People: Blount International Inc (BLT)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Joshua Collins	47	2011	Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
David Willmott	42	2012	President, Chief Operating Officer, Director
Calvin Jenness	56	2005	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Paul Valas	55	2011	President - FRAG and President of SpeeCo
Andrew York	47	2012	Senior Vice President - Global Sales & Marketing, FLAG
Cyrille Michel	53	2011	Senior Vice President - European Operations
Kenneth Saito	64	2011	Senior Vice President - Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations
Chad Paulson	40	2012	Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Mark Allred	54	2008	Vice President, Corporate Controller
Robert Beasley	66	2011	Lead Independent Director
Ronald Cami	44	2010	Independent Director
Andrew Clarke	41	2010	Independent Director
Nelda Connors	47	2012	Independent Director
Thomas Fruechtel	61	2003	Independent Director
E. Daniel James	47	1999	Independent Director
Harold Layman	66	2002	Independent Director
David Dugan			Director - Corporate Communications and Investor Relations

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Biographies

Name	Description
Joshua Collins	Mr. Joshua L. Collins is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Blount International, Inc. He has been Director since January 2005; Chairman of the Board since May 2010; Member of the Compensation Committee from January 2005 to December 2005; Member of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee from January 2008 to December 18, 2009. He was elected the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer in December 2009. Before that, Mr. Collins was elected President, Chief Operating Officer & CEO Designate as of October 19, 2009. Previously, founder of Collins Willmott & Co. LLC, a private equity firm located in New York City, focused on providing growth capital to middle market companies in the industrial, consumer and energy sectors since January 2008; formerly, Principal of Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking from 2000 to January 2008, and Managing Director of Lehman Brothers Inc. from 2006 to January 2008; Senior Vice President of Lehman Brothers Inc. from 2003 to January 2008; joined Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking in 1996. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Collins served as an infantry officer and Captain in the United States Marine Corps. Mr. Collins also serves on the Board of Directors of Enduring Resources, LLC of Denver, Colorado, a private equity-backed producer of natural gas. Formerly, Mr. Collins served on the Boards of Directors for Phoenix Brands LLC of Stamford, Connecticut; Evergreen Copyright Acquisitions, LLC of Nashville, Tennessee; Cross Group, Inc. of Houma, Louisiana; Superior Highwall Holding, Inc. of Beckley, West Virginia; Eagle Energy Partners I, LP of Houston, Texas; Pacific Energy Management, LLC of Southern California; and Mediterranean Resources, LLC of Austin, Texas. Mr. Collins was on the Compensation Committee of Cross Group, Inc. and was also involved in determining executive compensation for the other companies on whose boards he served, since these companies did not have compensation committees.
David Willmott	Mr. David A. Willmott is President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Blount International, Inc. He has been Director of the Company, since March 26, 2012. Mr. Willmott was elected the Corporation’s President and Chief Operating Officer on March 10, 2011. Previously, from December 14, 2009, he served as Senior Vice President – Corporate Development & Strategy. Previously, founder of Collins Willmott & Co. LLC, a private equity firm located in New York City, focused on providing growth capital to middle market companies in the industrial, consumer and energy sectors, since January 2008; formerly, Principal of Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking, from 2000 to 2008, and Managing Director of Lehman Brothers Inc. from 2007 to 2008; joined Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking in 1997. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Willmott was an investment banker with Merrill Lynch & Co. from 1992 to 1995. Mr. Willmott formerly served on the Boards of Directors of Evergreen Copyright Acquisitions, LLC of Nashville, Tennessee; Cross Group, Inc. of Houma, Louisiana; Superior Highwall Holding, Inc. of Beckley, West Virginia; Hunter Fan Company of Memphis, Tennessee; and CP Kelco ApS of Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Willmott is a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hunter Fan Company.
