CarMax Board Elects Two New Directors

CarMax has announced that its board of directors has elected Peter Bensen and Robert Hombach to membership on the board effective April 1. Bensen and Hombach will both serve on the Audit Committee.

Bensen, 55, retired from McDonald’s Corporation in 2016 as its chief administrative officer. During his 20-year tenure he held various leadership positions including executive vice president and chief financial officer. Before joining McDonald’s in 1996, Bensen was a senior manager at Ernst & Young LLP.

Hombach, 51, is the retired executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operations officer of Baxalta, a biopharmaceutical company spun off from its parent, Baxter, in 2015. Hombach began his career at Baxter, a global healthcare company, in 1989 and served in several roles there, including chief financial officer and treasurer.

In addition, two board members have announced plans to retire from the CarMax board. Jeff Garten, Dean Emeritus, Yale School of Management, has announced his intention to retire from the board at the company annual meeting on June 26, 2018. Garten has served on the board since 2002. John Standley, chairman and chief executive officer of Rite Aid Corporation, is retiring from the board effective January 29, 2018 due to other business demands. Standley joined the board in 2016.

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