Robert M. Kimmitt

Robert M. Kimmitt has served as a member of our board of directors and as our Lead Independent Director since March 2020. Ambassador Kimmitt has served as Senior International Counsel at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, an international law firm, since April 2009. From 2005 to 2009, Ambassador Kimmitt served as Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. From 2001 to 2005, he served as Executive Vice President of Global Public Policy at Time Warner, a media and entertainment company. From 2000 to 2001, Ambassador Kimmitt served as Vice Chairman and President of Commerce One, a software company. From 1997 to 2000, he was a partner at Wilmer Cutler & Pickering, and, from 1993 to 1997, a managing director at Lehman Brothers. Previously, he served as United States Ambassador to Germany from 1991 to 1993, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 1989 to 1991, a partner at Sidley & Austin LLP from 1987 to 1989, General Counsel of the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1985 to 1987, and National Security Council Executive Secretary and General Counsel from 1983 to 1985. Ambassador Kimmitt has extensive public company board experience, most recently serving as a member of the supervisory board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG from April 2010 to May 2018. Ambassador Kimmitt holds a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.


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