Deals
Office Depot-OfficeMax Say CEO Hunt Down to Five Candidates
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Office Depot Inc. and OfficeMax Inc., which agreed to merge in February, narrowed the field of candidates to be the combined company’s chief executive officer down to five and plan to pick one by September.
More than 100 candidates have been reviewed and eight have been interviewed, the companies said today in a statement, without naming the remaining five. The search is being conducted by Korn/Ferry International and a committee co-chaired by OfficeMax director Jim Marino and Office Depot director Nigel Travis.