WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE CORPORATION
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PART III<br />
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE<br />
Identification of Directors.<br />
Information required by this item is included in the Proxy Statement under the caption “Election of Directors”<br />
and is incorporated by reference in this report.<br />
Identification of Executive Officers.<br />
The following provides information for each of our executive officers.<br />
Stephen P. Holmes, 54, has served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors and as our Chief Executive<br />
Officer since our separation from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. Holmes was a Director since May 2003 of the alreadyexisting,<br />
wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant that held the assets and liabilities of Cendant’s hospitality services<br />
(including timeshare resorts) businesses before our separation from Cendant and has served as a Director of<br />
Wyndham Worldwide since the separation in July 2006. Mr. Holmes was Vice Chairman and director of Cendant<br />
and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cendant’s Travel Content Division from December 1997 until our<br />
separation from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. Holmes was Vice Chairman of HFS Incorporated, from September 1996<br />
until December 1997 and was a director of HFS from June 1994 until December 1997. From July 1990 through<br />
September 1996, Mr. Holmes served as Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of HFS.<br />
Geoffrey A. Ballotti, 49, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer, Wyndham Exchange & Rentals,<br />
since March 2008. Prior to joining Wyndham Exchange & Rentals, from October 2003 to March 2008, Mr. Ballotti<br />
was President, North America Division of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. From 1989 to 2003, Mr. Ballotti<br />
held leadership positions of increasing responsibility at Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide including President<br />
of Starwood North America, Executive Vice President, Operations, Senior Vice President, Southern Europe and<br />
Managing Director, Ciga Spa, Italy. Prior to Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Mr. Ballotti was a Banking<br />
Officer in the Commercial Real Estate Group at the Bank of New England.<br />
Eric A. Danziger, 56, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer, Wyndham Hotel Group, since<br />
December 2008. From August 2006 to December 2008, Mr. Danziger was Chief Executive Officer of WhiteFence,<br />
Inc., an online site for home services firm. From June 2001 to August 2006, Mr. Danziger was President and Chief<br />
Executive Officer of ZipRealty, a real estate brokerage. From April 1998 to June 2001, Mr. Danziger was President<br />
and Chief Operating Officer of Carlson Hotels Worldwide. From June 1996 to August 1998, Mr. Danziger was<br />
President and CEO of Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide. From September 1990 to June 1996, Mr. Danziger<br />
was President of Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.<br />
Franz S. Hanning, 57, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer, Wyndham Vacation Ownership,<br />
since our separation from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. Hanning was the Chief Executive Officer of Cendant’s<br />
Timeshare Resort Group from March 2005 until our separation from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. Hanning served as<br />
President and Chief Executive Officer of Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc. (formerly known as Fairfield Resorts,<br />
Inc.) from April 2001, when Cendant acquired Fairfield Resorts, Inc., to March 2005 and as President and Chief<br />
Executive Officer of Wyndham Resort Development Corporation (formerly known as Trendwest Resorts, Inc.) from<br />
August 2004 to March 2005. Mr. Hanning joined Fairfield Resorts, Inc. in 1982 and held several key leadership<br />
positions with Fairfield Resorts, Inc., including Regional Vice President, Executive Vice President of Sales and<br />
Chief Operating Officer.<br />
Thomas G. Conforti, 52, has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since<br />
September 2009. From December 2002 to September 2008, Mr. Conforti was Chief Financial Officer of DineEquity,<br />
Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Conforti held a number of general management, financial and strategic roles over a<br />
ten-year period in the Consumer Products Division of the Walt Disney Company. Mr. Conforti also held numerous<br />
finance and strategy roles within the College Textbook Publishing Division of CBS and the Soft Drink Division of<br />
Pepsico.<br />
Scott G. McLester, 48, has served as our Executive Vice President and General Counsel since our separation<br />
from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. McLester was Senior Vice President, Legal for Cendant from April 2004 until our<br />
separation from Cendant in July 2006. Mr. McLester was Group Vice President, Legal for Cendant from March<br />
2002 to April 2004, Vice President, Legal for Cendant from February 2001 to March 2002 and Senior Counsel for<br />
Cendant from June 2000 to February 2001. Prior to joining Cendant, Mr. McLester was a Vice President in the Law<br />
Department of Merrill Lynch in New York and a partner with the law firm of Carpenter, Bennett and Morrissey in<br />
Newark, New Jersey.<br />
Mary R. Falvey, 50, has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since our<br />
separation from Cendant in July 2006. Ms. Falvey was Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources for<br />
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