He will
serve on the corporate governance, nominating and sustainability committee, likely helping his colleagues shape how Washington regulates the struggling U.S. tobacco sector, CNN reports.
Not exact matches
She held various senior positions at Petro - Canada until she left the company in 1991, going
on to
serve on numerous
corporate boards and start a
governance consulting firm.
Mr. Shea is well qualified to
serve as a director due to his experience in public and private company
governance and private equity, including his service
on numerous
corporate boards and
on audit and compensation committees, including his experience with Hennessy I and Hennessy II.
Mr. Bell is well qualified to
serve as director due to his experience in public and private company
governance and accounting, including his service
on audit, nominating and
corporate governance and compensation committees, including his experience with Hennessy I and Hennessy II.
Ms. Devine
served as President and Managing Director of a Norwegian affiliate of ExxonMobil from 1996 to 2000, and since 1988 held various
corporate positions responsible for shareholder relations and
governance issues, as well as international government relations with an emphasis
on Vietnam, Indonesia, Nigeria and Russia.
One distinguishing feature of our
corporate governance is that all of our independent directors
serve on all of our Board's four standing committees.
Upon the recommendation of our
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, our Board has nominated the persons listed below to
serve as directors for the one - year term beginning at our annual meeting
on May 19, 2010 or until their successors, if any, are elected or appointed.
From 2001 through 2015, he
served as a director of IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX), a global industrial company with key growth platforms in Fluid Metering Technology and Health & Science Technology segments, where he chaired the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee and Audit Committee and
served on the Compensation Committee.
Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board based
on nominations submitted by the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee of the Board and shall
serve at the pleasure of the Board and for such terms as the Board may determine.
The Comptroller
serves as investment advisor, custodian and a trustee to the New York City Pension Funds, which have more than $ 160 billion in assets and a long history of active ownership
on issues of
corporate governance and sustainability.
Ms. Sheehan
served two terms as the Chair of the Council of Institutional Investors, is a member of the SEC Investor Advisory Committee, the NASDAQ Listing Council, and
serves on the Advisory Board of the Weinberg Center for
Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.
Many directors also have experience
serving as executive officers, or
on boards of directors and board committees of other public companies, and have an understanding of
corporate governance practices and trends.
Mr. Cook has
served as a director of NIKE, Inc. since November 2005, where he has
served on the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee since September 2011 and
on the Compensation Committee since November 2005, including as Chair of the
He previously
served as Professor of Law and Business at Boston College, including as Associate Dean, and Director of the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center
on Corporate Governance in New York.
Beyond his extensive writings
on corporate governance, Professor Cunningham regularly advises and
serves on corporate boards, including service for such companies as Constellation Software Inc., a Toronto stock exchange maker of software products globally, and Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc., a NYSE - listed investor in luxury hotels.
Mr. Pearson, our CEO, and Mr. Schiller, our Executive Vice President and CFO, are executive officers of the Company and for this reason, both of them are not independent and not eligible to
serve on the Audit and Risk Committee, the Talent and Compensation Committee or the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee.
Daniel has
served on numerous Board Committees including Executive, Compensation, Nominating and
Corporate Governance, and Business Strategy.
Beyond his extensive writings
on corporate governance, Professor Cunningham regularly advises and
serves on corporate boards, including service for such companies as Constellation Software Inc., a Toronto stock exchange maker of software products globally, and Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc., a NYSE - listed investor in luxury hotels.
Partner Bill Clark, one of the co-chairs of our
Corporate Governance practice,
serves as chair of a task force of the Committee
on Corporate Laws of the ABA Section
on Business Law, which is responsible for updating and revising the Model Business Corporation Act and the
Corporate Director's Guidebook.
He will also
serve as outside general counsel to portfolio companies and other businesses, advising
on corporate governance, executive compensation, recapitalizations and other strategic business matters.
During such time, he
served as outside General Counsel and M&A counsel for domestic and international business entities and private investment and capital groups, which included negotiating and documenting purchase, sale and merger agreements and dissolutions,
corporate contracts related to licensing, executive employment agreements,
corporate governance, acquisition, vendor contracting, leasing and real estate property matters, and advising
on loss mitigation and compliance issues.
Our
corporate lawyers also serve on boards and committees that help establish solid industry relationships and leadership, including the Florida International Bankers Association, Florida Bank's Banking Law & Credit Regulation Committee, Association of Corporate Counsel, Association for Corporate Growth, Minority Corporate Counsel Association, The Florida Bar's Business Law Section and Corporate Governance Committee, the Commercial Finance Association, American Bar Association, and the Florida Venture Forum, amon
corporate lawyers also
serve on boards and committees that help establish solid industry relationships and leadership, including the Florida International Bankers Association, Florida Bank's Banking Law & Credit Regulation Committee, Association of
Corporate Counsel, Association for Corporate Growth, Minority Corporate Counsel Association, The Florida Bar's Business Law Section and Corporate Governance Committee, the Commercial Finance Association, American Bar Association, and the Florida Venture Forum, amon
Corporate Counsel, Association for
Corporate Growth, Minority Corporate Counsel Association, The Florida Bar's Business Law Section and Corporate Governance Committee, the Commercial Finance Association, American Bar Association, and the Florida Venture Forum, amon
Corporate Growth, Minority
Corporate Counsel Association, The Florida Bar's Business Law Section and Corporate Governance Committee, the Commercial Finance Association, American Bar Association, and the Florida Venture Forum, amon
Corporate Counsel Association, The Florida Bar's Business Law Section and
Corporate Governance Committee, the Commercial Finance Association, American Bar Association, and the Florida Venture Forum, amon
Corporate Governance Committee, the Commercial Finance Association, American Bar Association, and the Florida Venture Forum, among others.
Our attorneys
serve as outside general and special counsel and advisors
on a full spectrum of
corporate transactional and other matters, including mergers and acquisitions,
corporate finance,
corporate governance, restructurings, private equity investments and a full range of other business transactions.
Currently
serving as general counsel,
corporate secretary, chief privacy officer and senior vice president at Suncor Energy, Janice Odegaard holds responsibility for all legal and regulatory matters across the company and works closely with the board of directors
on matters of
corporate governance.