People: GUESS? Inc (GES)

GES on New York Consolidated

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22 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Maurice Marciano

63 2012 Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Paul Marciano

60 2007 Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Nigel Kershaw

41 2012 Interim Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance & Accounting, Treasurer, Interim Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

Michael Relich

51 2010 Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Chet Kuchinad

53 2012 Chief People Officer

Sharleen Lazear

2013 Chief Design Officer

Alex Yemenidjian

57 2005 Lead Independent Director

Judith Blumenthal

2007 Independent Director

Gianluca Bolla

53 2010 Independent Director

Anthony Chidoni

60 2002 Independent Director

Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz

65 2006 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Maurice Marciano

Mr. Maurice Marciano is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Guess Inc. since January 28, 2012. He was one of the founders of the Company in 1981. Since that time, he has served in a number of senior executive positions with the Company, including his role as executive Chairman of the Board, from 2007 until January 28, 2012. Between 1999 and 2007, he served as Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer, together with his brother, Paul Marciano. Mr. Marciano retired as an employee and executive of the Company on January 28, 2012. However, he continues to serve as non-executive Chairman of the Board and to provide consulting services to the Company under the terms of a two-year consulting agreement entered into in connection with his retirement. Mr. Marciano has served as a director of the Company since 1981 (except for the period from January 1993 to May 1993). His present term as a Class III director will expire at the 2014 annual meeting of shareholders.

Paul Marciano

Mr. Paul Marciano is Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Guess? Inc. since since 2007. He joined the Company two months after its inception in 1981. Since that time, he has served in a number of senior executive positions with the Company. Between 1999 and 2007, he served as Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Marciano has also served as a director of the Company since 1990. His present term as a Class II director will expire at the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders.

Nigel Kershaw

Mr. Nigel Kershaw has been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance & Accounting, Treasurer, Interim Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of Guess? Inc. effective December 7, 2012. Mr. Kershaw joined the Company in October 2005 as Vice President and Corporate Controller. He subsequently served in a number of roles of increasing responsibility, including most recently as Vice President of Finance & Accounting and Treasurer. Mr. Kershaw joined the Company from The Walt Disney Company, where he held managerial positions overseeing global reporting and consolidation and transaction support functions. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served in both the Audit Division and the Transaction Services M&A Division, including time spent in the U.S, U.K. and South Africa.

Michael Relich

Mr. Michael Relich is Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Guess? Inc. since July 2010. He had previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer since he joined the Company in May 2004. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of MIS and E-Commerce of Wet Seal, Inc., a specialty apparel retailer, from August 2001 to May 2004, and as Senior Vice President, Engineering of Freeborders, Inc., a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions provider, from March 2000 to August 2001. Mr. Relich also held senior level IT positions with retailers HomeBase Inc. from 1995 to 2000, where he ultimately served as Assistant Vice President of MIS, and Broadway Stores Inc. from 1983 to 1995, where he ultimately served as Director of Merchandise Systems.

Chet Kuchinad

Mr. Chet Kuchinad is Chief People Officer of Guess? Inc. since February 2012. Mr. Kuchinad joined the Company from ASDA, a subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. with over 500 stores across the United Kingdom, where he served on the ASDA Executive Board as the Executive People Director since 2009. From 2003 until 2009, he was employed by Starbucks Corporation, where he ultimately served as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Mr. Kuchinad's other experience includes serving as Global Director of Compensation and Benefits and Senior Director, Human Resources at Nike, Inc. from 1996 until 2003 and as Director of International Compensation and Benefits at McDonald's Corp. from 1992 until 1996. Mr. Kuchinad received an MS in Statistics from Marquette University.

Sharleen Lazear

Ms. Sharleen Ernster Lazear is Chief Design Officer of Guess?, Inc. In this role, Sharleen will be responsible for the design and development of all product categories within the GUESS and Marciano brands, including apparel and licensed accessories. Previously, Sharleen spent 13 years at Victoria's Secret in senior merchandising and design roles. Most recently she was the Executive Vice President of Design at Victoria's Secret.

