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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
The Company’s executive officers and directors are as follows:
Name Age Position
Michael D. Capellas ............ 55 Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Peter W. Boucher .............. 55 Executive Vice President
Robert P. DeRodes ............. 59 Executive Vice President
John Elkins ................... 57 Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Edward A. Labry III ............ 47 Executive Vice President
David R. Money ............... 54 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Kevin J. Schultz ............... 52 Executive Vice President
W. Patrick Shannon ............ 47 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Grace Chen Trent .............. 40 Executive Vice President
James R. Fisher ................ 54 Director
Joe W. Forehand ............... 61 Director
Henry R. Kravis ............... 66 Director
Scott C. Nuttall ................ 37 Director
Tagar C. Olson ................ 32 Director
Michael D. Capellas has been the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since
September 2007. Mr. Capellas is a 30-year veteran of the IT industry and two-time, former Chief Executive
Officer of Compaq Computer Corporation and MCI. He began his career with Schlumberger Limited and went
on to hold senior management positions at Schlumberger as well as Oracle Corporation and SAP Americas. He
joined Compaq in 1998 as their Chief Information Officer and was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
in July 1999. After the merger with Hewlett Packard (“HP”), Mr. Capellas served as President of HP. In 2002, he
accepted the challenge of leading MCI (then WorldCom) through the largest corporate reorganization in history.
For three years, he served as MCI’s president and Chief Executive Officer and oversaw the successful rebuilding
of the company. From 2006 through the time he joined the Company, Mr. Capellas served as a senior advisor to
Silver Lake Partners, an investment firm that focuses on large scale investments in technology and related
industries. Mr. Capellas serves on the board of directors of Cisco Systems, Inc. (and its compensation committee)
and the national board of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He holds a B.B.A. degree from Kent State
University.
Peter W. Boucher joined the Company as Executive Vice President of Human Resources in April 2006.
From March 2003 to March 2006 he was Senior Vice President of Janus Capital Group. Mr. Boucher joined
Citigroup, Inc. in January 1998 and served as Senior Human Resources Officer, Corporate Center until
December 2002.
Robert P. DeRodes has been an Executive Vice President since October 2008 and serves as Executive Vice
President of Global Operations & Technology. He previously served as the Executive Vice President—Chief
Information Officer for Home Depot, Inc. from February 2002 until September 2008. He also served as President
and Chief Executive Officer of Delta Technology, Inc. and Chief Information Officer for Delta Air Lines, Inc.,
an international airline company, from September 1999 until February 2002. From February 1995 to September
1999, he served as Senior Technology Officer at Citibank, a global financial services company. From February
1993 to February 1995, he was President of Sabre Development Services for the Sabre Group Holdings, Inc., a
subsidiary of American Airlines, Inc. From 1983 to 1993 Mr. DeRodes was with USAA. Prior to that, he was
with Centerre Bankcorp and Security National Bank.
John Elkins joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in September
2009. Prior to joining First Data, Elkins served as a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company from November
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