Relevant Expertise

  • Extensive leadership and financial oversight experience gained from both his service as the chairman of four different public companies and his impressive career as a senior executive, first in film and media as the CFO of Paramount Communications and principal operating executive and a founding member of Dreamworks and then in the business travel industry as CEO and Chairman of Avis Budget Group.
  • Proven operator of multi-national brand and franchising companies with decades of experience leading a range of consumer-facing global public companies, including in the global hospitality and hotel franchising industries, where he reduced costs and increased economies of scale while delivering a better experience for customers.
  • Significant transactional and brand portfolio management experience including leading the acquisition of Avis Europe plc to re-unite ownership of Avis and Budget and operate the two global brands, overseeing the complex Viacom-CBS merger as a Viacom director and overseeing the expansion of Hanesbrands’ brand portfolio with the Champion and Maidenform acquisitions.

 

Career Highlights

  • Executive Chairman of the Board of Avis Budget Group (2015 – 2018), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avis Budget Group (2006 – 2015) and Chief Operating Officer of Avis Budget Group (2010 – 2015)
  • Chief Financial Officer, President and Board Member of Cendant Corporation (2003 – 2006)
  • Co-Chief Operating Officer and founding member of DreamWorks SKG (1994 – 2003)
  • Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer at Paramount Communications, Inc (1987 – 1994)

 

Other Public Company Board Experience

  • Hanesbrands (2008 – 2023; Lead Director, 2015 – 2019; Chairman, 2019 – 2023)
  • Paramount Global (formerly known as ViacomCBS Inc.) (2019 – 2023)
  • Viacom, Inc. (2016 – 2019)
  • Convergys Corporation (Director, 2008 – 2016; Presiding Lead Independent Director, 2013 – 2016)
  • Charter Communications (1999 – 2003)
  • Advanced Tissue Sciences, Inc. (1997 – 2002)
  • Paramount Communications, Inc. (1992-1994)