David K. Lenhardt, age 44, has been a Director of Petsmart since June 2013 and is currently our President and Chief Executive Officer. He joined PetSmart as Senior Vice President of Services, Strategic Planning and Business Development in October 2000. He was appointed Senior Vice President, Store Operations and Services in February 2007 and in February 2009 was appointed Senior Vice President, Store Operations and Human Resources. In January 2011, he was appointed Executive Vice President, Store Operations, Human Resources and Information Systems, and was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in January 2012. He has been our Chief Executive Officer since June 2013, and was again named President effective April 2014. From 1996 to 2000, he was a manager with Bain & Company, Inc., where he led consulting teams for retail, technology and e-commerce clients. Prior to that, he worked in the corporate finance and Latin American groups of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.'s investment banking division.
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