EBay Names 3 New Executives In Preparation For PayPal Split

EBay Inc. on Monday announced the appointment of three new executives to fill "key positions" as the company prepares for the separation of eBay and PayPal into independent publicly traded companies in the second half of 2015. Joining eBay are former Home Depot Inc. executive Harry "Hal" Lawton, who will head eBay North America; former Agilent Technologies Inc. executive Marie Oh Huber, who will become eBay's general counsel; and former NYSE executive Scott Cutler, who will lead StubHub. Following the split, eBay will be a global commerce company worth about $9 billion in annual revenues.