Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Smith Chih-Hsin |
President, Elizabeth Arden, Greater China |
| Joel B. Ronkin |
Chief Administrative Officer |
| L. Hoy Heise |
CIO, Operations Planning & Executive Vice President |
| Stephen J. Smith |
CFO & Executive Vice President |
| Elizabeth Park |
Executive Vice President |
| Gretchen Goslin |
Executive Vice President, Business Dev |
| Jacobus A.J. Steffens |
Executive Vice President |
| Jacques Steffens |
Executive Vice President, Gm, International |
| Michael H. Lombardi |
Executive Vice President, Operations & Logisitics |
| Oscar E. Marina |
General Counsel, Secretary & Executive Vice President |
| Ronald L. Rolleston |
Executive Vice President, Global Fragrance Marketing |
| Adam Booksin |
Senior Vice President, Global Hr |
| Eli Khouri |
Senior Vice President, Business Dev |
| Heide Rand |
Senior Vice President, Dept Store Fragrance Group |
| Jeffrey M. Arnold |
Senior Vice President, Mass Selling Business Unit |
| Lita Cunningham |
Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources |
| Marcey Becker |
Treasurer & Senior Vice President, Finance, Corp Dev |
| Mark Newberry |
Senior Vice President, Logistics |
| Maura J. Clark |
Senior Vice President |
| Michael Shin |
Senior Vice President, Europe |
| Pierre Pirard |
Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain |
| Sally Susman |
Senior Vice President, Communications, Global |
| Tamara Steele |
Senior Vice President, Marketing |
| William DuBose |
Senior Vice President, Global Wal, Mart, Sam's Business |
| William J. Keneally |
Senior Vice President, Finance |
| David A. Lathan |
Director, Technology |
| Ana Chavez |
Manager, Legal Admin |
| Jim Barlow |
Manager, Business Intelligence |
| Maura Clarke |
Non-Executive Director |
| Peter J. Johnson |
Financial Analyst |
Board of Directors
Mr. Beattie has dedicated himself to building an organization that is entrepreneurial in spirit, utilizes a team-based approach, focusing on the needs of both its consumers and its retail partners and counts and treats its employees as its most valued resource. Prior to his involvement with Elizabeth Arden, Mr. Beattie was a managing director of the Company's financial sponsor, Bedford Capital Corporation. As a founding partner of Bedford Capital, he was on numerous boards of directors of both private and public companies, and was instrumental in creating private equity ventures for two Bedford funds in excess of 30% compounded annually. Prior to co-founding Bedford Capital in 1990, Mr. Beattie served as a Vice President in the Mergers and Acquisitions group of Merrill Lynch, Inc. and as a Manager of Accenture Consulting. In addition to building the Elizabeth Arden business, Mr. Beattie has made the support of charitable endeavors fundamental to the Arden culture. To that end, Elizabeth Arden participates in many programs globally that support a wide-range of charities, including Look Good.. Feel Better, AmeriCares, Make a Wish Foundation and Childhelp USA. This October the company will support Breast Cancer Awareness month with an Unlock the Cure promotion where proceeds of each sale of Red Door Revealed Touch-on Pen benefit Cancer and Careers. Mr. Beattie is also actively involved and committed to education reform initiatives. This is evidenced by his participation for years in the Public Education Needs Civic Involvement in Learning (PENCIL) program. PENCIL mobilizes private sector leaders to establish long term mentoring and support relationships with New York City public schools. This has led to a strong relationship between Elizabeth Arden and MS 142, the John Phillips Sousa Middle School in the Bronx. The school has affectionately taken on the nickname the Red Door School, after the company's iconic logo, and Mr. Beattie has acted as its visiting Principal on a number of occasions. Mr. Beattie holds an MBA and a degree in Honors Business Administration from The Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Mr. Beattie currently serves on the board and executive committee of the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association (CTFA), and the board of directors of The Fragrance Foundation, Bedford Capital Corporation, Object Video, Inc. and the Ivey School of Business. Mr. Beattie has received numerous awards of recognition, including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist (2003), CTFA honored executive (2005), WWD Beauty Biz Most Innovative Marketer of the Year (2006), and numerous awards of recognition on behalf of Elizabeth Arden, Inc.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Elizabeth Arden, Inc. |
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
Current |