Calvin Jenness	Mr. Calvin E. Jenness is Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Blount International Inc., since August 2002. He was elected Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in August 2002. In February 2005, he relinquished the Treasurer position. Prior to August 2002, he served as Vice President and Corporate Controller and Treasurer from June 2001 and as Vice President and Corporate Controller from September 2000. Previously, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bryan Foods, a division of Sara Lee Corporation, from 1998.
Paul Valas	Mr. Paul A. Valas is President - FRAG and President of SpeeCo, a subsidiary of Blount International Inc. He was elected President – SpeeCo on August 10, 2010 and was elected President – FRAG in September 2011. Mr. Valas joined SpeeCo as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2004. Prior to joining SpeeCo, Mr. Valas was President and General Manager of Bestop, a division of Magna International. Mr. Valas spent 23 years at Bestop where he started the finance division and held various positions at the automotive OEM and after-market parts supplier.
Andrew York	Mr. Andrew W. York is Senior Vice President - Global Sales & Marketing, FLAG of Blount International, Inc., since February 13, 2012. Prior to joining Blount, Mr. York was Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Technology for Leupold & Stevens, Inc. from 2002.
Cyrille Michel	Mr. Cyrille B. Michel is Senior Vice President - European Operations of Blount International Inc., since April 1, 2011. Previously, he was elected as Senior Vice President – Sales & Customer Support on February 20, 2008. Prior to February 2008, he served as Vice President of Marketing for the Corporation’s Oregon Cutting Systems Group from 1998, as Oregon Cutting Systems Group Zone Manager – North America from 1993 and Division Controller from 1988.
Kenneth Saito	Mr. Kenneth O. Saito is Senior Vice President - Supply Chain and Manufacturing Operations of Blount International Inc., since September 2011. Previously, he was elected Senior Vice President – Manufacturing & Operations on February 20, 2008 and President of the Oregon Cutting Systems Group in August 2002. Prior to that date, he served as Senior Vice President – Finance & Administration of Oregon Cutting Systems Group from 1997. He joined the Corporation in March 1973.
Chad Paulson	Mr. Chad E. Paulson is Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Blount International, Inc., since January 1, 2012. Previously, he served as Corporate Counsel since 2006 and as Assistant Secretary since 2008. Mr. Paulson joined the Corporation in 2006. Previously, he was Senior Counsel at PacifiCorp, from 2003 to 2006. Before that he was in private practice. Mr. Paulson holds a JD from the University of Oregon School of Law and a B.S. in Political Science from Oregon State University.
Mark Allred	Mr. Mark V. Allred is Vice President, Corporate Controller of Blount International Inc. He was elected Vice President - Controller in February 2007, with the title changed to Vice President – Corporate Controller on February 20, 2008. Prior to February 2007, he served as Corporate Controller for the Corporation, then a non-Executive Officer position, from January 2005. Previously, he served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at Crown Pacific Partners LP from 2003 to 2004.
Robert Beasley	Mr. Robert E. Beasley, Jr., is Lead Independent Director of Blount International, Inc., since December 7, 2011. Mr. Beasley is Director since January 1, 2010. He is Chairman of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee since July 2010; Member of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee since January 2010; Member of the Audit Committee since December 7, 2011. Former Chairman, President and CEO of Hunter Fan Company of Memphis, Tennessee, a privately-held manufacturer of consumer and commercial ceiling fans and other consumer products, from 1991 until his retirement in 2007. Formerly, President of Hunter Fan Division from 1989 through 1991. Prior to that, Vice President of Marketing-Consumer Electronics for North American Philips Corporation of New York, New York, a publicly-held manufacturer and marketer of consumer, commercial and industrial products, from 1986 through 1989. Vice President of Marketing for Philips’ Norelco Consumer Products from 1982 to 1986. Mr. Beasley serves on the Board of Directors of Hunter Fan Company from 2007 to present.
Ronald Cami	Mr. Ronald Cami is Independent Director of Blount International, Inc. Mr. Cami has been a partner and general counsel of the San Francisco based investment firm TPG since June 2010. Mr. Cami was a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City from 2001 until June 2010, where his law practice was focused on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged transactions and general corporate and board advice. During his tenure at Cravath, which began in 1994, Mr. Cami was the Corporation’s principal outside counsel from August 1999 until June 2010. Mr. Cami received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his law degree from Rutgers School of Law.
