Arlington, Va., USA - August 6, 2010, Arlington, Va., USA - The Corporate Executive Board Company announced two new members of the board and one resignation.
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L. Kevin Cox, executive vice president of Human Resources at American Express Company, and Jeffrey R. Tarr, president and COO at IHS Inc., were elected to the board, while David W. Kenny, a director of the Company since 1999, resigned.
In his role at American Express Company, a global provider of payment solutions and travel-related services for consumers and businesses, Mr. Cox serves as chief architect of the company’s human capital plan with responsibility for all aspects of global human resource operations and strategy. He joined American Express in 2005 and is a member of the American Express Business Operating Committee.
Prior to joining American Express, Mr. Cox spent 16 years at PepsiCo and Pepsi Bottling Group, where he held positions leading strategy, business development, technology, and human resources. He played a significant role in the initial public offering of Pepsi Bottling Group in 1999.
Mr. Cox served as a member of the Board of Directors of Virgin Mobile USA from 2007 until 2009, when Virgin Mobile was acquired by Sprint Nextel. He is a member of the Board of Directors and the former chairman of Ability Beyond Disability, a rehabilitation institute located in Brookfield, CT.
Mr. Cox holds a Master of Labor and Industrial Relations from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Arts from Marshall University.
Mr. Tarr is president and COO of IHS Inc. (“IHSâ€) (NYSE: IHS), a leading global source of information and insight in energy, economics, geopolitical risk, sustainability, and supply chain management. Before becoming president and COO of IHS in 2008, Mr. Tarr was co-president and COO (2007-2008), and president and COO of one of the two operating divisions (2004-2007) of IHS.
Mr. Tarr has played a key leadership role in transforming IHS, through organic growth and acquisitions, into a leading information company with $1 billion in revenue over the trailing 12 months.
From 2001-2003, Mr. Tarr was CEO of Hoover’s, Inc., also serving as chairman from 2002, and in 2003, he oversaw the sale of Hoover’s to The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. He remained president of Hoover’s through 2004.
Mr. Tarr is a graduate of Princeton University and holds a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Kenny has been a director since the Company went public in 1999, during which time he has served on the Audit and Compensation Committees.
Mr. Kenny was Managing Partner of VivaKi, and a member of the Management Board of Publicis Groupe SA, the global marketing services holding company and parent company of VivaKi.
Before joining Publicis, Mr. Kenny served as CEO of Digitas, Inc., which was acquired by Publicis Groupe SA in 2007. ■