KOHLS CORP (KSS)
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Consumer Discretionary
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Director information for KSS
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KSS | Chief Executive Officer of Kohl’s Corporation | 64 | ["Extensive senior leadership experience across large, consumer-facing retail organizations","Led enterprise-wide transformation initiatives","Experience leveraging technology to drive business strategy","Extensive experience leading and optimizing large-scale retail operations"] | ["Finance"] | 2026 |
Companies shown below are based on exact name match for the selected Director
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYI | Former President and CEO, Eyemart Express, LLC; Director | 62 | ["executive leadership", "corporate governance", "strategic growth and development", "operational and manufacturing", "finance, accounting, and capital markets", "human capital and talent management", "enterprise risk and sustainability", "engineering, technology, and innovation", "engineering", "technology", "innovation"] | ["Audit", "Governance", "Current Committee"] | 2023 |
| RHP | President & CEO | 57 | ["Extensive experience in retail sales", "Financial expertise", "Human resources expertise", "Operational expertise"] | [] | 2019 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Chief Executive Officer of Kohl's Corporation | Age 64 Director since 2019 Committees Finance Retail and Consumer-Facing Experience Extensive senior leadership experience across large, consumer-facing retail organizations, including Walmart, Victoria's Secret, and Eyemart Express, with responsibility for customer experience, store operations, merchandising support, and omnichannel execution Select Key Skills and Expertise TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY: Led enterprise-wide transformation initiatives across large retail organizations, including operating model redesign, digital integration, and business repositioning efforts TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY, DIGITAL, AND E-COMMERCE: Experience leveraging technology to drive business strategy, including as COO of Global eCommerce at Walmart, where he bridged the gap between digital and physical retail and integrated emerging technologies to enhance the customer experience OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: Extensive experience leading and optimizing large-scale retail operations, including store execution, supply chain performance, and cost and productivity management across nationwide retail organizations Career Highlights Kohl's Corporation: Chief Executive Officer (November 2025 to present) Interim Chief Executive Officer (May 2025 to November 2025) Eyemart Express: President and Chief Executive Officer (January 2018 to April 2022) President (September 2017 to January 2018) Walmart: Chief Operating Officer of Global e-Commerce (2014 to 2017) Executive Vice President, Walmart West division (2011 to 2014) Senior Vice President, Walmart Mountain division (2010 to 2011) Vice President and General Manager, Walmart Southwest division (2009 to 2010) Cardinal Health: Held a number of senior positions from 2003 to 2007, including President and General Manager Retail and Alternate Care L Brands: Vice President of Store Operations Victoria's Secret (1999 to 2002) PepsiCo: 15 years in a variety of sales, finance, and operational roles Additional Public Company Boards (within past 5 years) Acuity Brands (September 2022 to present) What Mr. Bender Brings to Kohl's Board As CEO of Kohl's, Mr. Bender brings significant operational, omnichannel, and retail leadership experience directly into the boardroom. His career spans senior leadership roles at large, multi-channel retail organizations, including as CEO of Eyemart Express and as an executive and senior leader at Walmart, PepsiCo, and L Brands Victoria's Secret, where he developed an expertise in store operations, supply chain optimization, and scaling e-commerce platforms. Mr. Bender's deep understanding of Kohl's business, combined with his hands-on leadership of enterprise transformation and operational execution, enables the Board to benefit from real-time strategic insight as the Company advances its long-term growth strategy.