Andrew Clarke	Mr. Andrew C. Clarke is Independent Director of Blount International Inc., since May 2010. He has been Chairman of the Audit Committee since February 2012; Member of the Audit Committee since May 2010. Since 2006, President and Director, and CEO since 2007, of Panther Expedited Services, Inc. of Seville, Ohio, a premium logistics provider that focuses on the automotive, life sciences, governmental and manufacturing segments and that is controlled by Fenway Partners, a private equity firm. Previously, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Investor Relations for Forward Air Corporation, a publicly-traded company, from 2001 to 2006, or its subsidiary, Logtech Corporation from 2000 to 2001, a diversified transportation services corporation. Before that, Mr. Clarke worked in investment banking, including from 1998 to 2000 with Deutsche Bank Alex Brown and from 1993 through 1996 with A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for Panther Expedited Services, Mr. Clarke served on the Boards of Directors of Forward Air Corporation of Greenville, Tennessee, from 2001 to 2006 and of Pacer International, Inc., of Dublin, Ohio, a publicly-traded company engaged in third-party logistics services, from 2005 to August 2009. He served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees of Pacer. He also served on the Advisory Board of Competitive Cyclist, a web-based retailer to serious road and mountain bike enthusiasts, prior to its sale to Backcountry.com in 2011.
Nelda Connors	Ms. Nelda J. Connors is Independent Director of Blount International, Inc., since March 26, 2012. Since August 2011, Chairwoman and Founder of Pine Grove Holdings, LLC, a Delaware company that provides advisory services to private equity firms and investing on a limited partner basis. From August 2008 through June 2011, she served as President and CEO of Atkore International, of Illinois (formerly the Electrical and Metal Products segment of Tyco International), one of the world’s largest producers of electrical steel conduit, pre-wired armored electrical cable, mechanical and structural steel, fence and fire production products for non-residential construction. Prior to joining Tyco, she served as a Vice President of Eaton Corporation from 2002 until 2008 where she held various operating and general management positions. Prior to Eaton, Ms. Connors was an executive in the automotive industry for Ford Motor Company, Chrysler and Mogami Denki (a Toyota supplier). Ms. Connors holds a B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Dayton. Ms. Connors serves on the Boards of Directors of Boston Scientific, of Natick, Maine, and as a Class B Director for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Thomas Fruechtel	Mr. Thomas J. Fruechtel is Independent Director of Blount International Inc., since December, 2003. He has been Member of Audit Committee since December 2003; Member of the Compensation Committee from July 2010; Member of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee from February 2005 to July 2010. Former President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of Leupold & Stevens, Inc., a sports optics company based in Portland, Oregon, from 1998 to January 2011. Previously, President and Chief Operating Officer from 1996, and Executive Vice President from 1995, for Simplicity Manufacturing, Inc., a manufacturer of lawnmowers and other outdoor power equipment; and from 1974 to 1995, various positions with the Corporation or a predecessor company; including, President of the former Sporting Equipment Division and General Manager of the Oregon Cutting Division – Latin American Operations.
E. Daniel James	Mr. E. Daniel James is Independent Director of Blount International Inc., since August 1999. He has been Member of the Executive Committee from August 1999 to that committee’s termination in March 2010; Member of the Audit Committee from 1999 to February 2003; Member of the Compensation Committee from 1999 to December 2005 and again since February 2008; Member of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee since July 2010. Founder, Principal and Head of North America Operations for Trilantic Capital Partners, successor to Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking, from April 2009; previously, Principal of Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking and a Managing Director of Lehman Brothers Inc., New York, New York from April 2000. Prior to that, Mr. James was Senior Vice President from 1996. Mr. James had been with Lehman Brothers Inc. since June 1988. Prior to joining the Merchant Banking Group in 1996, Mr. James served in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group from 1990 and the Financial Institutions Group from 1988. Mr. James also serves on the Boards of Directors for Phoenix Brands LLC of Stamford, Connecticut; Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A. of Luxembourg, and Delos Insurance Company of New York, New York. Mr. James serves as the Non-Executive Chairman for both Phoenix Brands LLC and for Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A.
