People: Saks Incorporated (SKS)

SKS on New York Consolidated

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9 Feb 2010
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Sadove, Stephen 58 2007 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Frasch, Ronald 60 2007 President, Chief Merchandising Officer
Wills, Kevin 43 2007 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President - Finance
Rodgers, Michael 44 2008 Executive Vice President - Service Operations, Chief Information Officer
Brizel, Michael 52 2007 Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Morena, Christine 53 2007 Executive Vice President - Human Resources
De Winter, Jennifer 48 2008 Executive Vice President - Stores
Metrick, Marc 35 2007 Group Senior Vice President - Merchandise Planning, Chief Strategy Officer
Wallstrom, Robert 43 2007 Group Senior Vice President; President of Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH
Hess, Donald 60 2007 Lead Director
Gross, Michael 47 1994 Director
De Waal, Ronald 57 2007 Director
Neel, C. Warren 70 1987 Director
Kondracke, Marguerite 63 1996 Director
Stadler, Christopher 44 2000 Director
McAniff, Nora 49 2002 Director
Carter, Robert 50 2004 Director
Levin, Jerry 65 2007 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Sadove, Stephen Mr. Stephen I. Sadove is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Saks Inc. Mr. Sadove joined the Company in January 2002 as Vice Chairman and served in that capacity until March 2004. He served as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from March 2004 until January 2006. Mr. Sadove served as Senior Vice President of Bristol-Myers Squibb, a beauty, nutritional, and pharmaceutical company, and President of Bristol-Myers Squibb Worldwide Beauty Care from 1996 to January 2002. Mr. Sadove serves on the boards of directors of Colgate-Palmolive Company and Ruby Tuesday, Inc.
Frasch, Ronald Mr. Ronald L. Frasch is President and Chief Merchandising Officer of Saks Incorporated since February 2007. Mr. Frasch joined SFA in January 2004, served in a non-executive capacity through November 2004, and held the post of Vice Chairman and Chief Merchant of SFA from November 2004 until January 2007. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Neiman Marcus Group’s Bergdorf Goodman from April 2000 until January 2004. Prior to that, he held merchandising and executive posts with other companies including GFT USA, Escada USA, Neiman Marcus, and SFA.
Wills, Kevin Mr. Kevin G. Wills is Executive Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Saks Incorporated since May 2007. Mr. Wills served as Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer from May 2005 until May 2007. He joined the Company in September 1997 and has served in the following capacities: Vice President of Financial Reporting from September 1997 to August 1998; Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning from September 1998 to August 1999; Senior Vice President of Planning and Administration of SDSG from September 1999 to January 2003; and Executive Vice President of Operations for Parisian from February 2003 to May 2005. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wills was Vice President and Controller for the Tennessee Valley Authority and before that, he was an audit manager with Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP).
Rodgers, Michael Mr. Michael Rodgers is Executive Vice President of Service Operations and Chief Information Officer for Saks Incorporated since February 2008. Mr. Rodgers served as Executive Vice President of Information Technology, Operations and Credit for the Company from May 2007 through January 2008. Mr. Rodgers joined McRae’s, Inc. (acquired by the Company in 1994) in 1993 as Director of Credit. He was promoted to Vice President of Credit for the Company in 1996 and to Senior Vice President of Credit in 1997, a position he held until 2002. Mr. Rodgers served as Executive Vice President of Operations from 2002 until April 2007. Prior to joining the Company, he held credit management positions with Boscov’s and Woodward & Lothrop.
Brizel, Michael Mr. Michael A. Brizel is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Saks Inc., since May 2007. Mr. Brizel served in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility with The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. between 1989 and April 2007, including Senior Vice President and General Counsel, a position he assumed in 2002. Prior to Reader’s Digest, Mr. Brizel was a member of the legal department of General Foods Corporation from 1983 to 1989 and an associate with the New York law firm of Summit, Rovins and Feldesman (and its predecessors), from 1980 to 1983.
Morena, Christine Mr. Christine A. Morena is Executive Vice President of Human Resources of Saks Inc. Ms. Morena spent her career from 1976 through 2006 with AT&T Inc., where she held various positions of increasing responsibility, including Senior Vice President of Human Resources for AT&T Corporation, a subsidiary of AT&T Inc.
De Winter, Jennifer Ms. Jennifer S. De Winter is Executive Vice President - Stores of Retailer Saks Incorporated effective June 16, 2008. She joined Saks Fifth Avenue in 1995 and held various merchandising positions of increasing responsibility, including her most recent post of Group Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of Fashion and Fine Jewelry, Watches, Women’s Shoes, Handbags and Soft Accessories. Ms. De Winter began her retail career in 1983 at Macy’s, where she held various merchandising positions through 1995 including Vice President, Divisional Merchandise Manager.
Metrick, Marc Mr. Marc J. Metrick is Group Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Saks Incorporated in February 2007. Mr. Metrick joined the Company in June 1995 as an executive trainee. Beginning in June 1997, Mr. Metrick served in various planning roles, including Vice President — Merchandise Planning and Senior Vice President — Strategic Planning.
