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Mimi E. Vaughn became Genesco’s president and chief executive officer, effective February 2020. In addition, she was elected to Genesco’s board of directors, effective October 30, 2019. Vaughn becomes the 12th president and chief executive officer of the Company. She was named Genesco’s chief operating officer in January 2018 and assumed the role in June 2019 following the appointment of the Company’s new chief financial officer. Vaughn served as senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer from February 2015 to June 2019, where she led all finance-related activities, including financial planning, reporting and analysis, accounting, treasury and tax functions. Vaughn joined Genesco as vice president - strategy and business development in 2003, was promoted to senior vice president - strategy and business development in 2006, and was named senior vice president - strategy and shared services in 2009. In this role, she was responsible for strategy development for the Company and for growth initiatives and acquisitions. She also led shared services, including information technology, corporate logistics and human resources. Prior to joining the Company in 2003, Vaughn was executive vice president of business development and marketing and acting chief financial officer for Link2Gov Corp. in Nashville. From 1993 to 1999, she was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, based in Atlanta. During her tenure at McKinsey, Vaughn advised senior executives and board members, specializing in the consumer and retail sectors. Before joining McKinsey, she held various corporate finance positions at Goldman, Sachs & Co., Wasserstein Perella & Co. Inc. and Drexel Burnham Lambert.

Mr. Tyson, Executive Vice President, Merchandising, Marketing and Supply Chain, joined Advance in March 2008. Prior to joining Advance, Mr. Tyson served as Senior Vice President, Merchandising and Technology with OfficeMax, Inc. for three years. Prior to joining OfficeMax, Mr. Tyson was President of Diversitech Group, an importer of hand and power tools. Prior to that, he worked for Office Depot, Inc. for four years where he held multiple positions with increasing responsibilities including Senior Vice President, Merchandising and General Merchandising Manager; Senior Vice President, World Wide Global Sourcing; and Vice President, Divisional Merchandise Manager. Mr. Tyson has also held positions previously with Caldor Corporation and Macy's.

Arie Kotler is a Chairman at Ligad Investments & Build Ltd, Chairman at Soho Realestate Ltd, and Chief Executive Officer at Arko Holdings Ltd and is based in North Miami Beach, Florida. He has worked as President at GPM Investments, Chairman at Malrag Enginring & Constr Ltd, and Board Member at Malrag Enginring & Constr Ltd. Arie works or has worked as CEO/Partner at Financial Guardian Group.

Dominique Schurman is a Chief Executive Officer at Schurman Retail Group and is based in United States.

Steve Willes is a President and Chief Executive Officer at Batteries & Bands Inc and is based in United States.