Michael D. Newman
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Industry: Retail
Overview
On August 27, 2008, the Company appointed Michael D. Newman as the Company"s new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Newman, who is age 51, has more than 30 years of financial leadership experience and comes to Office Depot from Platinum Research Organization, where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from April 2007 to March 2008. From October 2005 to April 2007 Mr. Newman served as a consultant on several start-up retail concepts and private equity deals. Prior to that, he served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Radio Shack Corporation from April 2001 to July 2004. Mr. Newman"s financial experience also includes CFO positions at Intimate Brands, from June 2000 to January 2001, and Hussmann International from January 1996 to June 2000. He also spent 17 years at General Electric Company in a variety of management roles, both in the United States and Europe. Mr. Newman holds a BA in Economics from Amherst College.
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