Inc. from June 2003 to May 2008. Prior to joining Wendy’s, Mr. Cava was Vice President and Chief
Human Resources Officer for Nike, Inc.; Vice President Human Resources for The Walt Disney Company,
Consumer Products Group; and Vice President of Global Staffing, Training and Development for ITT Sheraton
Corporation. Mr. Cava is also a member of the board of directors for The Society for Human Resources
Management, a non-profit global human resources professional organization.
Philip P. McAveety. Mr. McAveety, 43, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Brand Officer since
April 2008. Prior to joining the company, Mr. McAveety was Global Brand Director of Camper, SL, a fashion
footwear company, from January 2007 until March 2008. From July 1997 until December 2006, he served as Vice
President, Brand Marketing, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Nike, Inc.
Vasant M. Prabhu. Mr. Prabhu, 50, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since
January 2004. In February 2010, he was also appointed as Vice Chairman of the Company. 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 Inc., an international management consulting firm. Mr. Prabhu is a director of Mattel, Inc.
Kenneth S. Siegel. Mr. Siegel, 54, has been Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel since May
2006. From November 2000 to May 2006, Mr. Siegel held the position of Executive Vice President and General
Counsel. In February 2001, he was also appointed as the Secretary of the Company. 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
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