Subject: Walmart China’s ranks suffer double blow - FT (Response request)
From: "Michael Andrews" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 09:10:51 -0400

Hunter, Eric,

I have asked Thad, Curt and Ronnie to advise on whether we could be  
helpful to Walmart. Leslie Dach is an acquaintance from the Carter  
Presidential Campaign. (I know you guys were about 4) I attached a  
brief bio. Could we do a meeting with Leslie to introduce the Vide/RSA  
product and then follow up with Ronnie and if goes well then bring in  
Thad and Chris as well? Your thoughts.

Michael

Walmart China’s ranks suffer double blow
Walmart’s business in China has hit an unexpected bump with the sudden  
resignation of two senior executives at a time when it is facing  
increasing competition in the country, theFT reports. The world’s  
largest retailer by sales said that Roland Lawrence, its chief  
financial officer in China, and Rob Cissell, its China chief operating  
officer, had both resigned “due to personal reasons to explore other  
opportunities”. Walmart is looking to China and other emerging markets  
to offset the flat performance of its US business, where it has  
limited growth potential, but in several foreign countries it has  
found the going tough.

Leslie Dach

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Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Government Relations,  
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., United States

Leslie Dach is Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and  
Government Relations for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. In that capacity he  
serves on the company’s executive committee and is responsible for its  
global communications activities, paid corporate advertising, and  
government relations. He also manages the Wal-Mart Foundation,  
America’s largest corporate foundation, with annual cash donations of  
about $250 million. He is an active participant in the company’s  
efforts in sustainability.

Before joining Wal-Mart, Leslie was Vice Chairman of Edelman, a major  
global communications firm. At Edelman, Leslie was responsible for its  
Washington D.C. office as well as its research, advertising and  
corporate social responsibility consulting companies. He served on  
Edelman’s executive committee and directed the company’s global public  
affairs, crisis, technology and healthcare practices. Leslie managed  
some of the agency’s most visible public affairs assignments,  
including work on ecomagination for General Electric, support for the  
9/11 Commission, and strategic consultation for Habitat for Humanity,  
United Way of America and The Nature Conservancy.

Leslie is an expert in issues management, image programs, and using  
communications to support legislative and regulatory objectives.  
Leslie is an experienced lobbyist, field organizer and media relations  
strategist. He maintains ongoing relationships with key leaders in the  
media, government and constituency groups.

Leslie is active as a senior strategist in Democrat politics and has  
worked in senior positions in a number of presidential campaigns. He  
served as senior advisor for communication for the Democratic National  
Committee and the Kerry for President Campaign in 2004. In that  
capacity, he helped design the 2004 Democratic Convention, managed the  
Democratic response to the Republican Convention, and oversaw  
communications, research and surrogate operations. He also served the  
Clinton administration in a variety of project capacities, including  
special advisor to the chief of staff during the Kosovo conflict, and  
he managed the program at the 2000 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles.

In addition to politics, Leslie worked for almost a decade as a  
lobbyist for a number of environmental groups, including the National  
Audubon Society and Environmental Defense. Dach has also served as  
special assistant to the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

Leslie has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Yale University and a  
master’s in public administration from Harvard University. He serves  
on the board of directors of the National Audubon Society and the  
World Resources Institute.