Antonio Urcelay (born 1952) is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Global Product Safety Policy Committee board of Toys “R” Us Inc. == Toys "R" Us Inc.== Urcelay became CEO of Toys “R” Us in October 2013, and became Chairman a month later. Employment history Antonio Urcelay worked in the consumer packaged goods and retail industry before taking up his position at Toys “R” Us. He was Managing Director for Leche Pascual S.A., head of the Spanish division of a dairy company and a member of the Board of Directors for the Ashley Group - the parent company of the above-mentioned dairy company. He also held a variety of top executive positions at Royal Ahold, being the Spanish market’s Managing Director. Urcelay was also marketing manager at Procter & Gamble’s Spanish subsidiary. At the beginning of his career, Urcelay practiced law for five years at Cremades, ultimately becoming Partner. Education Antonio Urcelay received a Juris Doctor from the Madrid-Complutense University in 1984. Board memberships Urcelay sits on Board of Directors of AECOC-GS1 Spain (an association of 25,000+ companies in the consumer goods field) and, since November 2011, the Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A.. Compensation Antonio Urcelay’s compensation for the end of December 2013: Salary and Bonus: $1,389,685 , Stock Awards, $416,680, Option Awards, $1,198,963. In addition, in 2014, he was ranked by NJBiz as Number 72 in “The 100 Most Powerful People in New Jersey Business.”
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