People: Brown-Forman Corp (BFa.N)
BFa.N on New York Stock Exchange
69.71USD
19 Jun 2013
69.71USD
19 Jun 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Garvin Brown |
43 | 2011 | Chairman of the Board, Executive Vice President |
Paul Varga |
49 | 2007 | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Director |
James Welch |
53 | 2009 | Vice Chairman of the Board |
Donald Berg |
57 | 2008 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President |
Matthew Hamel |
52 | 2007 | Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary |
Jill Jones |
47 | 2013 | Executive Vice President; President - North America and Latin America |
Mark McCallum |
57 | 2012 | Executive Vice President; President - Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific and Travel Retail |
Jane Morreau |
53 | 2012 | Senior Vice President, Chief Production Officer |
Brian Fitzgerald |
39 | 2013 | Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President |
Lawson Whiting |
44 | 2013 | Chief Brands Officer |
Martin Brown |
48 | 2006 | Director |
Sandra Frazier |
40 | 2006 | Director |
Dace Stubbs |
65 | 1999 | Director |
Joan Amble |
59 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne |
54 | 2005 | Independent Director |
Bruce Byrnes |
64 | 2010 | Independent Director |
John Cook |
59 | 2008 | Independent Director |
William Mitchell |
69 | 2007 | Independent Director |
Jay Koval |
Vice President, Director - Investor Relations |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Garvin Brown |
Geo. Garvin Brown, IV, is Chairman of the Board, Executive Vice President of Brown Forman Corporation. He is director since 2006. Joined Brown-Forman as an employee in 1996. Chairman of the Board since 2011; Presiding Chairman of the Board from 2007-2011; Executive Vice President of Brown-Forman Corporation; Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Western Europe and Africa from 2009 to 2011; Vice President and Jack Daniel’s Brand Director in Europe and Africa from 2004 to 2008; Director of the Office of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2004. |
Paul Varga |
Mr. Paul C. Varga is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Brown-Forman Corporation. He is Director since 2003, a twenty-two-year employee of Brown-Forman. He is Company Chairman since August 2007; Chief Executive Officer since 2005; President and Chief Executive Officer of Brown-Forman Beverages (a division of Brown-Forman) from 2003 to 2005; Global Chief Marketing Officer for Brown-Forman Spirits from 2000 to 2003. Other Directorships: Macy’s, Inc., since 2012. |
James Welch |
Mr. James S. Welch, Jr., is Vice Chairman of the Board of Brown Forman Corporation. He is director since 2007, a twenty-three-year employee of Brown-Forman. He served as Vice Chairman - Corporate Affairs, Strategy, Diversity, and Human Resources since 2007; Executive Director of Corporate Strategy and Human Resources from 2003 to 2007; Senior Vice President and Executive Director of Human Resources from 1999 to 2003. |
Donald Berg |
Mr. Donald C. Berg is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Brown-Forman Corporation, since May 2008. He served as Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Finance from July 2006 to May 2008. President of Brown-Forman Spirits Americas from July 2003 to July 2006. |
Matthew Hamel |
Mr. Matthew E. Hamel is Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Brown Forman Corporation, since October 2007. He served as Associate General Counsel and Vice President, Law, of the Enterprise Media Group of Dow Jones & Company, Inc., from December 2006 to October 2007. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC (d/b/a Factiva) from December 1999 to December 2006. |
Jill Jones |
Ms. Jill A. Jones is Executive Vice President, President - North America and Latin America of Brown Forman Corporation, effective from January 1, 2013. She has served as Chief Production Officer for the Company since May 1, 2007. In this role, Ms. Jones was responsible for all aspects of production globally, including distillery operations, bottling facilities, wineries, a cooperage, supply chain, research and development, and production services. Ms. Jones became an Executive Vice President of the Company on August 1, 2011 and prior to that date, had been a Senior Vice President since July 1, 2006. From July 1, 2006 to April 30, 2009, Ms. Jones held the position of Director, Finance Global Productions Operations/Supply Chain for the Company. |
