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Dr. Guldin, age 45, became a member of the Board on May 1, 2007 upon a recommendation to the Governance Committee by Mr. Haub. He is standing for election for the first time. He is a member of the Executive Committee. On May 1, 2007, Dr. Guldin was appointed to the position of Executive Managing Director, Strategy & Corporate Development for the Company.
Dr. Guldin was a Senior Executive Vice President (Corporate Finance) and Co-CFO of Tengelmann Warenhandelsgesellschaft KG, a role which he held from July 2005 until April 2007. He has also served as an advisor to the Executive Chairman and Board of Directors of The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and he was lead negotiator in the acquisition of Pathmark.
Prior to joining Tengelmann, Dr. Guldin served from May 1995 to March 2005 as a member of the Executive Management Team and Chief Financial Officer at E. Breuninger GmbH & Co. (Germany), the most prestigious department store and fashion retailer in Germany. Before that he worked for several years as a business and strategy consultant as a Senior Consultant and Project Leader at PA Consulting and CSC Index, Germany.
Dr. Guldin is a Visiting Faculty Member at the University Stuttgart and Düsseldorf for Finance and Performance Management. He holds a Masters degree in Psychology from J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany; a Masters degree in Business Administration from London Business School, UK; and a Doctorate degree in Economics and Business Administration from University of Hohenheim, Germany. | 