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Richard Buchband has over two decades of leadership and boardroom experience in professional services, start-ups, alternative investments and technology, with ManpowerGroup, Accenture, Orbitz, Juno Online Services and D. E. Shaw & Co. Since 2013, Buchband is senior vice president and general counsel at ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), a Fortune 150 workforce solutions company that operates globally, with 30,000 employees and revenues of $20 billion. A member of ManpowerGroup’s executive leadership, he works alongside the CEO, CFO and Board of Directors on the Company’s most critical matters, including its acquisition and disposition strategies. This includes re-alignment of the Company’s geographic footprint via the JV and subsequent IPO of its Greater China business, the $1B strategic acquisition of a major industry player in the US, and numerous sale and franchise transactions globally. As a partner at Accenture, Buchband worked directly with the Board and C-suite, heading a team responsible for all corporate and securities matters. He managed Accenture’s most complex transactions, including its reincorporation to Ireland, a multi-year project involving issues of international law, tax, employee equity and investor relations. Earlier in his career, Buchband spearheaded the IPO of Juno Online Services, a pioneering Internet provider incubated by D. E. Shaw & Co., and oversaw its transformation into a profitable public company. He was instrumental in its sale. Buchband likewise directed the IPO of global online travel player Orbitz, leading the company through its transition to public reporting status and completing the sale of the company. Buchband is a frequent speaker on public company matters, boardroom issues and workforce trends, including at the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and Ethisphere. He has been published in Harvard Business Review. He has been named by Financial Times to its FT Global GC 25 list, and to the GC Powerlist (United States), recognizing the country’s most powerful legal advisers. He sits on multiple boards, including the Milwaukee Art Museum (where he chairs the Investment Committee and serves on the Executive Committee), the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the ManpowerGroup Foundation. He is a Board Leadership Fellow of the NACD, holds an NACD Director Certification, and is an inaugural member of the NYSE Listed Company Advisory Board. Buchband is a graduate of the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University (formerly the Woodrow Wilson School), magna cum laude, and Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He spends his time outside of work cycling, skiing, and enjoying art, architecture and international travel with his wife and college-age daughters. He holds dual US and EU citizenship.