People: Apollo Group Inc (APOL.O)

Mr. Matthew Carter, Jr., has been appointed as Independent Director of Apollo Group, Inc., effective December 13, 2012. Since 2010, Mr. Carter has been President of Sprint Nextel Corporation's Global Wholesale & Emerging Solutions business unit, which provides platform solutions serving a broad range of industries and customers in over 165 countries. Prior to his current role, Mr. Carter served as president of Boost Mobile, part of Sprint's prepaid group from 2008 to 2010. Previously, he served as senior vice president of Base Management at Sprint from 2006 to 2008. Prior to joining Sprint, Mr. Carter served in senior marketing roles at PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Leap Wireless International, Inc., Royal Bank of Canada and BellSouth Corporation. Mr. Carter holds a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.