People: Autozone Inc (AZO)


AZO on New York Consolidated

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18 Jun 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

William Rhodes

47 2007 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

William Giles

53 2012 Chief Financial Officer, EVP - Finance, Information Technology and ALLDATA

Harry Goldsmith

2006 Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

Ronald Griffin

58 2012 Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Charlie Pleas

47 2007 Senior Vice President, Controller

Albert Saltiel

2013 Senior Vice President - Marketing

Michael Womack

45 2012 Senior Vice President - Human Resources

Mark Finestone

51 2008 Senior Vice President - Merchandising

William Graves

52 2012 Senior Vice President - Supply Chain and International

Thomas Newbern

50 2012 Senior Vice President - Store Operations and Store Development

Larry Roesel

55 2007 Senior Vice President - Commercial

Earl Graves

50 2009 Lead Independent Director

Linda Goodspeed

2013 Director

Joseph Hyde

69 2007 Director

Sue Gove

54 2005 Independent Director

Enderson Guimaraes

54 2012 Independent Director

W. Andrew McKenna

66 2009 Independent Director

George Mrkonic

60 2006 Independent Director

Luis Nieto

57 2008 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

William Rhodes

Mr. William C. Rhodes, III is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of AutoZone, Inc. He was elected Chairman in June 2007. He has been President, Chief Executive Officer, and a director since 2005. Prior to his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Rhodes was Executive Vice President–Store Operations and Commercial. Prior to fiscal 2005, he had been Senior Vice President–Supply Chain and Information Technology since fiscal 2002, and prior thereto had been Senior Vice President–Supply Chain since 2001. Prior to that time, he served in various capacities within the Company since 1994. Prior to 1994, Mr. Rhodes was a manager with Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Rhodes is a member of the Board of Directors of Dollar General Corporation.

William Giles

Mr. William T. Giles is Chief Financial Officer, EVP - Finance, Information Technology and ALLDATA of AutoZone, Inc., since October 2012. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President – Finance, Information Technology and Store Development from fiscal 2007 to October 2012, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from June 2006 to December 2006, and Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer since May 2006. From 1991 to May 2006, he held several positions with Linens N’ Things, Inc., most recently as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to 1991, he was with Melville, Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Harry Goldsmith

Mr. Harry L. Goldsmith is no longer Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of AutoZone, Inc., effective January 2014. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since 1996 and was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from 1993 to 1996.

Ronald Griffin

Mr. Ronald B. Griffin has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer of AutoZone, Inc., effective June 13, 2012. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Global Information Technology at Hewlett-Packard Company. During his tenure at Hewlett-Packard Company, he also served as the Chief Information Officer for the Enterprise Business Division. Prior to that, Mr. Griffin was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Fleming Companies, Inc. He also spent over 12 years with The Home Depot, Inc., with the last eight years in the role of Chief Information Officer. Mr. Griffin also served at Deloitte & Touche LLP and Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Charlie Pleas

Mr. Charlie Pleas, III, was elected Senior Vice President and Controller of AutoZone, Inc., since March 23, 2007. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Controller since 2003. Previously, he was Vice President – Accounting since 2000, and Director of General Accounting since 1996. Prior to joining AutoZone, Mr. Pleas was a Division Controller with Fleming Companies, Inc. where he served in various capacities since 1988.

Albert Saltiel

Mr. Albert Saltiel has been appointed as Senior Vice President - Marketing of AutoZone, Inc. Saltiel comes to AutoZone from Navistar International Corporation where he was Chief Marketing Officer and a key member of the leadership team. Saltiel has also been with Sony Electronics as General Manager, Marketing, and Ford Motor Company where he held multiple marketing roles.

Michael Womack

Mr. Michael A. Womack has been appointed as Senior Vice President - Human Resources of AutoZone, Inc., effective June 29, 2012. He was previously Vice President of Human Resources with Cintas Corp. and had been with Cintas since 2003. Before joining Cintas, he was a law partner with the Littler Mendelson law firm. Mike holds a law degree from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Science from Central Michigan University.

Mark Finestone

Mr. Mark A. Finestone was elected Senior Vice President - Merchandising of AutoZone, Inc., during fiscal 2008. Previously, he was Vice President — Merchandising since 2002. Prior to joining AutoZone in 2002, Mr. Finestone worked for May Department Stores for 19 years where he held a variety of leadership roles which included Divisional Vice President, Merchandising.

William Graves

Mr. William W. Graves was named Senior Vice President – Supply Chain and International of AutoZone, Inc., during October 2012. Prior thereto, he was Senior Vice President – Supply Chain from fiscal 2006 to October 2012 and Vice President – Supply Chain from fiscal 2000 to fiscal 2006. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Graves served in various capacities with the Company.

Thomas Newbern

Mr. Thomas B. Newbern was elected Senior Vice President - Store Operations and Store Development of AutoZone, Inc., during October 2012. Previously, Mr. Newbern held the titles Senior Vice President – Store Operations from fiscal 2007 to October 2012 and Vice President – Store Operations from fiscal 1998 to fiscal 2007. Previously, he has held several key management positions with the Company.

Larry Roesel

Mr. Larry M. Roesel is Senior Vice President - Commercial of AutoZone, Inc., since March 23, 2007. Mr. Roesel came to AutoZone with more than thirty years of experience with OfficeMax, Inc. and its predecessor, where he served in operations, sales and general management.

