People: Diamond Foods Inc (DMND.O)
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Robert Zollars |
55 | 2012 | Independent Chairman of the Board |
Brian Driscoll |
53 | 2012 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Raymond Silcock |
62 | 2013 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President |
Andrew Burke |
46 | 2010 | Chief Marketing Officer, Executive Vice President |
David Colo |
49 | 2012 | Executive Vice President - Global Operations and Supply Chain |
Lloyd Johnson |
50 | 2008 | Chief Sales Officer, Executive Vice President |
Stephen Kim |
43 | 2010 | Senior Vice President, General Counsel |
Linda Segre |
52 | 2012 | Senior Vice President - Corporate Strategy and Human Resources |
Robert Lea |
69 | 2005 | Director |
William Tos |
54 | 2012 | Director |
Edward Blechschmidt |
60 | 2008 | Independent Director |
Alison Davis |
51 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Richard Hollis |
52 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Nigel Rees |
66 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Matthew Wilson |
37 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Robert Zollars |
Mr. Robert J. Zollars is Independent Chairman of the Board of Diamond Foods, Inc. He has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vocera Communications, Inc., a company providing instant wireless communications solutions, since June 2007. From May 2006 to June 2007, Mr. Zollars was President and Chief Executive Officer of Wound Care Solutions, LLC, a holding company that operates chronic wound care centers in partnership with hospitals in the U.S. From July 1999 to March 2006, Mr. Zollars was Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Neoforma, Inc., a provider of supply chain management solutions for the healthcare industry. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Zollars served as Executive Vice President and Group President of Cardinal Health, Inc., a healthcare products and services company. Earlier in his career, while employed at Baxter International, a healthcare products and services company, Mr. Zollars served as President of a dietary products joint venture between Baxter International and Kraft General Foods. Mr. Zollars holds a B.S. from Arizona State University and an M.B.A. from John F. Kennedy University. |
Brian Driscoll |
Mr. Brian J. Driscoll is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Diamond Foods, Inc. Prior to joining Diamond, Mr. Driscoll was Chief Executive Officer of Hostess Brands from June 2010 to March 2012, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January 2012. From 2002 to June 2010, he held senior management positions at Kraft Foods, Inc., including as President, Sales, Customer Service and Logistics, Kraft North America from 2007 to June 2010. Mr. Driscoll joined Kraft Foods, Inc. as a result of Kraft’s acquisition of Nabisco Biscuits and Snacks, where he worked from 1995 to 2002, first as President of Sales and Integrated Logistics and later as the Senior Vice President, Biscuit Sales and Customer Service. Earlier in his career, Mr. Driscoll held sales and sales management positions of increasing responsibility at Nestlé USA and Procter & Gamble Company. Mr. Driscoll holds a B.S. degree from St. John’s University. |
Raymond Silcock |
Mr. Raymond P. Silcock has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Diamond Foods, Inc., effective June 11, 2013. Mr. Silcock most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, from 2011 to 2013. From 2010 to 2011, he served as Executive-in-Residence at Palm Ventures LLC. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of several public and privately-held companies in the food and beverage industry, including UST, Inc. from 2007 to 2009, Swift & Company from 2006 to 2007 and Delimex Holdings from 1997 to 1998. Mr. Silcock was also Chief Financial Officer of Cott Corporation from 1998 to 2005 where he was instrumental in driving the restructuring and turnaround of that business. Mr. Silcock began his career at Campbell Soup Company in 1979, where he spent eighteen years advancing through financial management roles, culminating as Vice President, Finance for the Bakery and Confectionary Division. Mr. Silcock holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He has served as a member of the board of directors of Pinnacle Foods Corporation since 2008, and was on the boards of directors of Prestige Brand Holdings Inc. from 2006 to 2009, Bacardi Limited from 2003 to 2008 and American Italian Pasta Company from 2006 to 2007. |
