People: Signet Jewelers Ltd (SIG)

SIG on New York Consolidated

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17 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

H. Todd Stitzer

60 2012 Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board

Michael Barnes

51 2011 Chief Executive Officer, Director

Ronald Ristau

58 2010 Chief Financial Officer

Robert Anderson

54 2003 Chief Executive Officer - UK Division

Mark Light

50 2006 Chief Executive Officer - US Division

Ed Hrabak

56 2012 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - US Division

Robert Trabucco

57 2010 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - US Division

Sebastian Hobbs

42 2011 Commercial Director - UK Division

Michael Povall

53 2002 Chief Accounting Officer - UK Division

Kenneth Pratt

50 2007 Chief Financial Officer - UK Division

Kevin Ryan

54 2000 Operations Director - UK Division

Mark Jenkins

54 2004 Group Company Secretary

Virginia Drosos

50 2012 Independent Director

Dale Hilpert

69 2003 Independent Director

Marianne Parrs

68 2008 Independent Director

Thomas Plaskett

69 2008 Independent Director

John Walls

69 2002 Independent Director

Timothy Jackson

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Biographies

Name Description

H. Todd Stitzer

Mr. H. Todd Stitzer has been appointed as Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board of Signet Jewelers Limited with effect from June 2012. Mr. Stitzer was, until its acquisition by Kraft, Inc. in 2010, the Chief Executive Officer of Cadbury PLC, having joined that company in 1983 as Assistant General Counsel for North America, before moving into strategic planning, and marketing and sales roles. Mr. Stitzer became CEO of Cadbury PLC's wholly owned subsidiary, Dr Pepper/7 Up. Inc., in 1997 and then of Cadbury PLC in 2003. Mr. Stitzer attended Harvard College and Columbia University Law School and practiced as an attorney with Lord, Day & Lord. He is a director of publicly held Diageo PLC and of privately held Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He is a member of the advisory board of Hamlin Capital Management, a privately held investment advisory firm, and is also a member of the advisory committee to the board of Virgin Group Holdings Ltd., a privately held company.

Michael Barnes

Mr. Michael W. Barnes is Chief Executive Officer, Director of Signet Jewelers Limited since January 30, 2011. Mr. Barnes joined the Company as Chief Executive Officer Designate on December 1, 2010, and succeeded Mr. Burman as Chief Executive Officer and Director upon Mr. Burman’s retirement on January 29, 2011. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Barnes was President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of Fossil, Inc., having served in those and other executive capacities at Fossil since 1985, and as a director of Fossil since it became a public company in 1993.

Ronald Ristau

Mr. Ronald W. Ristau is Chief Financial Officer of Signet Jewelers Ltd. He joined Signet as Chief Financial Officer Designate on April 15, 2010, and became Chief Financial Officer on June 26, 2010. Prior to joining the Company he spent ten years with New York & Company, Inc., most recently as President, CFO and director. He has also held posts at Revlon, Inc., Playtex International, United Technologies Corporation and Peat, Marwick Mitchell & Co. Mr. Ristau is a Certified Public Accountant.

Robert Anderson

Mr. Robert Anderson is Chief Executive Officer - UK Division of Signet Jewelers Limited since January 2003 having been appointed Chief Operating Officer of the UK division in August 2000. Mr. Anderson is a non-executive director of Provident Financial Plc. He had previously worked at Marks & Spencer Plc for 19 years, lastly as Business Unit Director.

Mark Light

Mr. Mark Light is Chief Executive Officer - US Division of Signet Jewelers Limited since January 2006 having been President and Chief Operating Officer of the US division since 2002. He joined Signet in 1978.

Ed Hrabak

Mr. Ed Hrabak has been appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - US Division of Signet Jewelers Limited, effective June 30, 2012. Mr. Hrabak currently serves as Sterling’s Senior Vice President, Merchandising, a position he has held for more than five years. Mr. Hrabak has held positions of increasing management responsibility within Sterling for more than twenty-five years.

Robert Trabucco

Mr. Robert Trabucco is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - US Division of Signet Jewelers Ltd. He had previously worked for KLS Associates, a retail consulting practice.

Sebastian Hobbs

Mr. Sebastian Hobbs is Commercial Director - UK Division of Signet Jewelers Limited since March 2011. Prior to joining Signet, Mr. Hobbs worked in a number of retail companies, most recently at Blacks Leisure Group plc for 5 years. In his current role as Commercial Director of the UK division, he is responsible for marketing and purchasing of watches and jewelry for the UK division.

Michael Povall

Mr. Michael Povall has been Chief Accounting Officer - UK Division of Signet Jewelers Ltd., since April 2002. Prior to this, his career was predominantly in retail working in the food retail sector including roles in supply chain and retail operations. In his current role as Chief Administrative Officer of the UK division, he is responsible for IT, Human Resources and Central Facilities.

