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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The following table sets forth the name, age, and position of individuals who currently serve as our directors and executive
officers.
Name Age Position
David A. Barr 44 Director
Jonathan Coslet 42 Director
James Coulter 47 Director
John G. Danhakl 51 Director
Sidney Lapidus 69 Director
Kewsong Lee 42 Director
Carrie Wheeler 35 Director
Burton M. Tansky 69 President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
James E. Skinner 54 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Nelson A. Bangs 54 Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Marita O'Dea 58 Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer
Phillip L. Maxwell 59 Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Steven P. Dennis 47 Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and Marketing
Karen W. Katz 50 President and Chief Executive Officer of Neiman Marcus Stores
Brendan L. Hoffman 39 President and Chief Executive Officer of Neiman Marcus Direct
James J. Gold 43 President and Chief Executive Officer of Bergdorf Goodman
The following biographies describe the business experience of our directors and executive officers.
David A. Barr has been managing director of Warburg Pincus LLC and a general partner of Warburg Pincus & Co. since
January 2001. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus in 2000, Mr. Barr served as a managing director at Butler Capital where he focused on
consumer and industrial leveraged buyout transactions for more than ten years. Mr. Barr also serves on the board of directors of
Builders First Source, Inc., Polypore Inc., and TransDigm Group Inc.
Jonathan Coslet has been a partner of TPG Capital, L.P. since 1993 and is currently a senior partner and member of the
firm's Executive, Management and Investment Committees. Prior to joining TPG Capital, L.P., Mr. Coslet worked at Donaldson,
Lufkin & Jenrette, specializing in leveraged acquisitions and high yield finance from 1991 to 1993. Mr. Coslet also serves on the
board of directors of Quintiles Transnational Corp., IASIS Healthcare Corp., and J. Crew Group, Inc.
James Coulter co-founded TPG Capital, L.P. in 1992 and has been Managing General Partner of TPG Capital, L.P. for more
than eight years. From 1986 to 1992, Mr. Coulter was a Vice President of Keystone, Inc. From 1986 to 1988, Mr. Coulter was also
associated with SPO Partners, an investment firm that focuses on public market and private minority investments. Mr. Coulter also
serves on the board of directors of Lenovo Group Limited, Seagate Technology, J. Crew Group, Inc., and Zhone Technologies, Inc.
John G. Danhakl is a Managing Partner of Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. with whom he has been a partner since 1995.
Prior to joining Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., he served as a Managing Director in the Los Angeles office of Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette, which he joined in 1990. From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Danhakl was a Vice President in corporate finance at Drexel Burnham
Lambert. He also serves on the board of directors of Arden Group, Inc., Horseshows In the Sun, Inc., Leslie's Poolmart, Inc., Petco
Animal Supplies, Inc., The Tire Rack, Inc., and Sagittarius Brands, Inc.
Sidney Lapidus is a Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Warburg Pincus LLC. He has been employed at Warburg
Pincus since 1967. Prior to that time, he was an attorney with the SEC. He presently serves as a director of Lennar Corporation and
Knoll, Inc. He is also a director of many nonprofit organizations including New York University School of Medicine, and is president
of the American Jewish Historical Society.
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