Andrew Burke |
Mr. Andrew Burke is Chief Marketing Officer, Executive Vice President of Diamond Foods, Inc. From 2004 until 2006, Mr. Burke served as Vice President, Marketing for Economy Wine, Spirits, Sparkling Wine and Beverages, at Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery. From 1997 until 2004, Mr. Burke worked at Kraft Foods, Inc. in a variety of capacities, including as a Category Business Director from 2003 to 2004 and a Senior Brand Manager from 2001 until 2003. Prior to Kraft, Mr. Burke worked at Young & Rubicam, Inc., as an Supervisor and Financial Analyst, and Laura Ashley, as a financial and inventory analyst. Mr. Burke holds an M.B.A from Fordham University and a B.A. from Rutgers University. |
David Colo |
Mr. David J. Colo is Executive Vice President - Global Operations and Supply Chain of Diamond Foods, Inc. From August 2009 to December 2012, Mr. Colo served as an independent industry consultant working on organizational optimization and strategic planning. From April 2005 through July 2009, Mr. Colo held leadership positions in ConAgra Foods, Inc.’s Consumer Products division, including as the Senior Vice President Operations (January 2007 to July 2009), Senior Vice President Enterprise Manufacturing (May 2006 to December 2006) and Senior Vice President Sales and Operations Planning (April 2005 to April 2006). From January 2003 to March 2005, Mr. Colo worked in ConAgra Foods’s Commercial Production division, with his last position in such division as President, ConAgra Food Ingredients. Earlier in his career, Mr. Colo held positions of increasing responsibility at Nestle-Purina, where he worked from 1986 to 2002. Mr. Colo holds a B.S. from Southern Illinois University. |
Lloyd Johnson |
Mr. Lloyd J. Johnson is Chief Sales Officer, Executive Vice President of Diamond Foods, Inc. From 2005 until August 2008, Mr. Johnson was a Senior Vice President for Expedia Inc., an online travel service company, during which time he managed various divisions within the Partner Services Group. Prior to joining Expedia, Mr. Johnson was employed at Kraft Foods, Inc., a food company, where he was Vice President, Sales and Customer Development, Kraft Canada from January 2005 to June 2005, and Customer Vice President, Kroger, from 2001 to 2004. Earlier in his career, Mr. Johnson held a variety of sales and sales management positions of increasing responsibility at Nabisco Biscuit Company and Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery. Mr. Johnson holds a B.A. from Eastern Washington University. |
Stephen Kim |
Mr. Stephen E. Kim is Senior Vice President, General Counsel of Diamond Foods, Inc. Previously, Mr. Kim served as General Counsel for Oblix, Inc., a software company in Cupertino, California, from 2000 to March 2005. Before joining Oblix, Inc., Mr. Kim was an attorney with Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati, a law firm located in Palo Alto, California, from 1996 to 1999 and Weil Gotshal & Manages, a law firm located in New York, New York, from 1994 to 1996. Mr. Kim holds a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. |
Linda Segre |
Ms. Linda B. Segre is Senior Vice President - Corporate Strategy and Human Resources of Diamond Foods, Inc. From 2006 until April 2009, Ms. Segre was a Managing Director at Google.org, the corporate philanthropy organization of Google Inc., where she oversaw the climate change and global development initiatives and managed all operational aspects of the organization. From 1995 until 2006, Ms. Segre was Vice President, Officer and Director at The Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, and served as the Managing Director of the San Francisco office from 2001 until 2005. She first joined The Boston Consulting Group in 1987 and worked in a number of roles with increasing responsibilities until she became a Vice President in 1995. During her tenure at Boston Consulting Group, she focused on serving clients in the consumer goods and financial services sectors. From 1981 until 1985, Ms. Segre was a touring golf professional in the United States, Europe and Asia. Ms. Segre holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
Robert Lea |