Wallstrom, Robert Mr. Robert T. Wallstrom is Group Senior Vice President; President of Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH. Mr. Wallstrom joined the Company in June 1995 and has held various leadership positions since that time, including Senior Vice President and General Manager of the SFA flagship store in New York City. Prior to joining the Company, he was a store manager for Macy’s/Bullocks.
Hess, Donald Mr. Donald E. Hess is Lead Director of Saks Inc., since February 2007. Chief Executive Officer of Southwood Partners, a private investment company. Mr. Hess served as Chairman Emeritus of Parisian from January 1998 until October 2006, Chairman of the Parisian group of the Company from April 1997 until his retirement in December 1997, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Parisian, Inc. from 1986 to April 1997.
Gross, Michael Mr. Michael S. Gross is Director of Saks Inc., since 1994. Since July 2006, Mr. Gross has been co-chairman of the investment committee of Magnetar Financial LLC, an investment management firm, and a senior partner in Magnetar Capital Partners LP, the holding company for Magnetar Financial LLC. Since March 2007, Mr. Gross has served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and managing member of Solar Capital, LLC, a finance company focusing on debt and equity investments in leveraged companies. Mr. Gross was the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Secretary of Marathon Acquisition Corp. from April 2006 to August 2008. Between February 2004 and February 2006, Mr. Gross was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Investment Corporation, a publicly traded business development company that he founded and on whose board of directors and investment committee he served as Chairman from February 2004 to July 2006, and was the managing partner of Apollo Investment Corporation. From 1990 to February 2006, Mr. Gross was a senior partner at Apollo Management LP, a private equity firm that he co-founded in 1990. In addition, from 2003 to February 2006, Mr. Gross was the managing partner of Apollo Distressed Investment Fund, an investment fund that he founded. He also serves on the boards of directors of Alternative Asset Management Acquisition Corporation, Jarden Corporation, and Global Ship Lease, Inc.
De Waal, Ronald Mr. Ronald De Waal is Director of Saks Inc. He has been Vice Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors from 2000 until February 2007. Chairman of WE International, B.V., a Netherlands corporation, which operates fashion specialty stores in Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and France. Mr. de Waal serves on the board of directors of Post Properties, Inc.
Neel, C. Warren Dr. C. Warren Neel is Director of Saks Inc., since 1987. He has been Executive Director of the Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, since February 2003. Dr. Neel served as Commissioner of Finance and Administration for the State of Tennessee from July 2000 to January 2003. He served as the Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, from 1977 until June 2000. Dr. Neel serves on the board of directors of Healthways, Inc.
Kondracke, Marguerite Ms. Marguerite W. Kondracke is Director of Saks Inc., since 1996. Since October 2004 President and Chief Executive Officer of America’s Promise-The Alliance for Youth, a not-for-profit children’s advocacy organization founded in 1997 by General Colin Powell. Ms. Kondracke was employed in the following positions: Staff Director, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families between April 2003 and September 2004; President and Chief Executive Officer of The Brown Schools, the nation’s largest provider of treatment services for troubled adolescents, from August 2000 to April 2003; and President and Chief Executive Officer of Frontline Group, Inc., an employee training company, from July 1999 to August 2000. Ms. Kondracke is co-founder, former Chief Executive Officer, and currently a board member of Bright Horizons Family Solutions and also serves on the board of directors of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Stadler, Christopher Mr. Christopher J. Stadler is Director of Saks Inc., since 2000. He has been Managing Partner of CVC Capital Partners, an investment company, since March 2007. He served as Managing Director and Head of Corporate Investment North America of Investcorp International, Inc., an investment company, from 1996 through January 2007.
McAniff, Nora Ms. Nora P. McAniff is Director of Saks Inc., since 2002. Ms. McAniff has been Chief Operating Officer of Time, Inc., a magazine publisher, from December 2005 until January 2007. Ms. McAniff served as Executive Vice President of Time, Inc. between September 2002 and December 2005. She served as Group President of the People Magazine Group of Time, Inc. between January 2001 and August 2002 and President of People Magazine between October 1998 and January 2001.
Carter, Robert Mr. Robert B. Carter is Director of Saks Inc., since 2004. He has been Executive Vice President of FedEx Information Services and Chief Information Officer of FedEx Corporation, an international provider of transportation, information, international trade support, and supply chain services. Mr. Carter serves on the board of directors of First Horizon National Corporation.
Levin, Jerry Mr. Jerry W. Levin is Director of Saks Inc., since 2007. He has been Chairman of JW Levin Partners LLC, a management service firm, since February 2005. Mr. Levin served as Vice Chairman of Clinton Group, an investment firm, from December 2007 through October 2008, and as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of American Household, Inc., a global provider of branded consumer products and the holding company for Sunbeam Products, and The Coleman Company, from June 1998 through January 2005. Mr. Levin also served as interim Chief Executive Officer, from September 2006 to April 2007, and as Chairman, from September 2006 to April 2008, of The Sharper Image, a specialty retailer. Mr. Levin serves on the boards of directors of Ecolab, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp.

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