Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 12, 2019, the Board of Directors of comScore, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Kathy Bachmann as Chief Operating Officer, effective April 17, 2019.
Prior to her appointment as Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Bachman, 47, served as Chief Commercial Operations Officer since joining the Company in February 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Bachmann served as Chief Operations Officer (and previously as Executive Vice President, Product Management) at Throtle, an ad tech data solutions company, from January 2018 to February 2019 where she focused on sales, marketing, product and operations. Before Throtle, she served as Managing Partner of Growth Calculus, a management consulting firm, from October 2016 to December 2018 where she helped companies formulate and execute growth strategies; and as Executive Vice President, GM/Managing Director, Americas of Neustar, Inc. (previously Marketshare, which Neustar acquired), a marketing data, measurement and information services company, from March 2013 to October 2016 where she was a member of senior leadership and oversaw sales, client success and product implementation. Ms. Bachmann holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and logistics from The Ohio State University and an M.B.A. in finance and strategy from Wharton, University of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Bachmann will be eligible to participate in the Company’s executive compensation program for 2019, consistent with other executive officers of the Company and her roles and responsibilities. The Company’s Board of Directors has not yet established the specific criteria for the executive compensation program for 2019. Ms. Bachmann will also be eligible for the Company’s standard benefits programs.
In connection with her appointment, Ms. Bachmann has entered into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement for directors and executive officers. The indemnification agreement generally requires the Company to indemnify Ms. Bachmann to the fullest extent permitted by law.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Bachmann and any other persons pursuant to which she was selected as Chief Operating Officer. There is no family relationship between Ms. Bachmann and any director or other executive officer, or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer.