People: The Wendy's Co (WEN.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Nelson Peltz	70	2007	Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Emil Brolick	65	2011	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Peter May	70	2007	Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the Board
Stephen Hare	59	2007	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Steven Graham	59	2007	Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
R. Scott Toop	58	2012	Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
John Barker	51	2008	Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer
John Peters	57	2012	Senior Vice President - North America Operations
Darrell van Ligten	48	2010	Senior Vice President - Strategic Development; President of Company’s principal international subsidiaries (excluding Canada)
Craig Bahner	48	2012	Chief Marketing Officer
Scott Weisberg	49	2012	Chief People Officer
Edward Garden	51	2007	Director
Roland Smith	58	2011	Director
Clive Chajet	76	1994	Independent Director
V. Janet Hill	65	2008	Independent Director
Joseph Levato	72	1996	Independent Director
J. Randolph Lewis	63	2008	Independent Director
Peter Rothschild	57	2010	Independent Director
David Schwab	81	1994	Independent Director
Raymond Troubh	86	1994	Independent Director
Jack Wasserman	76	2004	Independent Director
David Poplar			VP Investor Relations

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Biographies

Name	Description
Nelson Peltz	Mr. Nelson Peltz serves as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Peltz has been a director of the Company since April 1993 and has served as non-executive Chairman since June 2007. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a director or manager and an officer of certain of the Company’s subsidiaries from April 1993 through June 2007. Additionally, Mr. Peltz has been Chief Executive Officer and a founding partner of Trian Fund Management, L.P. (“Trian Partners”), a management company for various investment funds and accounts, since November 2005. From its formation in January 1989 to April 1993, Mr. Peltz was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Trian Group, Limited Partnership (“Trian Group”), which provided investment banking and management services for entities controlled by Mr. Peltz and Peter W. May. From 1983 to December 1988, Mr. Peltz was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Triangle Industries, Inc. (“Triangle Industries”), which, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, was, at that time, a manufacturer of packaging products, copper electrical wire and cable and steel conduit and currency and coin handling products. Mr. Peltz has also served as a director of Legg Mason, Inc. since October 2009, as a director of H. J. Heinz Company since September 2006, and as a director of Trian Acquisition I Corp. since October 2007.
Emil Brolick	Mr. Emil J. Brolick serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of The Wendy's Co. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Brolick served as Chief Operating Officer of Yum! Brands, Inc. (“Yum! Brands”) and as President of two of Yum! Brand’s U.S. operating segments, Long John Silver’s and A&W All American Food Restaurants, from June 2008 to September 2011. From December 2006 to June 2008, Mr. Brolick served as President of U.S. Brand Building for Yum! Brands. Prior to that, Mr. Brolick served as President and Chief Concept Officer of Taco Bell Corp. (“Taco Bell”), a position he held from July 2000 to November 2006. Prior to joining Taco Bell in July 2000, Mr. Brolick worked at Wendy’s International Inc. (“Wendy’s International”) for 12 years, lastly serving as Senior Vice President of New Product Marketing, Research and Strategic Planning. Mr. Brolick also serves as a trustee of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
Peter May	Mr. Peter W. May serves as Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of The Wendy's Co. He has been a director of the Company since April 1993 and has served as non-executive Vice Chairman since June 2007. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and as a director or manager and an officer of certain of the Company’s subsidiaries from April 1993 through June 2007. Additionally, Mr. May has been President and a founding partner of Trian Partners since November 2005. From its formation in January 1989 to April 1993, Mr. May was President and Chief Operating Officer of Trian Group. From 1983 to December 1988, he was President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of Triangle Industries. Mr. May has also served as a director of Tiffany & Co. since May 2008, and as a director of Trian Acquisition I Corp. since October 2007. Mr. May previously served as a director of Deerfield Capital Corp. (“Deerfield Capital”), predecessor to CIFC Corp., from December 2007 to June 2010.
Stephen Hare	Mr. Stephen E. Hare has resigned as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of The Wendy's Co., effective September 1, 2013. Mr. Hare also serves as Chief Financial Officer of Wendy’s International, a position he has held since December 2008. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Arby’s from December 2008 until the Company’s sale of Arby’s in July 2011. Previously, Mr. Hare served as Executive Vice President of Cadmus Communications Corporation (“Cadmus”) and as President of Publisher Services Group, a division of Cadmus, from January 2003 to June 2006, and as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Cadmus from September 2001 to January 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Hare was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AMF Bowling Worldwide from 1996 to 2001, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of James River Corporation from 1990 to 1996. Mr. Hare also serves as a director of Hanger, Inc., a provider of orthotic and prosthetic products and services that enhance human physical capability.
Steven Graham	Mr. Steven B. Graham serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Graham also serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Wendy’s International, a position he has held since February 2009. Mr. Graham served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller of Arby’s from January 2007 until the Company’s sale of Arby’s in July 2011. From October 2006 through December 2006, he served as Vice President, Assistant Corporate Controller of Arby’s. Prior to joining Arby’s, Mr. Graham served as Corporate Controller at Princeton Review LLC from April 2004 to September 2006, as Vice President – Controller of Sbarro, Inc. from January 2000 to March 2004, and as Controller of Sbarro, Inc. from April 1994 to January 2000. Prior to that, Mr. Graham served as Controller for additional retail entities and as an auditor with Laventhol & Horwath for 13 years.
R. Scott Toop	Mr. R. Scott Toop serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of The Wendy's Co. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Toop served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Tim Hortons Inc. from August 2009 until January 2012. Prior to that, he worked at Yum! Brands and its predecessor, Tricon Global Restaurants Inc., serving as Vice President and Associate General Counsel from 2005 to 2009 and as Vice President and General Counsel, Kentucky Fried Chicken from 1997 to 2005. Previously, Mr. Toop worked at PepsiCo, Inc. (“PepsiCo”), where he served as Vice President and Division Counsel, Kentucky Fried Chicken from 1993 to 1997, as International Counsel from 1986 to 1990, and as an attorney for Pepsi-Cola Bottling Group from 1984 to 1986. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Mr. Toop was a corporate associate with the law firm of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine in New York, NY.
John Barker	Mr. John D. Barker serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Barker previously served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations at Wendy’s International, a company he joined in May 1996 as Vice President of Investor Relations. Prior to joining Wendy’s International, Mr. Barker was Manager of Investor Relations and Financial Communications for American Greetings Corp. in Cleveland, OH from 1992 to 1996. Prior to that, he held positions as Business Editor for The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland, OH, Business Editor for The Beaver County Times near Pittsburgh, PA, and News Desk Editor for The Observer-Reporter in Washington, PA. Mr. Barker also serves as a trustee of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
John Peters	Mr. John N. Peters serves as Senior Vice President - North America Operations of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Peters has served as a Senior Vice President of Wendy’s International since July 2006, and currently holds the position of Senior Vice President – North America. Mr. Peters joined Wendy’s International in 1983 as a restaurant General Manager, and subsequently held the positions of Franchise Area Director from 1990 to 1992, Director of Area Operations in Los Angeles from 1992 to 2001, Division Vice President of the Texas Division from 2001 to 2006, and Senior Vice President of the Western Region from 2006 to 2010.
Darrell van Ligten	Mr. Darrell G. van Ligten serves as Senior Vice President - Strategic Development; President of Company’s principal international subsidiaries (excluding Canada) of The Wendy's Co. He has served as Senior Vice President – Strategic Development of the Company since February 2009, and leads the Wendy’s brand outside of North America as President of the Company’s principal international subsidiaries (excluding Canada), a position he has held since February 2010. He also led the Arby’s brand outside of North America prior to the Company’s sale of Arby’s in July 2011. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. van Ligten was a partner of Regent Golf, a private club management company he co-founded in 2007. From 2006 to 2007, he was an Executive-In-Residence at Catalytic Capital. Mr. van Ligten served as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Operation Services of American Golf Corp. from 2003 to 2006. He served as General Manager, Toybox Group at Toys R Us, Inc. from 2001 to 2003. Prior to that, Mr. van Ligten held management positions in Strategic Planning and Marketing at Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. (predecessor to Yum! Brands), Arby’s, Inc. (predecessor to Arby’s), Taco Bell and PepsiCo.
Craig Bahner	Mr. Craig S. Bahner serves as Chief Marketing Officer of The Wendy's Co. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Bahner worked for more than 20 years at The Procter & Gamble Company, where he held several key leadership positions, including Vice President, North America Retail Hair from 2006 to 2011, Vice President, Northeast Asia Fabric and Home Care from 2002 to 2006, and Marketing Director, North America Fabric Care from 1999 to 2002. Prior to joining The Procter & Gamble Company, Mr. Bahner served as Marketing Manager of The Sportsman’s Market, Inc. from 1998 to 2001, and as Inventory Planner of The Pillsbury Company from 1986 to 1998. Mr. Bahner also serves as a trustee of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.
Scott Weisberg	Mr. Scott A. Weisberg serves as Chief People Officer of The Wendy's Co. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Weisberg served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc, from 2010 to 2011. Prior to that, he worked for 15 years at General Mills, Inc., where he held several key leadership positions, including Vice President, Human Resources for the U.S. Retail Organization from 1995 to 2010. Prior to joining General Mills, Inc., Mr. Weisberg held human resources and training positions with Nabisco, Inc. from 1993 to 1995 and with PepsiCo from 1987 to 1993.
Edward Garden	Mr. Edward P. Garden serves as Director of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Garden has been a director of the Company since December 2004. He served as Vice Chairman of the Company from December 2004 through June 2007 and as Executive Vice President of the Company from August 2003 until December 2004. Additionally, Mr. Garden has been Chief Investment Officer and a founding partner of Trian Partners since November 2005. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Garden was a managing director of Credit Suisse First Boston, where he served as a senior investment banker in the Financial Sponsors Group. From 1994 to 1999, he was a managing director at BT Alex Brown, where he was a senior member of the Financial Sponsors Group and, prior to that, co-head of Equity Capital Markets. Mr. Garden has also served as a director of Family Dollar Stores, Inc. since September 2011, and as a director of Trian Acquisition I Corp. since October 2007. Mr. Garden previously served as a director of Chemtura Corporation from January 2007 through March 2009.
Roland Smith	Mr. Roland C. Smith serves as Director of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Smith has been a director of the Company since June 2007. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company from June 2007 to September 2011, as President of the Company from September 2008 to September 2011, and as Special Adviser to the Company from September 2011 to December 2011. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Wendy’s International from September 2008 to September 2011. Mr. Smith served as Chief Executive Officer of Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (“Arby’s”) from April 2006 to September 2008, as President of Arby’s from April 2006 to June 2006, and as interim President of Arby’s from January 2010 to May 2010. Mr. Smith currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Delhaize America and as Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group, an international food retailer, positions he has held since October 2012. Previously, Mr. Smith served as President and Chief Executive Officer of American Golf Corporation and National Golf Properties from February 2003 to November 2005, as President and Chief Executive Officer of AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc. from April 1999 to January 2003, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Arby’s, Inc., predecessor to Arby’s, from February 1997 to April 1999. Mr. Smith also serves as Chairman of the board of directors of Carmike Cinemas, Inc.
Clive Chajet	Mr. Clive Chajet serves as an Independent Director of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Chajet has been a director of the Company since June 1994. He has been Chairman of Chajet Consultancy, L.L.C., a consulting firm specializing in identity and image management, since January 1997. Prior to that time, Mr. Chajet was Chairman of Lippincott & Margulies Inc., a consulting firm specializing in identity and image management, from 1983 to January 1997.
V. Janet Hill	Ms. V. Janet Hill serves as an Independent Director of The Wendy's Co. Ms. Hill has been a director of the Company since September 2008. She served as a director of Wendy’s International from 1994 until its merger with a subsidiary of the Company in September 2008. Ms. Hill is a principal in Hill Family Advisors, where she oversees her family’s assets and investments. She also serves as an officer of Hill Ventures. From 1981 until her retirement in 2010, Ms. Hill was Vice President of Alexander & Associates, Inc., a corporate consulting firm in Washington, D.C. which she owned and managed, where she provided corporate planning, advice and analysis to directors, executives and managers in the areas of human resource planning, corporate responsibility, corporate communications and government consultation. Ms. Hill also serves as a director of Dean Foods Company, Sprint Nextel Corporation and Carlyle Group Management L.L.C., the general partner of The Carlyle Group L.P. She also serves on the board of trustees at Duke University, the board of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics and the board of directors of the Military Bowl.
Joseph Levato	Mr. Joseph A. Levato serves as an Independent Director of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Levato has been a director of the Company since June 1996. Mr. Levato served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries from April 1993 to August 1996, when he retired from the Company. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Trian Group from January 1992 to April 1993. From 1984 to December 1988, Mr. Levato served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Triangle Industries.
J. Randolph Lewis	Mr. J. Randolph Lewis serves as an Independent Director of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Lewis has been a director of the Company since September 2008. He served as a director of Wendy’s International from 2004 until its merger with a subsidiary of the Company in September 2008. Mr. Lewis served as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Logistics of Walgreen Co., the drugstore chain in the United States, until his retirement in January 2013. Mr. Lewis joined Walgreen Co. in March 1992 as Divisional Vice President, Logistics and Planning. He was promoted to Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Logistics in 1999. Prior to joining Walgreen Co., Mr. Lewis was a partner in the consulting division of Ernst & Young.
Peter Rothschild	Mr. Peter H. Rothschild serves as an Independent Director of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Rothschild has been a director of the Company since May 2010. He served as a director of Wendy’s International from March 2006 until its merger with a subsidiary of the Company in September 2008. Mr. Rothschild has been the Managing Member of Daroth Capital LLC, a financial services company, since its founding in 2001 and the President and CEO of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Daroth Capital Advisors LLC, a securities broker-dealer, since 2002. Prior to founding Daroth Capital, Mr. Rothschild was a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Leveraged Finance and Industrial Finance groups at Wasserstein Perella, the predecessor company to Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, where he served from 1996 to 2001. From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Rothschild was a Senior Managing Director and Head of the Natural Resources Group at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and was one of the founders of the firm’s Leveraged Finance and Financial Buyer Coverage groups. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Rothschild was a Managing Director and Head of the Industrial Group at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Mr. Rothschild served as a director of Deerfield Capital, predecessor to CIFC Corp., from December 2004 to April 2011, and as the Interim Chairman of Deerfield Capital’s board of directors from April 2007 to April 2011.
