Prior Roles:

• Executive Chairman, Nielsen (2023- present)
• CEO and board director, Nielsen (December 2018-2023)
• Senior Vice President, IBM Watson (January 2016-2018) and IBM Cloud (November 2016-2018)
• Chairman and CEO, The Weather Company (2012-2015)
• President of Akamai (2011-2012)
• Managing Partner, VivaKi (2006-2010)
• Founder and CEO, Digitas, Inc., (1997- 2006)

Education: Mr. Kenny holds degrees from the GM Institute (now Kettering University) and Harvard University.

Key Qualifications & Experience:

Mr. Kenny brings more than 25 years of Chief Executive Officer experience to the Board. He uses his expertise in data and analytics, technology, and customer engagement to help Best Buy with its transformation and growth efforts, especially around capturing online share and using data responsibly to serve customers. His experience leading The Weather Company offers Best Buy strong environmental leadership and climate change expertise.

• CEO / Executive Leadership – Mr. Kenny is Executive Chairman at Nielsen, a private global measurement and data analytics company. He also previously served as CEO of The Weather Company and Digitas Inc., a global marketing and technology agency for e-Commerce and multichannel companies. In addition, Mr. Kenny has held a variety of other executive roles over his career. He has 25 years of public company board experience. He has served on the board of several public companies including Yahoo, Akamai, Digitas and Nielsen.
• Technology – As Senior Vice President of IBM Watson, Mr. Kenny led the company’s growth initiatives around cloud and artificial intelligence services. His online leadership dates to 1997, when he founded Digitas.
• Customer Engagement – As the executive chairman of Nielsen, Mr. Kenny has a deep knowledge of consumer insights. As chairman and CEO of The Weather Company, acquired by IBM in 2016, he helped turn the organization into a media heavyweight that produced television programming, developed apps, published content and used analytics to connect businesses to consumers through weather and climate-related content.

Prior Roles:

• Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing, Communications and Customer Experience Officer of The Travelers Companies, Inc., a property casualty insurer (2011-present)
• Managing Director and Senior Banker of the Public Sector Group of the Institutional Clients Group of Citigroup, Inc., a financial services company (2010- 2011)
• Global Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Citigroup, Inc. (2007-2010)
• Chief Marketing and Community Relations Officer, Global Consumer Group, Citigroup, Inc. (2005-2007)
• Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citi’s Women & Co., a membership service that provides financial education and services for women (2000-2011)

Education: Ms. Caputo holds degrees from Brown University and Northwestern University.

Key Qualifications & Experience:

Ms. Caputo brings more than 25 years of private/public sector leadership experience in government affairs, communications, marketing, digital, customer experience, and corporate responsibility and sustainability to the Board. She has advised CEOs, built successful social impact strategies, and enhanced customer, employee and community engagement at global organizations. Her time working in President Bill Clinton’s administration gives her expertise in public affairs issues.

• Marketing / Customer Experience / Communications – Ms. Caputo’s deep expertise has been invaluable to Best Buy’s efforts to broaden its brand, rejuvenate the customer experience and transform its marketing, digital and communications efforts to drive growth. Her perspective gained from driving innovation efforts at Travelers is helpful as Best Buy develops growth initiatives in its strategy. Ms. Caputo also spent 11 years at Citigroup, advising three CEOs on topics from marketing and communications to government affairs and community relations.
• Corporate Public Affairs / Government Affairs – In addition to having held senior executive roles at Walt Disney Co. and CBS Corp., Ms. Caputo spent more than a decade in the public sector, serving as Deputy Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Press Secretary to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Her diverse public/private background lends an important voice to the Board.
• Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability – Ms. Caputo has an exceptional track record throughout her career of enhancing community, customer and employee engagement, building social impact strategies and leading corporate responsibility and sustainability as well as community relations. She has been key in the development and execution of the Company’s CR&S initiatives.

Prior Roles:

• Chief Financial Officer, Chewy, Inc., (2018-2023)
• Vice President, Finance & Treasurer, Chewy, Inc. (2015-2018)
• Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis, Hilton Worldwide (2011-2015)
• Various Finance Leadership Roles (2003-2011)

Education: Mr. Marte holds degrees from the University of South Florida and Duke University.

Key Qualifications & Experience:

Mr. Marte brings more than 20 years of finance expertise, strategy, and business experience across several industries and companies to the Board. As former Chief Financial Officer of Chewy, Inc., he led the company’s financial strategy and growth plan, guiding Chewy from startup to become the leading pure play retailer of pet products and services. This background will help guide Best Buy’s efforts to innovate and serve an evolving customer base.

• Finance – Mr. Marte led the successful initial public offering of Chewy, Inc., a Fortune 500 and leading online pet product retailer, in June 2019. He led all finance, accounting, corporate development, risk management, and investor relations functions for the company. Prior to becoming CFO, he oversaw financial planning & analysis and treasury in three successful private fundraisings and the sale of Chewy to BC Partners in 2017. He has over two decades of experience in finance at Chewy, Hilton Worldwide and American Airlines.
• Growth, E-Commerce & Transformation – Mr. Marte has experience in growth and transformation, having established the financial planning, operations finance and treasury functions at Chewy, Inc. He also worked closely with the leadership team to reengineer the company’s financial strategy and long-term growth plan in the first six months after joining Chewy. These steps led the company to grow from $250 million in revenue to more than $11 billion in eight years while rapidly scaling to profitability and the lead position in e-Commerce for the pet category.
• Global – Mr. Marte has held finance and functional roles at large, global and capital-intensive companies in travel and hospitality. He has worked internationally, based in Spain and the United Kingdom, while leading teams across several countries and regions including Asia Pacific, Latin America, North America and Europe. He has operated in a variety of cultures, and regulatory and currency regimes.

