Neil R. Austrian — 72
Mr. Austrian has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since May 23, 2011
and he acted as Interim Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since November
1, 2010. Mr. Austrian has served as a Director since 1998. He also served as
our Interim Chair and Chief Executive Officer from October 4, 2004 until March
11, 2005. Mr. Austrian served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the
National Football League from April 1991 until December 1999. He was a Managing
Director of Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. from October 1987 until March 1991.
Mr. Austrian served as a director of Viking Office Products from January 1988
until August 1998 when Office Depot merged with Viking Office Products. He also
serves as a director of The DirecTV Group (formerly Hughes Electronics Company).
Michael Allison — Age: 54
Mr. Allison was appointed Executive Vice President, Human Resources for Office
Depot in July 2011. Mr. Allison joined Office Depot in September 2006 as Vice
President, Human Resources. Prior to joining Office Depot, Mr. Allison served
as Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Victoria’s Secret Direct
from February, 2001 to September, 2005. Prior to Victoria’s Secret, he
was Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Bank One and Senior Vice President
and Director of Human Resources for National City Bank.
Farla Efros — Age: 39
Ms. Efros was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising
Officer for Office Depot in January 2012. Ms. Efros previously served as Interim
Head of Merchandising for the company since July 2011. Prior to joining the
company, Ms. Efros was a Senior Vice President for Retail Consulting Services
at Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) from June 2009 to December 2011. Ms. Efros
was a Partner with The Partnering Group Inc. from June 1999 to June 2009, where
she consulted in the retail and consumer goods industries in key areas such
as merchandising and marketing strategy, organization design, category management
and assortment optimization, as well as change and transition management.
Elisa Garcia — Age: 54
Ms. Garcia was appointed Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary in July 2007 with overall responsibility for global legal and compliance
matters and governmental relations. Prior to joining Office Depot, Ms. Garcia
served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
of Domino’s Pizza, Inc. from April 2000. Prior to joining Domino’s
Pizza, Ms. Garcia served as Latin American Regional Counsel for Philip Morris
International, and Corporate Counsel for GAF Corporation.
Mark Hutchens — Age: 46
Mr. Hutchens was appointed Senior Vice President and Controller in September
2008. Prior to assuming that position, Mr. Hutchens held the position of Senior
Vice President of Finance, International Division since late 2006. Prior to
joining the company, Mr. Hutchens served as Assistant Treasurer at Yum! Brands,
Inc., from February 2005 to November 2006 and as General Auditor from November
2003 to February 2005. In addition, Mr. Hutchens served in a variety of senior
management positions at Yum! from May 1996 to November 2003. Prior to joining
Yum! Mr. Hutchens served in various management positions at Ford Motor Company,
where he was employed until May 1996.
Michael Newman — Age: 55
Mr. Newman was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in
August 2008. Prior to joining Office Depot, Mr. Newman served as Chief Financial
Officer of Platinum Research Organization, Inc. from April 2007 through February
2008. Prior to joining Platinum Research Organization, Mr. Newman was employed
as an independent consultant since 2005. Mr. Newman also served as Chief Financial
Officer of Blackstone Crystal Holdings Capital Partners from 2004 to 2005 and
Chief Financial Officer of Radio Shack Corp. from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Newman also
held Chief Financial Officer roles at Intimate Brands and Hussmann International
(which was acquired by Ingersoll-Rand in 2000). He also spent 17 years at General
Electric in a variety of management roles both in the United States and Europe.
Robert J. Moore — Age: 54
Mr. Moore was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
for Office Depot in July of 2011. Mr. Moore joined the company as Interim Head
of Marketing in April 2011. Prior to joining Office Depot, he ran his own marketing
consulting practice from January 2009 to April 2011, and before that served
as President of the U.S. Vision Care business from July 2007 to July 2008 and
various senior executive positions since 2002. Mr. Moore’s experience
also includes Executive Vice President of Marketing for Staples from 1999 to
2001 and Global VP Marketing and Product Design for Ray Ban Sunglass Group from
1996 to 1999.
Kevin Peters —Age: 54
Mr. Peters was appointed President, North American in July 2011. He previously
served as President of the North American Retail Division since April 2010 and
as Executive Vice President, Supply Chain and Information Technology since March
2009. He joined the company in 2007 as Executive Vice President, Supply Chain.
Prior to joining the company, Mr. Peters spent five years in management roles
at W.W. Grainger, including Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Merchandising.
Prior to W.W. Grainger, Mr. Peters spent 11 years at The Home Depot, serving
as Vice President and General Manager, Home Depot Commercial Direct and Vice
President Supply Chain and Merchandising.
Steven Schmidt —Age: 57
Mr. Schmidt was appointed President, International in November 2011 after serving
as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and New Business Development
since July 2011 and as President, North American Business Solutions since July
2007. Prior to joining Office Depot, Mr. Schmidt spent 11 years with the ACNielsen
Corporation, most recently serving as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Prior to joining ACNielsen, Mr. Schmidt spent eight years at the Pillsbury Food
Company, serving as President of its Canadian and Southeast Asian operations.
He has also held management positions at PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble.
The Odp Corporation currently has 56000 employees.
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