David Schwab	Mr. David E. Schwab, II, serves as an Independent Director of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Schwab has been a director of the Company since October 1994. Mr. Schwab has been a Senior Counsel with the law firm of Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., New York, NY, since January 1998. Prior to that, he was a partner with the law firm of Schwab Goldberg Price & Dannay, New York, NY, for more than five years. Mr. Schwab also serves as Chair Emeritus of the board of trustees, and as Chair of the executive committee, of Bard College.
Raymond Troubh	Mr. Raymond S. Troubh serves as an Independent Director of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Troubh has been a director of the Company since June 1994. He has been a financial consultant for more than 20 years, and previously served as a Governor of the American Stock Exchange and as a general partner of Lazard Freres & Co., an investment banking firm. Mr. Troubh also serves as a director of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., General American Investors Company and Gentiva Health Services, Inc.
Jack Wasserman	Mr. Jack G. Wasserman serves as an Independent Director of The Wendy's Co. Mr. Wasserman has been a director of the Company since March 2004. Mr. Wasserman has practiced law as a solo practitioner since September 2001. Prior to that, he was a senior partner with the law firm of Wasserman, Schneider, Babb & Reed and its predecessors, New York, NY, from 1966 until September 2001. Mr. Wasserman also serves as a director of Icahn Enterprises G.P., Inc., the general partner of Icahn Enterprises L.P., and previously served as a director of two of its operating subsidiaries – American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC, from 2003 until its sale in 2008, and National Energy Group, Inc., from 1998 until its sale in 2006. Mr. Wasserman also serves as a director of Cadus Corporation.
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Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Nelson Peltz	74,466,896
Emil Brolick	5,890,940
Peter May	37,300,300
Stephen Hare	2,407,930
Steven Graham	--
R. Scott Toop	1,840,830
John Barker	1,217,450
John Peters	--
Darrell van Ligten	2,248,860
Craig Bahner	1,461,080
Scott Weisberg	--
Edward Garden	3,880,570
Roland Smith	16,537,700
Clive Chajet	--
V. Janet Hill	--
Joseph Levato	--
J. Randolph Lewis	--
Peter Rothschild	--
David Schwab	--
Raymond Troubh	--
Jack Wasserman	--
David Poplar	--

As Of 29 Dec 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Nelson Peltz	14,079,192	73,566,890
Emil Brolick	0	0
Peter May	8,431,872	54,568,457
Stephen Hare	0	0
Steven Graham	0	0
R. Scott Toop	0	0
John Barker	0	0
John Peters	0	0
Darrell van Ligten	0	0
Craig Bahner	0	0
Scott Weisberg	0	0
Edward Garden	1,500,000	4,377,000
Roland Smith	0	0
Clive Chajet	0	0
V. Janet Hill	0	0
Joseph Levato	0	0
J. Randolph Lewis	0	0
Peter Rothschild	0	0
David Schwab	0	0
Raymond Troubh	0	0
Jack Wasserman	0	0
David Poplar	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
PELTZ NELSON	3,037	$5.56
GARDEN EDWARD P	3,037	$5.56
MAY PETER W	3,037	$5.56
HARE STEPHEN E	7,796	$4.72
HARE STEPHEN E	20,433	$0.00
PELTZ NELSON	3,567	$4.73
MAY PETER W	3,567	$4.73
GARDEN EDWARD P	3,567	$4.73
MAY PETER W	447	$3.89
PELTZ NELSON	447	$3.89
PELTZ NELSON	3,760	$4.49
GARDEN EDWARD P	3,760	$4.49
MAY PETER W	3,760	$4.49
BROLICK EMIL J	103,742	$0.00
BROLICK EMIL J	33,344	$4.49
WEISBERG SCOTT A	17,000	$4.33
WEISBERG SCOTT A	3,000	$4.30
WASSERMAN JACK GUMPERT	1,000	$4.41
PETERS JOHN N	2,672	$4.75
VAN LIGTEN DARRELL	12,500	$0.00
GRAHAM STEVEN B	2,184	$4.75
PETERS JOHN N	8,232	$0.00
GRAHAM STEVEN B	7,490	$0.00
MAY PETER W	3,738	$4.51
GARDEN EDWARD P	3,738	$4.51

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