Earl Graves

Mr. Earl G. Graves, Jr. is a Lead Independent Director of AutoZone, Inc. He has been a director since 2002 and was elected Lead Director in January 2009. He has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Earl G. Graves Publishing Company, publisher of Black Enterprise Magazine, since January 2006, and was President and Chief Operating Officer from 1998 to 2006. Mr. Graves has been employed by the same company in various capacities since 1988.

Linda Goodspeed

Ms. Linda A. Goodspeed is appointed as the Director of AutoZone, Inc. Ms. Goodspeed is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of The ServiceMaster Company. Prior to joining ServiceMaster, she was Vice President of Information Systems for Nissan North America, Inc., from 2007 to 2011. She also serves as a director of American Electric Power Co., Inc. and Columbus McKinnon Corp.

Joseph Hyde

Mr. Joseph R. Hyde, III has been a Director of AutoZone, Inc., since 1986 and was Non-Executive Chairman of the Board from 2005 until June 2007. He has been the President of Pittco, Inc., an investment company, since 1989 and has been the Chairman of the Board and a director of GTx, Inc., a biotechnology, pharmaceutical company since 2000. Mr. Hyde, AutoZone’s founder, was AutoZone’s Chairman from 1986 to 1997 and its Chief Executive Officer from 1986 to 1996. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Malone & Hyde, AutoZone’s former parent company, until 1988. Mr. Hyde was a director of FedEx Corporation from 1977 to September 2011.

Sue Gove

Ms. Sue E. Gove is an Independent Director of AutoZone, Inc., since 2005. She has been the President of Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. since February 2012 and Chief Operating Officer of Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. since September 2008. She was Executive Vice President from September 2008 through July 2012 and was Chief Financial Officer from March 2009 through July 2012. Ms. Gove previously had been a self-employed consultant since April 2006, serving clients in specialty retail and private equity. Ms. Gove was a consultant for Prentice Capital Management, LP from April 2007 to March 2008. She was a consultant for Alvarez and Marsal Business Consulting, L.L.C. from April 2006 to March 2007. She was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Zale Corporation from 2002 to March 2006 and a director of Zale Corporation from 2004 to 2006. She was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Zale Corporation from 1998 to 2002 and remained in the position of Chief Financial Officer until 2003.

Enderson Guimaraes

Mr. Enderson Guimaraes has been appointed as an Independent Director of AutoZone, Inc., effective October 17, 2012. He is the Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Europe, a role he assumed in September 2012. He was President of PepsiCo Global Operations from October 2011 to September 2012. Mr. Guimaraes previously had served as Executive Vice President of Electrolux and Chief Executive Officer of its appliances business in Europe, Africa and the Middle East from 2008 to October 2011. Prior to this, Mr. Guimaraes spent 10 years at Philips Electronics, first as a regional marketing executive in Brazil and ultimately as Senior Vice President and head of Global Marketing Management and general manager of the WidiWall LED display business. He also served as CEO of Philips’ Lifestyle Incubator group, an innovation engine which created new businesses and developed them over several years.

W. Andrew McKenna

Mr. W. Andrew McKenna is an Independent Director of AutoZone, Inc., since 2000 and served as Lead Director from June 2007 through January 2009. He is retired. Until his retirement in 1999, he had held various positions with The Home Depot, Inc., including Senior Vice President–Strategic Business Development from 1997 to 1999; President, Midwest Division from 1994 to 1997; and Senior Vice President–Corporate Information Systems from 1990 to 1994. He was also President of SciQuest.com, Inc. in 2000. Mr. McKenna was a director of Danka Business Systems PLC from 2002 to 2008, serving as Chairman of the Board from March 2005 to March 2006. Mr. McKenna is also a director and Chairman of the Governance Committee of Bally Technologies, a provider of gaming devices and systems.

George Mrkonic

Mr. George R. Mrkonic, Jr. is an Independent Director of AutoZone, Inc., since 2006. He has been the Non-Executive Chairman of Paperchase Products Limited, London, UK, a retailer of cards, stationery, wraps and gifts in the UK, Europe and the Middle East, since 2005, and has been a director since 1999. Previously, he was President of Borders Group, Inc. from 1994 to 1997 and Vice Chairman of Borders Group, Inc. from 1994 to 2002. He is also a director of Brinker International, Inc., Syntel, Inc. and Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. Mr. Mrkonic was a director of Nashua Corporation from 2000 to 2009 and Guitar Center, Inc. from 2002 to 2007.

Luis Nieto

Mr. Luis P. Nieto, Jr. is an Independent Director of AutoZone, Inc., since 2008. He is president of Nieto Advisory LLC which provides advisory services to small consumer food companies. He was president of the Consumer Foods Group of ConAgra Foods Inc., one of the packaged foods companies in North America, from 2008 until his retirement in June 2009. Previously, he was president of ConAgra Refrigerated Foods from 2006 to 2008 and ConAgra Meats from 2005 to 2006. Prior to joining ConAgra, Mr. Nieto was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federated Group, a private label supplier to the retail grocery and foodservice industries from 2002 to 2005. From 2000 to 2002, he served as President of the National Refrigerated Products Group of Dean Foods Company. He held other positions at Dean Foods Group from 1998 to 2000. Prior to joining Dean Foods, Mr. Nieto held positions in brand management and strategic planning with Mission Foods, Kraft Foods and the Quaker Oats Company. Mr. Nieto is also a director of Ryder System, Inc.

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