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Served as a
Director
Since
Robert E. Sulentic, age 56
Chief Executive Officer of CBRE, Inc., a global commercial
real estate services company, since December 2012 and
President since March 2010. Mr. Sulentic has been a member
of the CBRE Board since December 2012. He previously
served as President of the company's Development Services
business from December 2006 to April 2011. Mr. Sulentic
previously served as Chief Financial Officer of CBRE from
March 2009 and Group President from July 2009, each until
March 2010. Mr. Sulentic was a member of CBRE's Board
and Group President of Development Services, Asia Pacific
and Europe, Middle East and Africa from December 2006
through March 2009. Mr. Sulentic was a director of
Trammell Crow Company from December 1997 through
December 2006, and served as its Chairman of the Board
from May 2002 through December 2006. He was President
and Chief Executive Officer of Trammell Crow Company
from October 2000 through December 2006 and prior to that
served as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer from September 1998 to October 2000. Among many
qualifications, Mr. Sulentic has extensive executive level
management experience. Mr. Sulentic also brings to the
Board a significant financial background that qualifies him
as an audit committee financial expert. His insight with
respect to doing business globally is also highly valued.
2007
Raul Vazquez, age 41
Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Progress Financial
Corporation or Progreso Financiero, a financial services
company serving the needs of the growing Hispanic market,
since April 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Vazquez served as an
Executive Vice President of Global e-Commerce at Wal-Mart
Stores Inc. from February 2011 to August 2011. He also
served as Executive Vice President and President of Wal-
Mart West at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from February 2010 to
February 2011. He served as Chief Executive Officer of
Walmart.com USA LLC from February 2007 to February
2010, where he oversaw all day-to-day operations and
focused on providing multi-channel options for customers.
He joined Walmart.com in 2002. He is an e-commerce
veteran and has expertise and leadership in e-commerce and
retail including hands-on, leadership experience at Wal-Mart
and Walmart.com in marketing and operations, among other
roles.
_____
Vijay Vishwanath, age 53
Partner at Bain & Company, a management consulting firm,
since 1993. Mr. Vishwanath first joined Bain in 1986 and
leads its consumer products practice. Prior to joining Bain,
Mr. Vishwanath worked at Procter & Gamble.
Mr. Vishwanath previously served as a director of Yankee
Candle Company from 2005 to 2007. Among many
qualifications, Mr. Vishwanath brings to the Board expertise
in consumer products and brands, as well as marketing,
gained in his position at Bain & Company counseling
numerous Fortune 500 companies and, previously, at
Procter & Gamble. In addition, Mr. Vishwanath has valuable
experience in strategic planning and corporate governance.
2007