Mark McCallum |
Mr. Mark I. McCallum is Executive Vice President, President - Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific and Travel Retail of Brown Forman Corporation. He has been an Executive Vice President and the Chief Operating Officer of the Company since May 1, 2009, and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Brands Officer from May 2006 through April 30, 2009. |
Jane Morreau |
Ms. Jane C. Morreau is Senior Vice President, Chief Production Officer of Brown Forman Corporation. She was the principal accounting officer of the Company and has served as Senior Vice President, Director, Finance Management, Accounting & Technology since May 1, 2008. She was a Senior Vice President and Controller for the Company from December 1, 2006 to April 30, 2008. |
Brian Fitzgerald |
Mr. Brian P. Fitzgerald has been appointed as the Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President of Brown-Forman Corporation, effective January 1, 2013. Prior to that time, Mr. Fitzgerald served as Director of Business Strategy and Analysis for the Company’s Tequila brands. Fitzgerald brings more than a decade of experience in finance and accounting to this new role. He joined Brown-Forman in 2003 as an analyst in corporate development, was named director, business strategy & analysis for B-F Tequilas in 2007, and has served as finance director, Greater Europe and Africa since 2009, based in Hamburg, Germany. |
Lawson Whiting |
Mr. Lawson E. Whiting has been appointed as the Chief Brands Officer of Brown-Forman Corporation, effective from January 1, 2013. He has served in the position of Senior Vice President of Brown-Forman International since March 2012 and as Director Western Europe, since May 1, 2011. Mr. Whiting was the Director of Finance for Western Europe from August 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011; Director of Finance for North America from May 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010; Director of Global Brands Strategy and Planning from May 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009; and Director of Business Strategy and Analysis from December 1, 2007 to April 30, 2008. Mr. Whiting became a Vice President of the Company in 2005. |
Martin Brown |
Mr. Martin S. Brown, Jr., is Director of Brown Forman Corporation. He is a Partner, Adams and Reese LLP, a law firm, since 2005; Partner, Stokes & Bartholomew, P.A. (a predecessor firm to Adams and Reese LLP) from 1999 to 2005. |
Sandra Frazier |
Ms. Sandra A. Frazier is Director of Brown-Forman Corporation. She is Founder and Partner, Tandem Public Relations, LLC, since 2005; Public Relations Account Manager at Doe Anderson, Inc., from 2002 to 2005; Project Assistant at Schneider Associates Public Relations from 2000 to 2001. Other directorships: Commonwealth Bank and Trust Company from 2006 to 2010; The Glenview Trust Company since 2011. |
Dace Stubbs |
Ms. Dace Brown Stubbs is Director of Brown Forman Corporation, since 1999. Private investor. Ms. Stubbs’s individual qualifications and skills include service on numerous non-profit and civic boards, investment experience. |
Joan Amble |
Ms. Joan C. Lordi Amble has been appointed as Independent Directorv of Brown Forman Corporation, effective November 16, 2011. She is executive vice president, finance, of the American Express Company, where she has worked since 2004. Previously she served as executive vice president and comptroller. She is retiring from American Express at the end of 2011. Prior to her career at American Express, Amble was chief financial officer and chief operating officer of GE Capital Markets, part of General Electric Company. She served in a variety of financial positions during her 14-year tenure at GE. Prior to joining GE, Amble worked at the Financial Accounting Standard Board and as a certified public accountant at Ernst & Young. In 2008, Amble was honored by CFO magazine as one of the 25 Women to Watch in Finance. Amble currently serves on the Sirius XM Radio board of directors, where she chairs the audit committee. She received a bachelor of science in Accounting from The Pennsylvania State University and is a certified public accountant. A long-time supporter of her alma mater, she serves on the Board of Visitors at the Penn State Smeal College of Business. |
Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne |
Mr. Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne is Independent Director of Brown Forman Corporation. He is Co-Chairman of Yoostar Entertainment Group, the developer of the Yoostar social video gaming website and interactive entertainment system, since May 2010; President and Chief Executive Officer of Yoostar since 2009; President and Chief Executive Officer from 2008 to 2009 of T-Ink Technologies, Inc., a company specializing in advanced conductive technology applied to ready-to-wear; Group President of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. from 2001 through 2008; President of Estée Lauder International, Inc., from 1998 to 2001. Prior to joining The Estée Lauder Companies in 1998, Mr. Bousquet-Chavanne served as Executive Vice-President International Operations for Parfums Christian Dior S.A., a division of LVMH. Other directorships: HSNi Corporation. |
Bruce Byrnes |
Mr. Bruce L. Byrnes has been appointed as Independent Director of Brown Forman Corporation, effective September 23, 2010. He is Vice Chairman of the Board for The Procter and Gamble Company (P&G) from 2002 to 2008. Mr. Byrnes retired in 2008 following a 38-year career at P&G, during which he held the following positions: Vice Chairman, Global Brand Building Training from 2007 to 2008; Vice Chairman, Global Household Care Division from 2004 to 2007. Other directorships: Boston Scientific Corporation since 2009, Cincinnati Bell, Inc. since 2003, and Diebold Inc. since 2010. |
John Cook |
Mr. John D. Cook is Independent Director of Brown Forman Corporation, since September 25, 2008. He is Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company; Director, McKinsey & Company from 2003 to 2008. Earlier in his career, Mr. Cook worked in brand management at The Procter & Gamble Company, and more recently, held the number two management position at The Kellogg Company. |
William Mitchell |
Mr. William E. Mitchell is Independent Director of Brown Forman Corporation. He is Founder and managing partner of Sequel Capital Management, LLC. Chairman of the Board of Arrow Electronics, Inc., from 2006 to 2009, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Arrow Electronics, Inc. from 2003 to 2009. Executive Vice President of Solectron Corporation and President of Solectron Global Services, Inc., from 1999 to 2003. Other directorships: National Semiconductor Corporation from 2010 to 2011; Humana Incorporated since 2009, Rogers Corporation since 1994, and Spansion Inc. since 2011. |
Jay Koval |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Garvin Brown |
-- |
Paul Varga |
8,150,250 |
James Welch |
2,277,130 |
Donald Berg |
2,638,380 |
Matthew Hamel |
1,345,670 |
Jill Jones |
-- |
Mark McCallum |
2,211,420 |
Jane Morreau |
-- |
Brian Fitzgerald |
-- |
Lawson Whiting |
-- |
Martin Brown |
-- |
Sandra Frazier |
-- |
Dace Stubbs |
-- |
Joan Amble |
-- |
Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne |
-- |
Bruce Byrnes |
-- |
John Cook |
-- |
William Mitchell |
-- |
Jay Koval |
-- |
As Of 29 Apr 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Garvin Brown |
0 | 0 |
Paul Varga |
92,909 | 3,104,815 |
James Welch |
28,367 | 571,415 |
Donald Berg |
19,300 | 1,003,640 |
Matthew Hamel |
0 | 0 |
Jill Jones |
0 | 0 |
Mark McCallum |
0 | 0 |
Jane Morreau |
0 | 0 |
Brian Fitzgerald |
0 | 0 |
Lawson Whiting |
0 | 0 |
Martin Brown |
0 | 0 |
Sandra Frazier |
0 | 0 |
Dace Stubbs |
0 | 0 |
Joan Amble |
0 | 0 |
Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne |
0 | 0 |
Bruce Byrnes |
0 | 0 |
John Cook |
0 | 0 |
William Mitchell |
0 | 0 |
Jay Koval |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
WELCH JAMES S JR |
5,452 | $0.00 |
MORREAU JANE C |
3,489 | $0.00 |
VARGA PAUL C |
23,550 | $0.00 |
BERG DONALD C |
7,269 | $0.00 |
MCCALLUM MARK I |
4,725 | $0.00 |
HAMEL MATTHEW E |
2,908 | $0.00 |
JONES JILL ACKERMAN |
4,652 | $0.00 |
FRAZIER LAURA |
45,510 | $70.45 |
FRAZIER LAURA |
15,190 | $70.92 |
FRAZIER LAURA |
25,954 | $70.36 |
FRAZIER LAURA |
200 | $70.89 |
FRAZIER LAURA |
101 | $70.88 |
VARGA PAUL C |
9,302 | $70.61 |
MCCALLUM MARK I |
4,829 | $70.61 |
MORREAU JANE C |
989 | $70.61 |
BROWN J MCCAULEY |
528 | $70.50 |
BERG DONALD C |
1,883 | $70.61 |
HAMEL MATTHEW E |
1,291 | $70.61 |
BROWN J MCCAULEY |
1,303 | $0.00 |
FRAZIER LAURA |
29,348 | $71.71 |
FRAZIER LAURA |
84,652 | $70.88 |
BROWN GEORGE GARVIN IV |
1,880 | $18.94 |
BERG DONALD C |
2,790 | $71.00 |
BERG DONALD C |
7,120 | $28.58 |
BERG DONALD C |
2,000 | $71.00 |
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