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EQUIFAX | 2007 ANNUAL REPORT 21
privacy laws and regulations in Argentina, Chile, Peru
and Uruguay. There are also constitutional provisions in
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and certain other countries
which declare the right to a judicial hearing on the use of
personal data, and grant individuals the right to access and
correct information in the possession of data controllers in
many of those countries.
TALX
The Tax Management business within our TALX segment is
potentially impacted by changes in U.S. tax laws or interpretations,
for example, those pertaining to work opportunity tax credits
and unemployment compensation claims. A subsidiary of TALX,
Talent Management, provides employee testing, assessment
and talent management services to the federal government through
a number of prime and subcontracts with federal agencies,
including the Transportation Security Administration. These
contracts may be adversely affected by changes in U.S. federal
government programs or contractor requirements, including the
adoption of new laws or regulations.
PERSONNEL
We employed approximately 7,000 employees in 14 countries as
of December 31, 2007. None of our U.S. employees are subject
to a collective bargaining agreement and no work stoppages have
been experienced. Pursuant to local laws, our employees in Brazil,
Spain and Argentina are subject to collective bargaining agreements
that govern general salary and compensation matters, basic benefi ts
and hours of work. Equifax is not a party to these agreements.
Information regarding our executives is included in “Executive
Offi cers of the Registrant” below.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The persons serving as our executive offi cers as of February 27, 2008, together with their ages, positions and brief summaries of their
business experience, are as follows:
Name Age Position Executive Officer Since
Richard F. Smith 48 Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer 2005
Lee Adrean 56 Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Offi cer 2006
Kent E. Mast 64 Corporate Vice President and Chief Legal Offi cer 2000
Coretha M. Rushing 51 Corporate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Offi cer 2006
Paul J. Springman 62 Corporate Vice President and Chief Marketing Offi cer 2002
Robert J. Webb 39 Corporate Vice President and Chief Information Offi cer 2006
J. Dann Adams 50 President, U.S. Consumer Information Solutions 2006
William W. Canfi eld 69 President, TALX 2007
Steven P. Ely 52 President, North America Personal Solutions 2007
Rodolfo O. Ploder 47 President, International 2006
Michael S. Shannon 52 President, North America Commercial Solutions 2006
Nuala M. King 54 Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller 2004
There are no family relationships among our executive offi cers,
nor are there any arrangements or understandings between any of
the offi cers and any other persons pursuant to which they were
selected as offi cers, except that Mr. Canfi eld was appointed to the
Board at the effective time of the merger of TALX with and into
a subsidiary of Equifax pursuant to the terms of that certain Agree-
ment and Plan of Merger dated February 14, 2007, among TALX
Corporation, Equifax and Chipper Corporation.
Mr. Smith has been Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer since
December 15, 2005. He was named Chairman-Elect and Chief
Executive Offi cer effective September 19, 2005 and was elected
as a Director on September 22, 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Smith
served as Chief Operating Offi cer, GE Insurance Solutions, from
2004 to September 2005; as President and Chief Executive Offi cer
of GE Property and Casualty Reinsurance from 2003 to 2004; as
President and Chief Executive Offi cer of GE Property and Casualty
Reinsurance – Americas of GE Global Insurance Holdings Corp.
from 2001 to 2003; and as President and Chief Executive Offi cer,
GE Capital Fleet Services from 1995 to 2000.
Mr. Adrean joined Equifax as Corporate Vice President and
Chief Financial Offi cer in October 2006. Prior to joining Equifax,
he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Offi cer
of NDCHealth Corporation since 2004. Prior thereto, he served
as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
EarthLink, Inc. where he was employed from 2000 until 2004.
Mr. Mast has served as Chief Legal Offi cer since he joined
Equifax in 2000. His responsibilities include legal services, global
sourcing, security and compliance, government and legislative
relations, corporate governance and privacy functions.
Ms. Rushing joined Equifax in May 2006 as Corporate Vice
President and Chief Administrative Offi cer. Prior to joining
Equifax, Ms. Rushing served as an executive coach and HR
Consultant with Atlanta-based Cameron Wesley LLC. Prior
thereto, she was Senior Vice President of Human Resources at
The Coca-Cola Company, where she was employed from 1996
until 2004.