Executive Bio
Dr. Arthur C. Martinez has been Executive Chairman of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. since January 27, 2014. Dr. Martinez serves as the Chairman of the Board of HSN, Inc. since August 2008. Dr. Martinez serves as Director of RXC Acquisition Company and Fifth and Pacific, Inc. He serves as Member of the Advisory Board/Advisor of Questor Management Company and Marakon Associates, Inc. Dr. Martinez has been Director of AT&T Teleholdings, Inc., since 1995. Dr. Martinez serves as Co-Chairman of Greenwich Hospital. He serves as a Member of Board of Trustees of Greenwich Hospital, Northwestern University, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Maine Coast Heritage Trust. He served as the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President at Sears, Roebuck and Co., from August 1995 to October 2000. From 1992 to 1995, Dr. Martinez served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Sears Merchandise Group. He served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Sears Investment Management Company. He was employed at BP Corporation North America, Inc. He served as an Interim Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer at International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., from May 9, 2006 to July 1, 2006. Dr. Martinez held in various capacities at BATUS, Inc., Saks' parent company until 1990, including as Vice Chairman and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Saks. He obtained experience on a myriad of issues arising in a large corporation. Dr. Martinez served as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago, from 2000 to 2002. Dr. Martinez served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. (formerly, ABN Amro Bank) since April 2006 and previously served as its Vice chairman of Supervisory Board since April 2005 and also its Member of Supervisory Board since 2002. Dr. Martinez served as Vice Chairman of Saks Fifth Avenue, from 1990 to 1992. Dr. Martinez has been the Chairman of the Board of HSN, Inc. since August 20, 2008. He has been Trustee at Yale-New Haven Health Services Corporation since November 02, 2017. Dr. Martinez served as a Director of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. from 2000 to May 6, 2014 and served as Lead Director of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. since July 1, 2006 until to May 6, 2014 and previously served the same position since November 9, 2004. He served as Lead Director and Director of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., since June 04, 2003 and January 2001, respectively. He served as Independent Director of Kate Spade & Company(formerly Fifth & Pacific Companies, Inc.) from 2001 to May 21, 2014. He served as a Director of IAC/InterActiveCorp since September 21, 2005 until June 18, 2014. Dr. Martinez served as Director of Pepsico, Inc. from 1999 to May 2, 2012. He served as a Director of American International Group, Inc. from June 2009 to May 13, 2015. He served as Director of Sears Canada Inc. and Yale-New Haven Health Services Corporation. Dr. Martinez holds a Doctor of Law at Notre Dame University, an M.B.A. from Harvard University, Cambridge and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Polytechnic University, New York.