Former Airline Executive Michael J. Durham Joins Acxiom Board of Directors
07 March 2006 - 2:20AM
Business Wire
Michael J. Durham, former director, president and chief executive
officer of Sabre, Inc., has been named to the Acxiom(R) Corporation
(Nasdaq:ACXM) Board of Directors, Acxiom Company Leader Charles D.
Morgan announced today. Prior to Durham's executive leadership of
Sabre, a NYSE-listed company providing information technology
services to the travel industry, he spent 16 years with American
Airlines, where he served as senior vice president of finance and
chief financial officer. "Mr. Durham brings to Acxiom many years of
executive-level public company experience across operational,
technological and financial disciplines," Morgan said. "Mr.
Durham's industry contacts and cross-functional skills will
complement the Acxiom board's experience, and we look forward to
working with him." Today, Durham also serves as the non-executive
Chairman of the Board of the Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., a
NYSE-listed company in the automotive retailing industry, chairman
of the audit committee and board member of AGL Resources, Inc., a
NYSE-listed company in the natural gas industry, and is a member of
the board of Bombardier, Inc., a large Canadian manufacturing
company. Durham received a Master of Business Administration degree
from the Cornell University Graduate School of Management and a
Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of
Rochester. A native of White Plains, New York, Durham and his
family now reside in University Park, Texas. Durham fills a board
vacancy created by the resignation effective February 28, 2006, of
Harry C. Gambill. Gambill, president and chief executive officer of
TransUnion LLC had served on the Acxiom board since 1992. "Mr.
Gambill has contributed greatly to the success of Acxiom over the
past 15 years," Morgan said. "He has helped us make many very good
decisions that benefited our shareholders, clients and associates,
and we are very appreciative of his long-term and continuing
support of our business." Acxiom continues to have nine board
members; six of the members are now independent based on Nasdaq
criteria. In addition, the independent directors have created a
position of Lead Independent Director and Vice Chairman of the
Board, and have elected William T. Dillard II to serve in the new
position for a term of one year to provide a leadership role in
executive sessions and other matters as appropriate. About Acxiom
Corporation Acxiom Corporation (Nasdaq: ACXM) integrates data,
services and technology to create and deliver customer and
information management solutions for many of the largest, most
respected companies in the world. The core components of Acxiom's
innovative solutions are Customer Data Integration (CDI)
technology, data, database services, IT outsourcing, consulting and
analytics, and privacy leadership. Founded in 1969, Acxiom is
headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, with locations throughout
the United States and Europe, and in Australia and China. For more
information, visit www.acxiom.com. Acxiom is registered trademark
of Acxiom Corporation.
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