Item 3. Legal Proceedings
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Information related to the Chapter 11 Cases that were filed on May 22, 2020 is included in Note 1, "Background," to the Notes to our consolidated financial statements in this 2020 Annual Report under the caption Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data."
For a description of certain pending legal proceedings, see Note 15, "Contingencies and Off-Balance Sheet Commitments," to the Notes to our consolidated financial statements in this 2020 Annual Report under the caption Item 8, "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data."
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Set forth below are the names, ages, number of years employed by the Company as of February 22, 2021 and positions of our executive officers:
Name Age Number of Years Employed Position
Paul E. Stone 50 2 President and Chief Executive Officer
Kenny K. Cheung 39 2 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Darren R. Arrington 44 9 Executive Vice President, Revenue Management and Fleet Operations
M. David Galainena 63 1 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Joseph E. McPherson 54 34 Executive Vice President, North America Operations
Opal G. Perry 49 2 Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Laura C. Smith 43 18 Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Customer Experience
Angela I. Brav 58 1 President - Hertz International
Alexandra D. Brooks 50 — Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Mr. Stone has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the Company since May 2020. Mr. Stone previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Operations Officer North America of the Company from March 2018 to May 2020. From November 2015 to December 2017, Mr. Stone served as the Chief Retail Officer at Cabela's Inc., an outdoor outfitter retail company. Prior to joining Cabela's Inc., Mr. Stone spent 28 years growing his career with Sam's Club, a retail warehouse subsidiary of Walmart Inc., a multinational retail corporation. His most-recent position with Sam's Club was as Senior Vice President - West Division from 2007 to 2015, where he led operations upwards of 200 locations with more than 30,000 employees.
Mr. Cheung has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since September 2020. He previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operational Finance and Restructuring Officer beginning in August 2020. Prior to that role, he was Senior Vice President of Global Financial Planning and Analysis and Chief Financial Officer of North America beginning in December 2018. From 2007 to 2018, Mr. Cheung held a variety of financial leadership roles with Nielsen Holdings, PLC, an information, data and measurement firm, most recently as Global Chief Audit Executive, and prior to that as a regional Chief Operating Officer after holding the position of regional Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Nielsen, Mr. Cheung worked for General Electric Company, a multinational conglomerate, in various roles across Supply Chain, Operations and Financial Planning & Analysis.
Mr. Arrington has served as Executive Vice President, Revenue Management & Fleet Operations of the Company since September 2020. He previously served as Senior Vice President - Fleet Management and Operations of the Company beginning in October 2013. From 2000 to 2013, Mr. Arrington was in a variety of leadership roles, including revenue management, operations and fleet planning, at Dollar Thrifty Group, which was purchased by the Company in 2012.
Mr. Galainena has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company since April 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Galainena was in private practice as a Partner at Winston & Strawn LLP, an international law firm, which he joined in 1995. Mr. Galainena has more than thirty years of private practice experience concentrating in structured finance, capital markets and general financing matters.
Mr. McPherson has served as Executive Vice President, North America Operations of the Company since May 2020. Mr. McPherson began his career at the Company in 1986 and has held a variety of positions and leadership roles, including General Manager, Zone Vice President and Vice President of Hertz Local Edition. Most recently, he served as Regional Vice President for the Company's U.S. Southwest Region.
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Ms. Perry has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the Company since August 2018. Ms. Perry has over 20 years of expertise in building and growing global technology organizations, leading change initiatives and managing integration activities. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Perry served in various leadership positions at Allstate Corporation, a major insurance provider, from November 2011 to July 2018, including as Vice President of Technology and Strategic Ventures and Divisional Chief Information Officer, Claims Division, from 2016 to 2018, Interim Managing Director of Allstate Northern Ireland from 2015 to 2016, Chief Operating Officer of Allstate Technology and Strategic Ventures International from 2014 to 2016 and Vice President of Testing and Release Management from 2011 to 2014. Prior to joining Allstate, Ms. Perry served at Wells Fargo and Company, a multinational financial services company, as Vice President and Technology Area Manager of the Internet Services Group from March 2008 to November 2011 and as Technology Manager for the Home and Consumer Finance Group from February 2004 to March 2008.
Ms. Smith has served as Executive Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Customer Experience of the Company since December 2020 and previously served as Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Customer Experience of the Company beginning June 2020. Ms. Smith previously served as Senior Vice President, Customer Experience of the Company from August 2019 to June 2020. Prior to this, Ms. Smith served as Vice President, Customer Experience of the Company from October 2017 to August 2019 and as Senior Director, Customer Service Excellence from February 2016 to September 2017. Ms. Smith began her career at the Company in 2003 and has held a variety of leadership positions in Operations and Marketing.
Ms. Brav has served as President - Hertz International for the Company since November 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Brav served as Principal and Owner at AB Consulting & Advisors, a hospitality and entrepreneurial consulting firm she founded in January 2018. From August 2011 to December 2017, Ms. Brav served as Chief Executive Officer, Europe and Northern Africa for InterContinental Hotels Group ("IHG"), a multinational hospitality company. From January 2001 to August 2011, Ms. Brav held multiple operational and strategic roles in the U.S. and Europe for IHG, including Chief Operating Officer, North America and other senior executive positions.
Ms. Brooks has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since October 2020. She previously served as Senior Vice President, Internal Audit from June 2020 to October 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Brooks was the Vice President, Internal Audit at Aptiv PLC (“Aptiv”), a global technology company, beginning May 2015. Before joining Aptiv, Ms. Brooks was the Chief Financial Officer for Champion Windows and Home Exteriors, a home improvement company, from 2013 to 2015. Prior to that, Ms. Brooks was in a variety of leadership roles at the General Electric Company, a multinational conglomerate, including Global Controller for the Aviation segment, Executive Technical Advisor to the Corporate Audit Staff, and Global Controller for the Plastics division. Ms. Brooks also worked at the General Motors Company in a variety of finance and accounting roles. She began her career with Pricewaterhouse Coopers, a professional services firm, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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