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Weight-Control Classes & Related Services

President, North America
Steven C. McCormick
Number of Employees 52,000
Contact Information

11 Madison Ave 17th Fl

New York, New York 10010

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(212) 589-2700

NAICS Code Diet and Weight Reducing Centers: 812191

Recent Events

  • Weight Watchers sets dividend of 17.5 cents

    12/11/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

  • Weight Watchers WTW North American President Steven McCormick Resigns

    12/07/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - Other - View Story

  • Lose for Good participants drop pounds, donate food

    11/17/09 - Board Member - Entering - View Story

  • Weight Watcher's Q3 Profit Declines Marginally

    11/10/09 - Product Recall - View Story

  • Traders To Tread Path Of Cautious Optimism - RTTNews Daily Market Analysis

    11/11/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Weight Watchers Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call

    10/19/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • The Perfect Weapon for the Diet Business

    9/17/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Weight Watchers Declares Quarterly Dividend

    9/16/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

  • Nestle sued by Weight Watchers for trademark infringement

    9/18/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story

  • Weight Watchers Int'l Q2 Profit Drops, Revises FY09 Earnings Guidance - Update

    8/06/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Latest Skinny on Diet Stocks

    7/29/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Weight Watchers Announces Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call

    7/21/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

call transcript and weight watchers international inc. - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Steven C. McCormick President, North America
Ann M. Sardini Cfo
Cheryl Callan Chief, Comm, North America
Miriam Jordan Keane Chief Brand Officer
Jeffrey A. Fiarman Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secy
Kevin Eberly Executive Vice President, Naco
Daniel Boockvar Senior Vice President, Business Dev
Carl Swedberg Vice President, Advertising & Branding
Christine Butler Vice President, CRM & Business Dev
Maurice Kelly Vice President, Strategy, Operations, Continental Europe
Melanie Stubbing Vice President, Operations, UK
Robert W. Hollweg General Counsel, Vice President & Secretary
Scott Penn Vice President
Sarah Kleinhandler Director, Online Marketing
Danielle Moten Associate Products Manager
Carol Hastings
Erika Wise Leader
Pauline J Van Wyk Instructor
Marty Evans Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Raymond Debbane Chairman of the Board
Christopher J. Sobecki Board of Directors
David P. Kirchoff Board of Directors
John F. Bard Board of Directors
Jonas M. Fajgenbaum Board of Directors
Jones M. Fajgenbaum Board of Directors
Kimberly Roy Tofalli Board of Directors
Linda A. Huett Board of Directors
Marsha Johnson Evans Board of Directors
Philippe J. Amouyal Board of Directors
Sacha Lainovic Board of Directors
Sam K. Reed Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. President, North America Current

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Cfo Current
Weight Watchers Chief Financial Officer Current
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Venaca, Inc. Director Current
Vitamin Shoppe Chief Financial Officer Former
QVC, Inc. Finance Positions Former
National Broadcasting Company, Inc. Finance Positions Former
Simmons College School of Management M.B.A Former
Boston College B.A. Former

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Chief, Comm, North America Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Senior Vice President, Marketing, North America Current

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Chief Brand Officer Current

Mr. Fiarman has served as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since May 2006. Prior to that time, Mr. Fiarman served as our Vice President and Associate General Counsel from July 2005 to May 2006 and as General Counsel of WeightWatchers.com since June 2000. He has also been Secretary of WeightWatchers.com since July 2000 and Senior Vice President of WeightWatchers.com since March 2002. Mr. Fiarman also held the position of Vice President, Business Development of WeightWatchers.com from June 2000 to March 2002. Prior to joining WeightWatchers.com, Mr. Fiarman was an attorney with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Washington, D.C. specializing in corporate and tax law, from September 1993 to May 2000. Mr Fiarman holds a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secy Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Secretary Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. General Counsel Former
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Attorney Former
Columbia University Law School Jd Former
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania BS Former

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Executive Vice President, Naco Current

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Senior Vice President, Business Dev Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Assistant General Counsel Former

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Vice President, Advertising & Branding Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Director, Advertising Former

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Vice President, CRM & Business Dev Current

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Vice President, Strategy, Operations, Continental Europe Current

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Vice President, Operations, UK Current

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. General Counsel, Vice President & Secretary Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Secretary Former

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Vice President Current

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Director, Online Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Minds Matter of Denver, Inc Co-Director of Volunteers Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Associate Products Manager Current
The University of Texas at Austin B.A. In Psychology Former

Organization Position Status
Q & A Research, Inc. Executive Vice President Current
Intuit, Inc. Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Current
Wells Fargo Bank Current
E&J Gallo Winery Current
Broderbund Software Inc Former
Wells Fargo & Company Former
Quickbooks Former
Kid-Pix Former
State University of New York at Buffalo BS Degree Former

Array

Organization Position Status
Texas Baptist Children's Home Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Leader Current
Liberty University Masters of Arts In Religion Former

Pauline Van Wyk worked at University of Iowa until she and her husband Rod moved to Ankeny in 1974. Pauline was a secretary to the Director of Veteran Affairs at Des Moines Area Community College from 1974 to 1979. She had the responsibility of tracking paper work for more than a thousand veterans with the Veterans Administration as well as her duties as personal secretary to the director. From 1979 to 1988, Pauline was a communications operator with the Department of Public Safety. In addition to answering calls from the public and dispatching law enforcement personnel, Pauline also operated the Iowa System. The Iowa System is the crime commuter used by law enforcement throughout Iowa. In 1998, Pauline became a Management Analyst for the Iowa Department of Public Safety. She had the responsibility of auditing all law enforcement agencies in the state to assure compliance with State of Iowa Rules and Regulations as well as those of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as they relate to the National Crime Information Computer. Pauline is currently a training officer with the Iowa Department of Public Safety. She currently trains police officers and communications personnel in the operation of the Iowa System. During the last year Pauline trained more than a thousand persons in the use of this computer system. Pauline is an instructor for Weight Watchers International.

