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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors
or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Robert F. Kerris rejoined Ebix, Inc. (the “Company”) as the Company's Chief Financial Officer on September 23, 2019. He previously served in the same position with the Company from October 2007 until January 2017. Mr. Kerris is succeeding Sean Donaghy, who served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer from January 2017 until September 2019. Mr. Donaghy will continue with the
Company in the position of Senior Vice President - Finance and will no longer be deemed a named executive officer of the Company. Mr. Kerris’ addition to the Finance team is targeted at further strengthening the reporting functions worldwide, in view of the targeted EbixCash IPO next year.
Mr. Kerris is rejoining the Company after having been the Chief Financial Officer at Dekra North America from March 2017 to April 2018. During the period from May 2018 through August 2019 Mr. Kerris worked in various fractional senior financial executive roles as a contracted consultant for clients of ITB Partners and Robert Half Management Resources. He served as the Ebix’s Executive Vice President-Corporate Officer of Mergers & Acquisitions and Special Projects
from January 2017 until March 2017. As mentioned above, Mr. Kerris previously served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary beginning in October 2007. Previously before joining the Company, Mr. Kerris was Chief Financial Officer at Aelera Corporation from May 2006 to October 2007, Financial Vice President at Equifax, Inc. from November 2003 to April 2006, Corporate Controller at Interland, Inc. from September 2002 to October 2003, and held senior financial management positions at AT&T, BellSouth, and Northern Telecom. Mr. Kerris is an actively licensed certified public accountant and holds an accounting and economics degree from North Carolina State University where he graduated with honors.
SIGNATURES
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to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
