Reflections-April 2018
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Background<br />
Mr Dominick Paul Zarcone, also known as Nick, is our<br />
Chief Executive Officer and President since May 2017<br />
and has been LKQ board Director since May 8, 2017.<br />
Nick served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive<br />
Vice President of LKQ Corp. since March 30, 2015 until<br />
May 2017.<br />
Prior to joining LKQ, Nick served as the Managing<br />
Director and the Chief Financial Officer of Baird<br />
Financial Group, a capital markets and wealth<br />
management company and certain of its affiliates<br />
from <strong>April</strong> 2011 to March 2015. Nick served as Treasurer<br />
of Baird Funds, Inc. - Baird Large cap Fund from <strong>April</strong><br />
2011 to March 2015. From February 1995 to <strong>April</strong> 2011,<br />
Nick served as a Managing Director of the Investment<br />
Banking department of Robert W. Baird & Co.<br />
Incorporated. From February 1986 to February 1995,<br />
he was with the investment banking company Kidder,<br />
Peabody & Co., Incorporated, as Senior Vice President<br />
of Investment Banking. He served as the Chief Financial<br />
Officer of Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated from<br />
2011 to March 10, 2015 and its Managing Director until<br />
March 10, 2015.<br />
Nick invested 16 years in Robert W. Baird & Co.'s<br />
Investment Banking Department, where he served<br />
as the Chief Operating Officer. Nick was responsible<br />
for managing the Investment Banking activities in the<br />
Services and Technology sectors and his client activities<br />
were primarily focused on providing M&A advisory and<br />
financing services to growth-oriented companies in<br />
the Business Services industry. His extensive transaction<br />
experience includes approximately 100 financing and<br />
advisory assignments, including public offerings, private<br />
placements, mergers and acquisitions and strategic<br />
advisories. Prior to joining Baird in 1995, Nick spent<br />
nine years in the Investment Banking Group at Kidder,<br />
Peabody & Co., working with growth companies in<br />
service industries. Prior to joining Kidder, Peabody &<br />
Co., he spent five years with Beatrice Companies,<br />
Inc. in various financial capacities, the last of which<br />
was Manager-Treasurer for the International Food<br />
Segment. Nick has been Director of Generac Holdings<br />
Inc. since January 1, 2017. Nick is a member of the<br />
Board of Directors of Generac Power Systems, Inc. He<br />
has been a Director of Coast Distribution System Inc.<br />
since August 19, 2015.<br />
Nick received an MBA from the University of Chicago<br />
Graduate School of Business and a BS in Finance with<br />
highest honors from the University of Illinois.<br />
BLOCK<br />
YOUR<br />
DAY<br />
Nick Zarcone - President & CEO:<br />
LKQ Corporation, Addressing India team<br />
Date: <strong>April</strong> 14, <strong>2018</strong><br />
Venue: PremChandraSagar Auditorium,<br />
Dayananda Sagar College,<br />
Kumarswamy Layout,<br />
Schedule: 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.