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Executive officers of the registrant
The executive officers of the Company are as follows:
Name Age Position
Howard Schultz ................... 55 chairman, president and chief executive officer
Cliff Burrows .................... 44 president, Starbucks Coffee US
Martin Coles ..................... 53 president, Starbucks Coffee International
Gerardo I. Lopez .................. 49 senior vice president; president, Global Consumer
Products, Foodservice and Seattle’s Best Coffee
Arthur Rubinfeld .................. 55 president, Global Development
Peter J. Bocian ................... 54 executive vice president, chief financial officer and
chief administrative officer
Troy Alstead ..................... 45 executive vice president, chief financial officer and
chief administrative officer (designate)
Paula E. Boggs ................... 49 executive vice president, general counsel and
secretary
Michelle Gass .................... 40 executive vice president, Marketing and Category
(designate)
Peter D. Gibbons .................. 47 executive vice president, Global Supply Chain
Operations
Dorothy J. Kim ................... 46 executive vice president, Global Strategy, Office of
the ceo
Chet Kuchinad ................... 49 executive vice president, Partner Resources
Howard Schultz is the founder of Starbucks and serves as the Company’s chairman, president and chief executive
officer. Mr. Schultz has served as chairman of the board since the Company’s inception in 1985 and he resumed his
role as president and chief executive officer in January 2008. From June 2000 to February 2005, Mr. Schultz held the
title of chief global strategist. From November 1985 to June 2000, he served as chief executive officer. From
November 1985 to June 1994, Mr. Schultz also served as president.
Cliff Burrows joined Starbucks in April 2001 and has served as president, Starbucks Coffee US since March 2008.
Mr. Burrows served as president, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) from April 2006 to March 2008. He
served as vice president and managing director, UK prior to April 2006. Prior to joining Starbucks, Mr. Burrows
served in various management positions with Habitat Designs Limited, a furniture and housewares retailer.
Martin P. Coles joined Starbucks in April 2004 as president, Starbucks Coffee International, and, in July 2008,
reassumed this role, after having served as chief operating officer from September 2007 to July 2008. Prior to
joining Starbucks, Mr. Coles served as an executive vice president of Reebok International, Ltd. a sports and fitness
products company, from December 2001 to February 2004. Prior to joining Reebok International, Ltd., Mr. Coles
held several executive level management sales and operations positions with NIKE Inc., Letsbuyit.com and
Gateway, Inc.
Gerardo I. Lopez joined Starbucks in October 2004 as senior vice president; president, Global Consumer Products
and became senior vice president; president, Global Consumer Products, Foodservice and Seattle’s Best Coffee in
November 2007. Prior to joining Starbucks, Mr. Lopez was president of the Handleman Entertainment Resources
division of Handleman Company from November 2001 to September 2004 and was senior vice president and
general manager from May 2000 to November 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Lopez held a variety of executive
management positions with Frito-Lay, Inc., Pepsi-Cola Company and The Procter & Gamble Company.
Arthur Rubinfeld rejoined Starbucks in February 2008 as president, Global Development. Mr. Rubinfeld also serves
as president of AIRVISION LLC, an advisory firm specializing in brand positioning that he founded in June 2002.
From March 2006 to February 2008, Mr. Rubinfeld served as executive vice president, Corporate Strategy and chief
development officer at Potbelly Sandwich Works. Prior to 2002, Mr. Rubinfeld held several positions in Store
Development at Starbucks.
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