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A seasoned retail executive with decades of diverse and valuable experience, Satish Malhotra joined The Container Store on February 1, 2021 as Chief Executive Officer and President, succeeding Melissa Reiff, who will remain as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors until late summer 2021. For the previous 21 years, Satish held various leadership roles at prestige beauty retailer Sephora Americas, most recently as Chief Retail Officer and Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Satish was responsible for leading Sephora’s retail growth by expanding its in-store services and experiences, developing digitally enabled solutions and by growing its off-mall store locations. Prior to that role, Satish served as Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for Technology, Supply Chain, Store Development, Legal, Strategy and Partnerships, including the Sephora inside JCPenney (SiJCP) business which now operates in over 600 stores. He also spent several years overseeing Sephora’s expansion into Canada and Latin America. Before joining Sephora, Satish was a Transaction Services Senior Associate at PwC. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). Throughout his career, Satish has excelled at developing and growing new sales channels, solving complex “back of the house” problems with innovative solutions, and attracting and developing high performing talent. Among his many career highlights: transforming Sephora’s IT department to a Center of Excellence within parent company LVMH, launching all of Sephora’s digital commerce properties (including website, mobile, social and CRM), strengthening Sephora’s supply chain to enable 98% of online orders to be received by consumers within two business days, developing an off-mall store concept which dramatically improved Sephora’s accessibility to its consumers, and led the efforts in creating Sephora’s purpose of “inspiring fearlessness”. In 2020, he was presented with the Innovation Leadership Award from the World Retail Forum. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Walter A. Haas School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Satish has also completed the LVMH Inspiring Entrepreneurs Senior Executive Leadership Program. Malhotra currently resides in Flower Mound, Texas, with his wife, two children and their Coton du Tulear. An avid Peloton rider, he clocked well over 11,000 minutes in 2020.

Robert Wallstrom is an experienced leader who is focused on positioning organizations for purpose-driven success. He is a retail executive with extensive brand management expertise, proven leadership abilities and a record of driving growth. As an advocate for the power of business to create positive influence and outcomes for people and communities, Wallstrom places a unique focus on building organizations with strong cultures that strive to positively impact all stakeholders.Wallstrom has led Vera Bradley as President and Chief Executive Officer since 2013, successfully executing the company’s business transformation while also championing corporate social responsibility, associate engagement and philanthropy initiatives. Wallstrom expanded the Vera Bradley, Inc. portfolio in 2019 with the acquisition of lifestyle brand Pura Vida. He remains focused on building a company of purpose-driven, digitally native lifestyle brands.Wallstrom has a broad background in brand positioning, product development, store operations and culture building. He is well-regarded in the retail industry for his ability to develop and execute strategic growth plans and has served on the board of The National Retail Federation since January 2020.From 2007 to 2013, Wallstrom was President of Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH, the outlet chain operated by Saks Fifth Avenue. In this role, he developed and implemented a strategic plan that repositioned the division as a growth engine, propelling it to a market-leading position. Previously, Wallstrom was Group Senior Vice President and General Manager of Saks’ flagship New York City store from 2002 to 2007. Prior to joining Saks, he held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility at Macy’s Inc. Wallstrom received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting from San Diego State University. In addition to Vera Bradley and The National Retail Federation, Wallstrom serves on the boards of Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company and Fort Wayne’s Global Leadership Summit & Beyond. A servant leader at heart, Wallstrom is a strong supporter of the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer, a dedicated advisor to Dominican Republic-based non-profit New Hope Girls and the founder of The City on a Hill Foundation.

Pierre-Yves Roussel is a Chief Executive Officer at Tory Burch, Chairman/CEO at Fashion Spa, and Board Member at McKinsey & Company. He has worked as Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, Exec VP:Strategy & Operations at LV Group SA, and Chairman at LV Group SA. Pierre-yves works or has worked as Analyst:Financial at Morgan Stanley and Analyst:Financial at HSBC. He studied at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Delgon George are a CEO at Von Maur.

SOLOMEA VALDOREMA are a CEO at FAO Schwarz.

James Olsson is a CEO at Rip Curl and is based in California.