Ronald D. Boire

Ronald D. Boire is the Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. Mr. Boire was previously President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Sears Canada (SCC.TO, SRSC).

Prior to serving as President & Chief Executive Officer of Sears Canada, Inc., Mr. Boire had a broad range of experience in retail and technology. He held the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer and President, Sears and Kmart Formats at Sears Holdings (SHLD). Mr. Boire also served in other executive positions including President and CEO at Brookstone, Inc., where he lead a turnaround of Brookstone’s performance through improved operations, product development and marketing. While at Toys “R” Us he served as President, North America from 2006 through 2009.

Mr. Boire has extensive experience in consumer electronics where he has been involved in some of the most important product launches over the past 25 years. He was Executive Vice President, Global Merchandise Manager for Best Buy (BBY), responsible for managing Best Buy’s $30 billion U.S. Business Teams, global technology and vendor management, global sourcing and private label development. Before working at Best Buy, Mr. Boire served in a variety of increasingly senior roles during a 17-year career at Sony Electronics Inc., including President of Sony’s Personal Mobile Products Company where he was responsible for Sony’s Audio and Mobile Electronics products in the U.S. and President of the Consumer Sales Company responsible for sales and distribution in the U.S.

Mr. Boire is the Co-founder, along with his wife, of the Ferguson Noonan Foundation, a 501(c)3 charity focused on educating underprivileged children and former Vice-Chairman of the National Board of Directors of the Multiple Sclerosis Society where he served as Chairman of Finance Committee and was a member of the Executive and Compensation committees.

Mr. Boire currently serves as a Director of the Retail Council of Canada and was previously a Director of the Retail Industry Leaders Association. Mr. Boire has dual MBAs from Columbia Business School and London Business School.

Mr. Boire is married to Faith Ferguson, they have five children and live in Warwick, NY.