Harold Layman	Mr. Harold E. Layman is Independent Director of Blount International Inc. He has been Director since August 1999; Chairman of Compensation Committee since July 2010; Member of the Audit Committee from 2007 to July 2010; Member of the Executive Committee from March 2001 to August 2002. Former President of River Bend Management Group of Florida, LLC, an operator of golf courses, located in Ormond Beach, Florida. Former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation from March 2001 to August 16, 2002; President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2000; Executive Vice President – Finance Operations and Chief Financial Officer from February 1997 and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation from January 1993. Prior to 1993, Mr. Layman served as Senior Vice President – Finance and Administration and was a member of the Executive Committee of VME Group, N.V., in The Hague, Netherlands, a manufacturer of automotive components and industrial equipment, from September 1988. Mr. Layman also serves on the Boards of Directors of GrafTech International Ltd. of Parma, Ohio and Infinity Property & Casualty Corp. of Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Layman chairs the Compensation Committee and serves as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of GrafTech International and serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee of Infinity Property and Casualty. Formerly, Mr. Layman served on the Board of Grant Prideco, Inc. of Houston, Texas until its sale to National Oilwell Varco, Inc. in 2008. He chaired the Audit Committee of Grant Prideco.
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Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Joshua Collins	1,865,490
David Willmott	1,528,960
Calvin Jenness	878,481
Paul Valas	--
Andrew York	--
Cyrille Michel	--
Kenneth Saito	1,010,730
Chad Paulson	--
Mark Allred	--
Robert Beasley	--
Ronald Cami	--
Andrew Clarke	--
Nelda Connors	--
Thomas Fruechtel	--
E. Daniel James	--
Harold Layman	3,856,380
David Dugan	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Joshua Collins	0	0
David Willmott	0	0
Calvin Jenness	113,000	986,583
Paul Valas	0	0
Andrew York	0	0
Cyrille Michel	0	0
Kenneth Saito	25,655	302,950
Chad Paulson	0	0
Mark Allred	0	0
Robert Beasley	0	0
Ronald Cami	0	0
Andrew Clarke	0	0
Nelda Connors	0	0
Thomas Fruechtel	0	0
E. Daniel James	0	0
Harold Layman	694,889	49,352
David Dugan	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
MICHEL CYRILLE B	15,000	$14.09
SAITO KENNETH O	45,000	$13.94
JENNESS CALVIN E	25,000	$14.01
COLLINS JOSHUA L	6,456	$13.38
WILLMOTT DAVID A	6,646	$0.00
JENNESS CALVIN E	2,247	$13.38
ALLRED MARK V	651	$13.38
PAULSON CHAD E	367	$13.38
MICHEL CYRILLE B	1,453	$13.38
SAITO KENNETH O	6,551	$0.00
ALLRED MARK V	1,914	$0.00
WILLMOTT DAVID A	2,260	$13.38
SAITO KENNETH O	2,228	$13.38
COLLINS JOSHUA L	18,987	$0.00
JENNESS CALVIN E	6,608	$0.00
PAULSON CHAD E	1,077	$0.00
MICHEL CYRILLE B	4,272	$0.00
JENNESS CALVIN E	25,000	$3.87
JENNESS CALVIN E	25,000	$12.97
SAITO KENNETH O	10,000	$3.87
SAITO KENNETH O	10,000	$13.75
SAITO KENNETH O	9,467	$3.87
SAITO KENNETH O	9,467	$14.25
SAITO KENNETH O	60,533	$14.26
SAITO KENNETH O	60,533	$3.87

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