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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS (ITEM 1 ON THE PROXY CARD)
20 STAPLES Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHIES
Basil Anderson
Age: 70
Director Since: 1997
Current Staples Board Committees
- Audit, Finance
Skills and Experience
- Audit, Financial Expertise
- Consumer and Business Sales
- Corporate Governance
- International Operations
- M&A/Integration
- Risk Oversight
- Strategy
Public Company Boards
Current
- Becton, Dickinson
and Company
- Hasbro, Inc.
- Moody’s Corporation
Prior
- CRA International, Inc.
(2004-2011)
Selected Other Positions
- Director, Operation Warm
Education
- M.B.A, Marketing and Management
Science, University of Chicago
- M.S., Hydraulic Engineering, University
of Illinois
- B.S.E., Israeli Institute of Technology,
summa cum laude
Career Highlights
Mr. Anderson has served on the Staples Board since 1997, when he joined as an independent director. In 2001, he was
asked to join the management team as our Vice Chairman to assist the then-CEO in the transformation of the company.
Mr. Anderson was a key player in the development of a new strategy that led to expansion of the Contract business, the
creation of our own brand products and the first company-wide cost reduction efforts. This successful strategy led to a
tripling of the stock price before his retirement in 2006. In addition to his executive experience at Staples, Mr. Anderson also
acquired experience in strategic, business and financial planning and operations, and international operations in his role as
Chief Financial Officer of Campbell Soup Company from 1996 to 2001 and Scott Paper Company from 1993 to 1996. At
Campbell Soup Company, Mr. Anderson initiated a strategy that led to the restructuring of the company, including significant
cost reductions, disposition of nonstrategic assets, acquisition of strategic businesses and significant share repurchases.
Mr. Anderson also led a strategic restructuring of Scott Paper Company and was a key player in the company’s merger with
Kimberly Clark Corporation. In addition to his extensive executive experience, Mr. Anderson has served as a director on
various public company boards in different industries. He has served as Chair or as a member of the Audit, Compensation
and Benefits, Governance and MIS Committees of these boards. He was recently elected Lead Independent Director of
Hasbro, Inc., effective May 21, 2015.