Mr. Robert M. Lea is Director of Diamond Foods, Inc. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of predecessor company, Diamond Walnut Growers, from 1993 to 2005. Since 2004, Mr. Lea has practiced law as a solo practitioner with the Law Offices of Robert Lea, which he founded. From 1984 to 2003, Mr. Lea was a partner of the law firm Lea & Arruti. Mr. Lea holds a B.A. from the University of California, Davis and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall). |
William Tos |
Mr. William L. Tos., Jr., is Director of Diamond Foods, Inc. He is a third-generation Northern California farmer and co-owner of Tos Farms, Inc., and a partner with the Tos Farming Company. Tos Farms harvests peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries, table grapes, corn, alfalfa, walnuts and almonds. Mr. Tos presently serves as an alternate member of the Walnut Marketing Board and the California Walnut Commission. From 1991 to 2005 he served as a director of Diamond Walnut Growers, Inc., the predecessor to Diamond Foods, and as a member of the California Tree Fruit Agreement Research Committee. He served as the past director of the Kings County Farm Bureau from 1988 through 1991 and currently is a member of the Kings County (California) Board of Supervisors Agricultural Advisory Committee. Mr. Tos received a B.S. degree from California Polytechnic State University. |
Edward Blechschmidt |
xMr. Edward A. Blechschmidt is Independent Director of Diamond Foods, Inc. He was Chief Executive Officer of Novelis Corp. from 2006 until its sale to the Birla Group in 2007. Mr. Blechschmidt was Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a provider of specialty pharmaceutical and home health care services, from 2000 to 2002. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Blechschmidt served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Olsten Corporation, the conglomerate from which Gentiva Health Services was split off and taken public. He served as President of Olsten from 1998 to 1999. Mr. Blechschmidt also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Nixdorf America and Siemens Pyramid Technologies from 1996 to 1998. Prior to Siemens, he spent more than 20 years with Unisys Corporation, including serving as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Blechschmidt serves as a director of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc., VWR International and Columbia Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Blechschmidt also is Chairman of the Board of Quintig, a private software company. In addition, he served on the board of directors of Healthsouth Corp. from 2004 to 2012 and Option Care, Inc. from 2005 to 2007. He has a B.S. in Business Administration from the Arizona State University. |
Alison Davis |
Ms. Alison Davis is Independent Director of Diamond Foods, Inc. She is the former Managing Partner of Belvedere Capital, a private equity firm and regulated bank holding company focused on investments in the financial services sector, where she worked from 2003 to December 2010. From 2000 to 2003, Ms. Davis was the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Global Management Committee of Barclays Global Investors, an institutional asset manager with $1.5 trillion of assets under management. From 1984 to 2000, Ms. Davis worked as a strategy consultant and advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs, boards and executive teams with A.T. Kearney and McKinsey & Company. Ms. Davis has experience serving on the boards of public companies and currently serves on the boards of the Royal Bank of Scotland and Unisys. Ms. Davis received a B.A. degree and M.A. degree in Economics from Cambridge University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
Richard Hollis |
Mr. Richard Dean Hollis is Independent Director of Diamond Foods, Inc. He is the former President and Chief Operating Officer of the Consumer Foods and International Division of ConAgra Foods, Inc. and served in that role from December 2005 to July 2008. Mr. Hollis had management responsibility for ConAgra’s consumer and customer branded businesses consisting of over 40 global brands in 110 countries. During Mr. Hollis’ 21 years with ConAgra, he had a broad array of responsibilities, including Executive Vice President, Retail Products; President, Frozen Foods; President, Grocery Foods; President, Specialty Foods; and President, Gilardi Foods. Currently, Mr. Hollis is a Senior Advisor for Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. He also serves on the board of directors for AdvancePierre Foods, an Oaktree portfolio company, for which he is Chairman of the Board, Landec Corporation, for which he chairs the Compensation Committee and Smart Balance, Inc., for which he serves on the Audit Committee. Mr. Hollis is a graduate of Stetson University where he currently serves on its board. |
