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Leadership

Ronald L. Sargent
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Ron is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Staples. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2005 and has served as CEO since 2002. Ron has held a variety of leadership roles in the company. He was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in 1998, leading Staples' worldwide operations, retail superstores, delivery business, supply chain management and merchandising and marketing initiatives. In 1991 he was responsible for launching Staples' delivery business.
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Christine Komola
Chief Financial Officer
Christine is Staples’ Chief Financial Officer responsible for the company’s global financial operations. She previously served as Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. Christine joined Staples in 1997 and has served in various leadership roles including Vice President, Planning and Control; Chief Financial Officer of Staples.com and; Senior Vice President, General Merchandise Manager, Furniture & Wholesale.
Prior to joining Staples, Christine was an audit manager at Ernst &
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Joseph G. Doody
President, North American Commercial
Joe is President of Staples North American Commercial responsible for Staples Advantage, which serves medium-sized to Fortune 1000 businesses, and Quill.com, which serves small to medium sized businesses. In addition, he is head of the company's supply chain and customer service operations in North America. Joe is also the Chairman of Staples China.

Before joining Staples in 1998, he was President of Danka's Office Imaging Business in North America.
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Demos Parneros
President, North American Stores & Online
Demos is Staples President of North American Stores & Online, responsible for retail and Staples.com operations throughout North America. Before being named President of U.S. stores in 2002, he served in a wide variety of positions in the retail organization including, human resources, marketing, merchandising and store operations.
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Steve Matyas
President, Staples Business Depot
Steve is President of The Business Depot, LTD, which operates as Staples Business Depot throughout Canada, and as Bureau en Gros in the province of Quebec. He has been with the company since it was founded in 1991. Previously, he served as Vice President, Sales and Operations and as Vice President, Operations, Human Resources and Store Planning.

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Shira Goodman
Executive Vice President, Global Growth
Shira is Executive Vice President of Staples Global Growth group, responsible for identifying and developing new sources of growth and driving Staples best growth ideas across the company.
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Brian Light
Executive Vice President, Staples Services
Brian is Executive Vice President leading Staples Services. He has global responsibility for Human Resources, Information Technology, Global Business Services and Global Sourcing. He also leads Staples programs aimed at delivering an omni-channel brand experience across multiple businesses. Brian was appointed to his current position in January 2012.
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Regis Mulot
Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources
Regis is the Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources, responsible for Staples’ global HR strategies and programs that advance the company’s commitment to be the world’s best office products company.
Regis joined Staples in 2009 as Vice President of International Human Resources where he was instrumental in driving the integration of Corporate Express with Staples, and building a step-by-step integrated Human Relations team to support associates across 26 countries in Europe, Asia,
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Michael T. Williams
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Mike is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at Staples, responsible for the global management of the company’s legal team. He joined Staples in November 2012.

Mike joined Staples from Sony Electronics, Inc., where he was executive vice president, general counsel and secretary with responsibility for legal operations of several professional and consumer electronics companies in the U.S., Central America and South America. Before joining Sony, he was a partner at the law firm of
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Faisal Masud
Executive Vice President, Global E-Commerce
Faisal is executive vice president, global e-commerce, responsible for building Staples’ digital channels and leading e-commerce efforts across the company. He joined Staples in May 2013.
Masud has over a decade of digital experience, building end-to-end, global e-commerce solutions that have driven growth and improved the customer experience. He joined Staples from Groupon, Inc., where he was vice president and general manager, responsible for managing Groupon Goods’ strategy and execution in
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