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Tom Greco joined Advance Auto Parts in April 2016 and has held his current role as President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a member of our Board of Directors since August 2016. Previously, Tom served as CEO and a member of our Board of Directors from April 2016 to August 2016. Prior to joining Advance, from September 2014 until April 2016, Tom served as CEO, Frito-Lay North America, a unit of PepsiCo, Inc. (“PepsiCo”), a leading global food and beverage company. In this role, Tom was responsible for overseeing PepsiCo’s snack and convenient foods business in the U.S. and Canada. He previously served as Executive Vice President, PepsiCo and President, Frito-Lay North America from September 2011 to September 2014 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for Pepsi Beverages Company from 2009 to September 2011. Tom joined PepsiCo in Canada in 1986 and served in a variety of leadership positions, including Region Vice President, Midwest; President, Frito-Lay Canada; Senior Vice President, Sales, Frito-Lay North America; President, Global Sales, PepsiCo; and Executive Vice President, Sales, North America Beverages. Before joining PepsiCo, he worked at The Proctor & Gamble Company. Tom is a dedicated supporter of many charitable organizations, including the American Heart Association Heart Walk in Dallas and Raleigh, JDRF, Building Homes for Heroes and United Way. Tom earned his bachelor’s degree from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario and a master’s degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario.

David W. Hult serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Hult joined Asbury in November 2014. He is responsible for providing leadership to our managers and associates in our stores while continuing the development of our operational initiatives. He is responsible for developing and implementing strategic policies and programs to drive sales, service and profitable growth across the company. He will work to ensure that internal and external customers receive the highest level of service, guidance and support. After serving our country in the US Army, David started his career as a retail sales associate and his success led to rapid advances within the industry. He has been an operator at the General Manager level as well as the regional level for a number of large dealership groups. In addition to his most recent position as Chief Operating Officer at RLJ McLarty Landers, David has extensive experience in multiple aspects of the industry including fixed operations, marketing and all levels of variable operations. His experience includes time with both large private organizations as well as a number of years with public automotive retail companies including Group 1 Automotive and Penske Automotive Group.

Mr. Paul D. Donahue has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Genuine Parts Company since May 1, 2016 and January 1, 2012 respectively and served as its Executive Vice President from August 20, 2007 to January 1, 2012. Mr. Donahue served as President of the U S Automotive Parts Group since July 2009 until February 1, 2016. He has responsibility for several of Genuine's business units and sales initiatives. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer .

Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937) is an American businessman and entrepreneur involved in professional auto racing and a retired professional auto racing driver. He is most famous for his ownership of Team Penske, DJR Team Penske, the Penske Corporation, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar, and other automotive-related businesses.

Mr. David Smith was appointed to the office of Vice Chairman on March 31, 2013. Mr. Smith has served as Executive Vice President and Director of Sonic Automotive, Inc. since October 2008 and has served in Sonic's organization since 1998. Prior to being named a Director and Executive Vice President of Sonic in October 2008, he served as Sonic's Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Mr. Smith served as Vice President of Corporate Strategy of the company from October 2005 to March 2007, and also served prior to that time as Dealer Operator of several Sonic Automotive Dealerships.

Steven E Wedding is a Chief Executive Officer at J.D. Byrider Systems, LLC; President at J.D. Byrider Systems, LLC; and Board Member at J.D. Byrider Systems, LLC. He studied at Sewanee: The University of the South and Emory University.

Dietmar Exler is a VP/Head at Mercedes-Benz USA, Board Member at PENDRAGON PLC, and Senior VP/COO at Arthur Blank Family Foundation. He has worked as VP:Customer Srvcs & Coll at Chrysler Financial Services Canada Inc., COO:Europe at Daimler Financial Services AG, and President/CEO at Mercedes-Benz USA. Dietmar works or has worked as Director at Mercedes-Benz USA and Director:Operations at Mercedes-Benz Bank AG. He attended University of Chicago.