Primary Job Title Board of Director Primary Organization Caesars Entertainment
Gender Male
Eric L. Press has been a director of Affinion since October 17, 2005. Mr. Press is a partner of Apollo, where he has been employed since 1998 and has served as an officer of certain affiliates of Apollo. From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Press was associated with the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz specializing in mergers, acquisitions,
restructurings and related financing transactions.
From 1987 to 1989, Mr. Press was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Press serves on several boards of directors, including Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc., Athene Re, Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Metals USA,Inc., Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation, Prestige Cruise Holdings and Verso Paper Corp.
During the past five years, Mr. Press also served as a director of AEP Industries (June 2004 to February 2005), Innkeepers USA Trust (June 2007 to April 2010), Quality Distribution, Inc. (May 2004 to May 2008) and Wyndham International (May 2005 to August 2005).
Mr. Press has significant experience in making and managing private equity investments on behalf of Apollo and over 20 years experience in financing,analyzing and investing in public and private companies. Mr. Press has worked closely with Affinion’s management since the Acquisition.