Organization Position Status
Drive Tek, Inc. Administrative Vice President Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Instructor Current

Mr. Debbane has been the Chairman of our Board of Directors since our acquisition by Artal on September 29, 1999. Mr. Debbane is a co-founder and President of The Invus Group, LLC. Prior to forming The Invus Group, LLC in 1985, Mr. Debbane was a manager and consultant for The Boston Consulting Group in Paris, France. He holds an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business, an M.S. in Food Science and Technology from the University of California, Davis and a B.S. in Agricultural Sciences and Agricultural Engineering from American University of Beirut. Mr. Debbane is a director of Artal Group S.A., and Ceres, Inc. and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of GoldenSource Corporation.

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Chairman of the Board Current
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
The Invus Group, Ltd. Managing Director Current
NitroMed, Inc. Managing Director, the Invus Group, Llc Current
Eduventures, Inc. Chairman & Director Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Bluemercury Board Director Current
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Golden Source Corporation Board Director Current
The Invus Group, Ltd. Board of Directors Former
NitroMed, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Harvard Business School MBA Former
Purdue University B.S. In Industrial Engineering Former

Mr. Kirchhoff has been a director and our Chief Executive Officer and President since December 31, 2006. Mr. Kirchhoff has served and continues to serve as the Chief Executive Officer and President of WeightWatchers.com since rejoining WeightWatchers.com in June 2004. He also served as our Chief Operating Officer, Europe and Asia from September 2005 until December 2006. Prior to rejoining WeightWatchers.com, Mr. Kirchhoff served as Chief Financial Officer of the Enthusiast Media Group of Primedia, Inc. from September 2003 to June 2004. Mr. Kirchhoff originally joined WeightWatchers.com in January 2000 as Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, and served as Chief Financial Officer of WeightWatchers.com from January 2003 until his departure in August 2003. Prior to joining WeightWatchers.com in January 2000, he was Director of Corporate Strategy and Development for Pepsico, Inc. Previously, Mr. Kirchhoff was a manager and consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Washington, D.C. He holds a B.S. in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering from Duke University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. President & CEO Former

Organization Position Status
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Board Director Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Western Reserve Academy Board of Directors Current
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Audit Committee Member Current
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Senior Vice President Former
Sun-Times Media Group Inc. Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
The Invus Group, Ltd. Managing Director Current
Bluemercury Board Director Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
University of Pennsylvania BA Former

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Ann Taylor Stores Corporation Board of Directors Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Weight Watchers International, Inc. President Former

Organization Position Status
United States Military Academy Board of Visitors Current
Viking Uk Ltd Board of Directors Current
Viking Direct Board of Directors Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Office Depot, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Board of Directors Current
Huntsman Corporation Director Current
Corporate Analytics, Inc Committee Member Current
The American National Red Cross Chief Executive Officer Former
The American National Red Cross President Former
The American National Red Cross Executive Director of Girl Scouts Former
Girl Scouts Executive Director Former
Naval Postgraduate School superintendent Former

Organization Position Status
Leadership Excellence Summit Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Director Current
Huntsman Corporation Director Current
The American National Red Cross Chief Executive Officer Former
The American National Red Cross President Former
Naval Postgraduate School Superintendent Former

Philippe J. Amouyal. Mr. Amouyal has been a director since November 2002. Mr. Amouyal is a Managing Director of The Invus Group, LLC, a position he has held since 1999. Previously, Mr. Amouyal was a Vice President and director of The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. in Boston, MA. He holds an M.S. in engineering and a DEA in Management from Ecole Centrale de Paris and was a Research Fellow at the Center for Policy Alternatives of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Amouyal is a director of GoldenSource Corporation and Blue Buffalo Company Ltd.

Organization Position Status
The Invus Group, Ltd. Managing Director Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current
The Blue Buffalo Co Director Current
The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Vice President Former
MetaMatrix, Inc. Director Former
The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Director Former
Ecole Centrale M.S. in engineering Former

Mr. Lainovic has been a director since our acquisition by Artal on September 29, 1999. Mr. Lainovic is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Invus Financial Advisors, LLC, a New York-based investment firm. From 1985 to 2006, Mr. Lainovic was a co-founder and the Executive Vice President of The Invus Group, LLC. Prior to forming The Invus Group, LLC in 1985, Mr. Lainovic was a manager and consultant for The Boston Consulting Group in Paris, France. He holds an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an M.S. in engineering from Insa de Lyon in Lyon, France.

Organization Position Status
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. Chairman Current
Weight Watchers International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Specialty Foods LLC Chief Executive Officer Former
The Cookie Company Chief Executive Officer Former
The Cookie Company President Former
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. Principal Former
The Tree House, Inc. Principal Former
Keebler Company Former
Kellogg Company Board Director Former
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. Board Director Former
Kellogg Company Vice Chairman Former
Stanford University M.B.A. Former
Stanford Graduate School of Business MBA Former
Rice University B.A. Former

Executive News

  • Bivens ousted as LPGA commissioner

    Los Angeles Times - 7/13/09 - View Story

  • TreeHouse Foods income rises sharply in quarter

    Food Business News - 5/08/09 - View Story

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     WTW $28.13 +0.42 (1.52% )
Average Volume 262,530
Shares Outstanding 77.02M
Market Cap 2.2B
Year High 30.23
Year Low 16.41
Earnings Per Share 2.67
P/E Ratio 10.54
Dividend 0.70
Yield 2.49
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