Kenneth Pratt

Mr. Kenneth Pratt has been Chief Financial Officer - UK Division of Signet Jewelers Ltd., since April 2007. He first joined the Company in 1987 and was Group Financial Controller from 1991 until 1997. From 1997 to 2007, Mr. Pratt worked for a European Division of Liz Claiborne, Inc. in a number of positions with leadership roles spanning Finance, Retail Operations, Supply Chain, Human Resources and IT. In his current role as CFO of Signet’s UK division, Mr. Pratt is responsible for the Finance, Logistics, Corporate Sales and Compliance functions, as well as strategic planning.

Kevin Ryan

Mr. Kevin Ryan has served as Operations Director - UK Division of Signet Jewelers Ltd., since February 2000. Previously Mr. Ryan spent his career predominantly in retail fulfilling a number of field operational roles. As Operations Director of the UK division, Mr. Ryan is currently responsible for all store operations within the UK including management of the field team, property portfolio and the capital fit out program.

Mark Jenkins

Mr. Mark Jenkins is Group Company Secretary of Signet Jewelers Limited since 2004. Previously, he was director and Company Secretary at COLT Telecom Group plc and Group Company Secretary at Peek plc. He is a barrister.

Virginia Drosos

Ms. Virginia C. Drosos has been appointed as Independent Director of Signet Jewelers Limited with effect from July 25, 2012. Ms. Drosos currently is Group President, Global Beauty, Skin, Cosmetics and Personal Care of Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG), a multinational manufacturer of consumer packaged goods. She recently announced her retirement from this position, effective September 1, 2012. Ms. Drosos joined Procter & Gamble in 1987, and has held positions of increasing responsibility since then. Ms. Drosos became Group President of Global Female Beauty, Beauty and Grooming in 2010 before assuming her current position in August 2011. As a global business unit Group President, Ms. Drosos has responsibility for Procter & Gamble's Global Beauty Care business unit operations, strategy and long term business development.

Dale Hilpert

Mr. Dale W. Hilpert has been an Independent Director of Signet Jewelers Limited since 2003. Mr. Hilpert has served on the Board of Ann Taylor Stores Corporation since 2004. He was Chief Executive of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. from April 2001 until his retirement in January 2003. Prior to this he was Chairman and Chief Executive of Foot Locker, Inc. which he joined as President and Chief Operating Officer in 1995.

Marianne Parrs

Ms. Marianne Miller Parrs has been an Independent Director of Signet Jewelers Limited since October 2008. Ms. Parrs has served on the boards of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (previously The Stanley Works Inc.), and CIT Group Inc. as an independent director since April 2008 and 2003 respectively. In addition, Ms. Parrs serves on the board of United Way of the Mid-South. Ms. Parrs retired in 2007 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of International Paper Company where she had been since joining in 1974 as a Pension Trust Investment Manager and holding a number of positions before first being appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1995. She held this position until 1999 when she was appointed Executive Vice President with responsibility for Information Technology, Global Sourcing, Global Supply Chain and Investor Relations. She held this role for six years and she was also reappointed Chief Financial Officer in 2005. Previously Ms. Parrs was a Security Analyst at a number of firms including Merrill Lynch.

Thomas Plaskett

Mr. Thomas G. Plaskett has been an Independent Director of Signet Jewelers Limited since October 2008. Since 1991, Mr. Plaskett has been Chairman of Fox Run Capital Associates, a private consulting firm focusing on financial advisory and corporate governance services for emerging companies. From 1999 until 2000 he served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Probex Corp, an energy technology company. He also served as Vice Chairman of Legend Airlines, from 1997 until 2001. Mr. Plaskett served as Interim President, Chief Executive Officer, and Acting Chief Financial Officer of Greyhound Lines for two years before becoming Chairman from 1995 until 1999, when the company was sold. Previously, he was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pan Am Corporation from 1988 until 1991. Prior to that, Mr. Plaskett was President and Chief Executive Officer of Continental Airlines from 1986 to 1987. Mr. Plaskett also held several senior management positions at American Airlines and AMR Company between 1974 and 1986. Mr. Plaskett currently serves as a director of Radioshack Corporation and was a director of Novell Corporation and Alcon Laboratories, Inc. until April 2010 and May 2011 respectively.

John Walls

Mr. John Russell Fotheringham Walls has been an Independent Director of Signet Jewelers Limited since 2002. He was Group Finance Director of BAA plc until his retirement in August 2002 and was the senior independent director of Hilton Group plc until May 2003 and Stagecoach Group plc until August 2006. Mr. Walls is a non-executive director of Aviva plc, is Treasurer of the British Red Cross Society and was a non-executive director of Delphic Diagnostics Limited until January 2010. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Timothy Jackson

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