Stephen I. Sadove

Biographical Information
Mr. Stephen I. Sadove serves as Chairman of the Saks "Board, Chief Executive Officer of Saks Inc. Mr. Sadove is Chief Executive Officer of the Company since January 2006 and Chairman of the Board of the Company since May 2007. Mr. Sadove joined the Company in January 2002 as Vice Chairman and served in that capacity until March 2004. He served as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from March 2004 until January 2006. Mr. Sadove served as Senior Vice President of Bristol-Myers Squibb, a beauty, nutritional and pharmaceutical company, and President of Bristol-Myers Squibb Worldwide Beauty Care from 1996 to January 2002. Mr. Sadove serves on the boards of directors of Colgate-Palmolive Company and Ruby Tuesday, Inc. and serves as First Vice Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Finance Committee and Treasurer of the National Retail Federation. Mr. Sadove has not held any other public company directorships within the last five years. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sadove built a distinguished marketing and consumer products career spanning over 25 years with General Foods USA and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. During his tenure at Bristol-Myers Squibb, he set and executed strategies that led Clairol to become the number one hair care business in the United States, relaunched the Herbal Essences brand and completed the sale of the beauty care business to Procter & Gamble for approximately $5 billion. "