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December 2005. In addition, Mr. Ryder was Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., a wireless service provider,
from October 2007 to November 2009. Mr. Ryder was President, American Express Travel Related Services International, a division of American Express
Company, which provides travel, financial and network services, from October 1995 to April 1998. In the past five years, Mr. Ryder also served as a director of
World Color Press, Inc., a company acquired by Quad/Graphics, Inc. in July 2010. Mr. Ryder is also currently a director of Amazon.com, Inc., Quad/Graphics, Inc.
and RPX Corporation. Mr. Ryder has been a director of the Company since 2001 and currently serves on the Capital Committee and the Compensation Committee.
We believe Mr. Ryder’s senior leadership experience, including as Chairman and CEO of Reader’s Digest, his branding, development and strategy experience, his
global business, media and marketing experience and his public company director and committee experience qualify him to serve on the Board of Directors.
Executive Officers
The following table includes certain information with respect to each of our executive officers.
Name
(listed alphabetically, after
Chief Executive Officer) Position
Thomas B. Mangas Chief Executive Officer and Director
Jeffrey M. Cava Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Martha C. Poulter Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Sergio D. Rivera President, The Americas
Alan M. Schnaid Chief Financial Officer
Kenneth S. Siegel Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
Simon M. Turner President, Global Development
Biographies for our executive officers follow:
Thomas B. Mangas. See Item 10, Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance, Board of Directors, above.
Jeffrey M. Cava. Mr. Cava, 64, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company since May 2008. Mr. Cava served as
Executive Vice President Administration and Chief Human Resources Officer for Wendy’s International, Inc., a restaurant franchising company specializing in
quick-service hamburgers, from June 2003 to May 2008. Prior to joining Wendy’s, Mr. Cava was Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Nike,
Inc., a designer, developer and marketer of footwear, apparel and accessory products; Vice President Human Resources for The Walt Disney Company, Consumer
Products Group, a business segment of The Walt Disney Company that extends the Disney brand to a range of merchandise; and Vice President of Global Staffing,
Training and Development for ITT Sheraton Corporation, a hotel company. Mr. Cava is also a member of the board of directors and has chaired the compensation
committee of The Society for Human Resources Management, a non-profit global human resources professional organization.
Martha C. Poulter. Ms. Poulter, 48, has been Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer of the Company since June 2014. Prior to joining the
Company, Ms. Poulter spent eighteen years at GE Capital, a financial services provider, in progressively senior roles, most recently serving as Vice President,
General Electric and Chief Information Officer, GE Capital from August 2010 to June 2014. From 2008 to 2010 Ms. Poulter served as Chief Information Officer
for GE Capital, Americas and from 2007 to 2008 served as Chief Information Officer for GE Capital, Capital Solutions. From 1995 to 2007, Ms. Poulter held
various positions for General Electric, Corporate Financial Services. Prior to joining GE Capital, Ms. Poulter held various positions with Southern New England
Telephone, a telecommunications company.
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