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About the Company

The Hertz Corporation operates the Hertz, Dollar Car Rental, Thrifty Car Rental brands in approximately 9,700 corporate and franchisee locations throughout North America, Europe, The Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The Hertz Corporation is one of the largest worldwide airport general use vehicle rental companies, and the Hertz brand is one of the most recognized in the world. Product and service initiatives such as Hertz Gold Plus Rewards®, Carfirmations, Mobile Wi-Fi and unique vehicles offered through the Adrenaline, Dream, Green and Prestige Collections set Hertz apart from the competition. Additionally, The Hertz Corporation owns the vehicle leasing and fleet management leader Donlen Corporation, operates the Firefly vehicle rental brand and Hertz 24/7 car sharing business in international markets and sells vehicles through Hertz Car Sales.

About the Person

Mr. Trimm joined Hertz in 2001 having previously worked for Hilton International as Global Systems Development Director, and having held management positions within Coca Cola, Clarks Shoes and a brief period with his own company. He has worked in various positions at Hertz including as VP Business Systems for Hertz Europe Ltd, Business Systems Director for Hertz Lease Europe, and as VP for Rent-a-Car IT Systems where he had responsibility for global applications including hertz.com. Since August 2012 Mr. Trimm held the position of Senior VP Business Transformation Projects which included the global redesign of the Hertz brand. He was promoted to Executive Vice President and CIO effective November 1, 2013 and is now responsible for Hertz information technology and business systems globally. He is based in Park Ridge, NJ, is a graduate of Imperial College, London with a Masters degree in Engineering and is an associate of the City of Guilds of London Institute.