Alex Yemenidjian

Mr. Alex Yemenidjian is Lead Independent Director of Guess? Inc., since May 2005. He has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, Inc. since July 2009 and as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Armenco Holdings, LLC, a private investment company, since January 2005. Mr. Yemenidjian served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., a entertainment, gaming and hospitality company, from April 1999 to April 2005 and was a director thereof from November 1997 to April 2005. Mr. Yemenidjian also served as a director of MGM Resorts International, Inc. ("MGM") (formerly MGM Grand, Inc. and MGM Mirage Resorts, Inc.) from 1989 to 2005 and was its President from 1995 to 1999. He also served MGM in other capacities, including as Chief Operating Officer from 1995 until 1999 and as Chief Financial Officer from 1994 to 1998. In addition, Mr. Yemenidjian served as an executive of the Tracinda Corporation, the majority owner of both Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and MGM MIRAGE, from 1990 to 1997 and again during 1999. Prior to 1990, Mr. Yemenidjian was the managing partner of Parks, Palmer, Turner & Yemenidjian, Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Yemenidjian is currently a director and chairman of the audit committee of Regal Entertainment Group, which operates a motion picture theatre circuit in the United States, and a trustee of Baron Investment Funds Trust and Baron Select Funds, mutual funds.

Judith Blumenthal

Dr. Judith Blumenthal is no longer Independent Director of Guess? Inc., effective Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. She has been a professor at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business since January 1996. She has developed and taught undergraduate, graduate and executive education courses in strategic management, organizational design, alliances and cooperative agreements, retailing and corporate governance. Her research on strategic management has been published in several academic journals, and she has presented numerous papers at conferences in the United States, Europe and Asia. Dr. Blumenthal served as Associate Dean at USC's Marshall School of Business from January 1996 through March 2000 and as USC's Associate Vice President, Alumni Relations and Executive Director of the USC Alumni Association from April 2000 through June 2006. In addition, she has worked as a consultant, advising companies on strategic, organizational, and marketing matters. Prior to her academic career, Dr. Blumenthal held training and organizational development positions in retailing and other industries. She received her bachelor's degree in English from Hunter College of the University of New York, and her M.B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Business Administration from USC.

Gianluca Bolla

Mr. Gianluca Bolla is Independent Director of Guess? Inc., since April 30, 2010. He has been a shareholder and director of Accord Management, S.r.L., an Italian private equity firm that specializes in the Italian mid-market, since the end of 2008. In addition, since 1994, Mr. Bolla has been a shareholder and director of Valdo Spumanti S.r.l., a producer of Prosecco, an Italian dry sparkling wine. From 1988 until 2007, Mr. Bolla held a number of executive positions with various subsidiaries of Barilla Holding S.p.A. ("Barilla"), a privately-held Italian food company with global revenues of over €4 billion. He ultimately served from 2001 until 2007 as Chief Executive Officer of Barilla G. e R. Fratelli S.p.A., a global business with revenues of over €2.5 billion. Prior to joining Barilla, Mr. Bolla was a corporate finance associate for two years with Salomon Brothers Inc., where he started after receiving his M.B.A. from the UCLA Graduate School of Management.

Anthony Chidoni

Mr. Anthony Chidoni is Independent Director of Guess? Inc., since November 2002. He has been the principal and owner of Lorelle Capital, a private hedge fund, since January 2004. From January 1990 to January 2004, he was the Managing Director of Private Client Business in the Los Angeles office of investment bank Credit Suisse First Boston, and its predecessor Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, where he had served in various positions for 21 years. Mr. Chidoni has served as a director of the Company since November 2002 and his present term as a Class II director will expire at the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders.

Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz

Ms. Kay Isaacson-Leibowitz is Independent Director of Guess? Inc., since July 2006. She served as Executive Vice President of Beauty Niches for Victoria's Secret Stores, a retailer of lingerie and beauty products, from July 2003 to July 2005. From 1995 to 2003, Ms. Isaacson-Leibowitz served as Executive Vice President of Merchandising for Victoria's Secret Stores. From 1994 to 1995, she served as acting President and Senior Vice President of Merchandising for Banana Republic, a division of The Gap, Inc. Ms. Isaacson-Leibowitz is a director, chair of the succession planning and management development committee and member of the compensation committee of Coldwater Creek, a multi-channel specialty retailer of women's apparel and accessories in the United States, primarily targeting women 35 years of age and older. She is also a co-founder, co-chairperson and board member for World of Children, a non-profit organization devoted to children globally.

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