People: Metalico Inc (MEA)

MEA on American Stock Exchange

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Aguero, Carlos 56 1997 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
Finlayson, Eric 50 1997 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Graber, Arnold 55 2004 Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Drury, Michael 52 2004 Executive Vice President, Director
Barandiaran, Walter 56 2001 Director
Maxwell, Bret 50 1997 Director
Garrett, Paul 62 2005 Director
Duffy, Sean 50 2010 Director

Biographies

Name Description
Aguero, Carlos Mr. Carlos E. Aguero is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Metalico, Inc. He founded Metalico in August 1997 and has served as its Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer since that time. From 1990 to 1996, he held the positions of President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Continental Waste Industries, which he founded in 1990 and helped guide through more than thirty acquisitions and mergers. Continental commenced trading on the NASDAQ National Market in 1993 and was acquired by Republic Industries in 1996. Mr. Agüero is also the chairman and a director of Beacon Energy Holdings Corp. (“Beacon”), a corporation organized to produce and market biodiesel within the larger biofuels sector and to invest in other biodiesel producers. We currently own 36.6% of the outstanding common stock of Beacon Energy Holdings, which trades on the OTC Bulletin Board.
Finlayson, Eric Mr. Eric W. Finlayson is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Metalico, Inc., since August 1997. Mr. Finlayson is a Certified Public Accountant with more than twenty-five years of experience in accounting. He has extensive background in SEC reporting and compliance. From 1993 through 1997, Mr. Finlayson was Corporate Controller of Continental Waste Industries.
Graber, Arnold Mr. Arnold S. Graber is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company since May 3, 2004 and Secretary since July 1, 2004. From 2002 until April 2004 he practiced law with the firm of Otterbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, P.C. in New York, New York, where he focused on transactional matters and corporate finance. From 1998 to 2001 he served as general counsel of a privately held paging carrier and telecommunications retailer. He is a member of the bars of the States of Illinois, New Jersey, and New York.
Drury, Michael Mr. Michael J. Drury is Executive Vice President, Director of Metalico, Inc. He has been an Executive Vice President since the company founding in August 1997 and a Director since September 1997. He served as Secretary from March 2000 to July 2004. From 1990 to 1997, Mr. Drury was Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a director of Continental Waste Industries. He has a degree in accounting and is experienced in acquisition development, investor relations, operations and debt management.
Barandiaran, Walter Mr. Walter H. Barandiaran is Director of Metalico, Inc., since June 2001. He is a founder and a managing partner of The Argentum Group, a New York-based private equity firm founded in 1987 that serves as a general partner of several investment funds focusing in the healthcare services, information technology, industrial sector, and outsource businesses. Mr. Barandiaran also serves as the chairman of AFS Technologies, Inc., a provider of ERP software to the food industry, since 2003. Mr. Barandiaran was also the chief executive officer of HorizonLive, Inc., now known as Wimba, Inc. from 2002 until 2004. He additionally serves on the boards of directors of several privately held corporations in which The Argentum Group or its affiliates have invested. Mr. Barandiaran was initially designated as a Director by, collectively, two investment funds (Argentum Capital Partners, L.P., and Argentum Capital Partners II, L.P.) that held a portion of the Company’s former preferred stock (since converted to common) pursuant to Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Mr. Barandiaran is a member of the Board’s Audit and Compensation Committees and chairs the Nominating Committee.
Maxwell, Bret Mr. Bret R. Maxwell is Director of Metalico, Inc., since September 1997. He has been the managing general partner of MK Capital LP, a venture capital firm specializing in investments in technology and outsourcing companies, since its formation in 2002. Beginning in 1982, Mr. Maxwell was employed by First Analysis Corporation, where he founded the venture capital practice in 1985 and was later co-chief executive officer. Mr. Maxwell was initially designated a Director by, collectively, five investment funds managed by Mr. Maxwell, First Analysis Corporation, and others that held a portion of the Company’s former preferred stock (since converted to common) pursuant to Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. He is the managing general partner of three of the funds and a general partner of the other two. Mr. Maxwell chairs the Board’s Compensation Committee and also serves on the Audit and Nominating Committees.
Garrett, Paul Mr. Paul A. Garrett is Director of Metalico, Inc., since March 2005. From 1991 to 1998 he was the chief executive officer of FCR, Inc., an environmental services company involved in the recycling of paper, plastic, aluminum, glass and metals. Upon FCR’s merger in 1998 into KTI, Inc., a solid waste disposal and recycling concern that operated waste-to-energy facilities and manufacturing facilities utilizing recycled materials, he was appointed vice chairman and a member of KTI’s Executive Committee. He held those positions until KTI was acquired by Casella Waste Systems, Inc., in 1999. For a period of ten years before his entry into the recycling industry Mr. Garrett was an audit partner with the former Arthur Andersen & Co. He also serves as a director of Environmental Quality Management, Inc., an environmental remediation concern. He chairs the Board’s Audit Committee and serves on the Nominating Committee.
Duffy, Sean Mr. Sean P. Duffy serves as Director of Metalico Inc effective January 1, 2010. Mr. Duffy is the President of FCR Recycling based in Charlotte, North Carolina and a Regional Vice President of its parent, Casella Waste Systems, Inc. His committee assignments have not yet been determined. As a director he will be eligible for participation in the Company's 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Aguero, Carlos 824,063
Finlayson, Eric 280,883
Graber, Arnold 397,216
Drury, Michael 475,856
Barandiaran, Walter --
Maxwell, Bret --
Garrett, Paul --
Duffy, Sean --
As Of 30 Dec 2007

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Aguero, Carlos 20,000 83,200
Finlayson, Eric 8,200 54,530
Graber, Arnold 20,000 137,100
Drury, Michael 10,950 42,815
Barandiaran, Walter 0 0
Maxwell, Bret 0 0
Garrett, Paul 0 0
Duffy, Sean 0 0
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