Prior Roles:

• Venture Advisor, New Enterprise Associates (January 2016-present)
• Lecturer in Management, Stanford University Graduate School of Business (2021-present)
• Director, CoreLogic Board of Directors (2017-2021)
• Managing Director, IBM Venture Capital Group, and Vice President of Corporate Strategy, IBM Corp. (2004-2015)
• Director of Strategy, IBM Venture Capital Group (2000-2004)
• Head of Technology Transfer and Licensing, IBM Research (1994-2000)

Education: Ms. Munce holds degrees from the Santa Clara University School of Engineering and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Key Qualifications & Experience:

Ms. Munce brings more than 30 years of experience in technology, venture capital and startups to the Board. As a seasoned venture capital leader, she has developed a deep knowledge of strategic partnerships and M&A activities with a focus on emerging markets and disruptive technology. This background is helpful to Best Buy as it seeks to innovate and grow.

• Venture Capital – Ms. Munce is currently a venture adviser at New Enterprise Associates, one of the world’s largest and most active venture capital firms. She also served on the organizational boards of the National Venture Capital Association and Chairwoman of the Global Corporate Venturing Leadership Society.
• Technology – Ms. Munce has a highly technical engineering and computer science background, as well as business acumen and a strategic mindset. She is also a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) certified Cybersecurity Oversight director.
• Growth / Transformation – Ms. Munce was a founding member of the IBM Venture Capital Group. While at IBM, she worked with more than 300 venture capital firms across 30 countries to advance the company’s strategic goals for developing innovations. She is an advocate for women’s leadership in the technology industry and works to close the gender gap at the highest levels of business.

Prior Roles:

• Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of VF Corp. (2017-2022)
• President & Chief Operating Officer, VF Corp. (2015-2016)
• Senior Vice President, Americas, VF Corp. (2014-2015)
• Group President, Outdoor & Action Sports, Americas, of VF Corp. (2011-2014)
• President, Outdoor Americas, of VF Corp. (2009-2010)
• Brand President, The North Face, a VF Corp. brand (2004-2010)

Education: Mr. Rendle holds a degree from the University of Washington.

Key Qualifications & Experience:

Mr. Rendle was a leading executive in the apparel industry, with more than 35 years of experience in the specialty outdoor and action sports apparel industries. He spent more than 20 years at VF Corp. and successfully navigated the company through a rapidly changing global retail environment and drove rapid transformation of VF’s brands toward a consumer-minded, retail-centric and hyper-digital future.

• CEO Experience – From January 2017 to December 2022, Mr. Rendle served as CEO of VF Corp., one of the world’s largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies that had $10 billion in annual revenue. He previously held several leadership positions within VF Corp., and its The North Face brand.
• Growth / Transformation Experience – Before retiring as CEO, Mr. Rendle led VF’s global business model transformation and the reshaping of its apparel and footwear brand portfolio to accelerate growth. Under his leadership, VF completed the divestitures and spin-offs of several brands, acquired several brands, and relocated the company’s global headquarters to Denver.
• Purpose-Led Consumer Brand Strategy and Business Execution – Mr. Rendle led the vision for VF to become a purpose-led, performance-driven organization that prioritizes environmental and social responsibility throughout its global operations. This approach is deeply integrated into each of VF’s brands and their product and consumer engagement strategies, helping to create value for the company’s shareholders and stakeholders alike.

• President and Chief Executive Officer, La-Z-Boy Incorporated (2021-present)
• Chief Financial Officer, La-Z-Boy Incorporated (2018-2021)
• Chief Financial Officer, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (2016-2017)
• Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (now The Kraft Heinz Company) (2014- 2015)
• Various finance and leadership roles, including international assignments, at The Procter & Gamble Company (1993-2014)

Education: Ms. Whittington holds a degree from The Ohio State University.

Ms. Whittington brings to the Board more than 30 years of finance and leadership experience in a variety of consumer-focused industries. She is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of La-Z-Boy Incorporated, one of the world’s leading residential furniture manufacturers and retailers. Her varied background provides Ms. Whittington with a broad perspective as Best Buy pursues its growth strategy.

• CEO / Executive Experience – Ms. Whittington has served as CEO of La-Z-Boy Incorporated since April 2021. She previously served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.
• Finance – As a former CFO of La-Z-Boy Incorporated and Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Ms. Whittington brings strong financial acumen to the Best Buy Board. Prior to serving as CFO and later CEO, she spent more than 20 years in various financial management roles at Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (now The Kraft Heinz Company) and The Procter & Gamble Company.
• Global – Ms. Whittington has held finance and functional roles at large, global and capital-intensive consumer-facing companies. She has worked internationally in Costa Rica and Belgium.