Nigel Rees |
Mr. Nigel A. Rees is Independent Director of Diamond Foods, Inc. He joined McKesson Corporation, a publicly traded healthcare services and technology company, in 2001 and he serves as its Vice President and Controller. Prior to joining McKesson Corporation, Mr. Rees was Senior Vice President of Finance from 1998 to 2001 for Adecco, SA, a global staffing and professional services company. From 1995 to 1998, he served as Director of Internal Audit for Tandem Computers, Inc., from 1993 to 1994, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for International Microcomputer Software, Inc., and from 1991 to 1993, he served as Vice President of Finance and Administration for Challenge Dairy Products, Inc. Mr. Rees is a CPA and began his career in public accounting with Deloitte and Touche LLP. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Washington and a B.A. from Whitman College. |
Matthew Wilson |
Mr. Matthew C. Wilson is Independent Director of Diamond Foods, Inc. He has been a Managing Director with Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. since November 2007 and leads the firm’s principal investments in the consumer products, food and beverage and retail sectors. Mr. Wilson began his career in the Investment Banking division of Merrill Lynch & Co., where he worked from 1997 to 1999 and later joined J.H. Whitney & Co in their middle market buyout group, where he worked from 1999 to 2001. He then went to work at H.I.G. Capital, LLC in 2003, where Mr. Wilson was a founding member of Bayside Capital, Inc., a fund focused on special situations and credit oriented investments. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of AdvancePierre Foods, for which he chairs the Compensation Committee and serves on the Audit Committee, and The Bridge Direct, Inc. He is also a member of Board of Trustees of The Children’s Bureau of Los Angeles. Mr. Wilson earned B.A. degrees in Economics and History from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. Mr. Wilson is a Board designee for Oaktree Capital Management, which has the right to designate two members to the Board in connection with its investment in Diamond. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Robert Zollars |
-- |
Brian Driscoll |
620,476 |
Raymond Silcock |
-- |
Andrew Burke |
1,911,060 |
David Colo |
-- |
Lloyd Johnson |
2,656,330 |
Stephen Kim |
1,626,400 |
Linda Segre |
1,581,100 |
Robert Lea |
-- |
William Tos |
-- |
Edward Blechschmidt |
-- |
Alison Davis |
-- |
Richard Hollis |
-- |
Nigel Rees |
-- |
Matthew Wilson |
-- |
As Of 30 Jul 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Robert Zollars |
0 | 0 |
Brian Driscoll |
0 | 0 |
Raymond Silcock |
0 | 0 |
Andrew Burke |
15,000 | 6,450 |
David Colo |
0 | 0 |
Lloyd Johnson |
0 | 0 |
Stephen Kim |
0 | 0 |
Linda Segre |
0 | 0 |
Robert Lea |
0 | 0 |
William Tos |
0 | 0 |
Edward Blechschmidt |
0 | 0 |
Alison Davis |
0 | 0 |
Richard Hollis |
0 | 0 |
Nigel Rees |
0 | 0 |
Matthew Wilson |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
SILCOCK RAYMOND P |
34,264 | $0.00 |
DRISCOLL BRIAN J |
10,564 | $0.00 |
SEGRE LINDA B |
3,147 | $0.00 |
BURKE ANDREW |
3,553 | $0.00 |
JOHNSON LLOYD J |
5,594 | $0.00 |
KIM STEPHEN E |
3,366 | $0.00 |
SEGRE LINDA B |
5,112 | $0.00 |
BURKE ANDREW |
6,816 | $0.00 |
COLO DAVID |
37,491 | $0.00 |
SEGRE LINDA B |
10,224 | $0.00 |
JOHNSON LLOYD J |
17,041 | $0.00 |
BURKE ANDREW |
13,633 | $0.00 |
KIM STEPHEN E |
10,224 | $0.00 |
DRISCOLL BRIAN J |
45,466 | $0.00 |
KIM STEPHEN E |
5,112 | $0.00 |
JOHNSON LLOYD J |
8,520 | $0.00 |
DRISCOLL BRIAN J |
22,699 | $0.00 |
DRISCOLL BRIAN J |
112,443 | $0.00 |
TOS WILLIAM |
6,153 | $0.00 |
KIM STEPHEN E |
404 | $0.00 |
JOHNSON LLOYD J |
676 | $0.00 |
SEGRE LINDA B |
404 | $0.00 |
BURKE ANDREW |
505 | $0.00 |
JOHNSON LLOYD J |
3,007 | $0.00 |
SEGRE LINDA B |
2,052 | $0.00 |
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