Hoy began his Information Technology (IT) career with American Can Company, a Fortune 100 manufacturing and consumer products company. He worked there from 1969 to 1988 and during this time managed and directed the full spectrum of IT functions and services. The company successfully transformed itself into Primerica, a financial services concern and as the Managing Director of Corporate Information Technology, Hoy was responsible for the IT aspects of the divestitutures of the core businesses and the acquisition of numerous financial services companies. From 1989 to 1999, Hoy worked for Renaissance Worldwide, a global management consulting concern, and was the Vice President in charge of the Information Technology Transformation Practice wherein Hoy worked at the highest levels to transform and improve the effectiveness of IT services and capabilities. One of his earliest engagements was enabling the IT aspects of the acquisition of Elizabeth Arden by Unilever which culminated in the implementation of the company's current suite of enterprise systems. During this time, Hoy's work focused on enabling the IT aspects of acquisitions and mergers, achieving significant IT performance turnarounds, improving the performance of business processes, planning and managing the implementation of global enterprise systems, and amongst other duties, operating as an interim Chief Information Officer for his Fortune 500 customers. From 1999 to 2001, Hoy worked for Gartner, where as a Senior Vice President he was responsible for building a management consulting practice for this industry leading IT research company. Hoy formed his own management consulting business in 2002 and one of his assignments was to provide project management services for Elizabeth Arden's Single Source/Mass Conversion project in 2003-2004. Hoy joined Elizabeth Arden in May of 2004 as the company's Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer. In 2006, Hoy was promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer.
Stephen J. Smith has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since May 2001. Previously, Mr. Smith was with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an international professional services firm, as partner from October 1993 until May 2001, and as manager from July 1987 until October 1993.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Elizabeth Arden, Inc. |
CFO & Executive Vice President |
Current |
| Elizabeth Arden International Holding, Inc. |
CFO |
Current |
Ms. Park has served as our Executive Vice President, Skin Care & Color Marketing and General Manager - Arden U.S., since May 2006 and as our Senior Vice President, Global Marketing from March 2005 until May 2006.
Prior to joining our company, Ms. Park was Senior Vice President Marketing U.S.A. for LancĂ´me, a division of L'Oreal Products from March 2003 until March 2005. From July 1995 to July 2002, Ms. Park held several marketing management positions with the Estee Lauder Companies.
Gretchen Goslin is the Executive Vice President, Marketing of Elizabeth Arden and has been responsible for its marketing activities since she joined the Company in 1993. Ms. Goslin is responsible for the management of the Company's fragrance brands, promotional campaigns and merchandise sell-through programs. Ms. Goslin has over 18 years experience in the consumer goods/health and beauty aids business. In particular, Ms. Goslin has extensive experience in brand marketing, trade marketing and promotional campaigns for the beauty industry.
Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Goslin was the Vice President, Marketing of Cosmyl Corporation, a cosmetics company, and the Director of Marketing of Cosmar Corporation, a division of Renaissance corporation, which was primarily engaged in the nail accessories and cosmetic business.
Ms. Goslin earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Miami in 1992.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Elizabeth Arden, Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Business Dev |
Current |
| University of Miami |
Bachelor of Business Administration |
Former |
| University of Miami |
Bachelor of Business Administration In Marketing |
Former |
Jacobus A.J. Steffens has served as our Executive Vice President, General Manager-International since March 2004 and as our Senior Vice President, General Manager-International since joining us in January of 2001 through February 2004. Before joining the company, Mr. Steffens worked in various management capacities for divisions of Unilever N.V., including as the Chief Information Officer of Unilever's European Ice Cream & Frozen Foods division from January 1997 until December 2000, as the Controller Global Marketing & Creative at the Elizabeth Arden Company from January 1992 until December 1995 and in various financial roles for Unilever's Quest International Flavours and Fragrances division from the end of 1986 until December 1991.
Michael H. Lombardi has served as our Executive Vice President, Operations since March 2004, as our Senior Vice President, Operations since February 2002 and as Senior Vice President, Marketing/Supply Chain Operations with the Elizabeth Arden Company, a division of Unilever N.V., since April 1989. Prior to joining the Elizabeth Arden Company, Mr. Lombardi worked in various management capacities for Chesebrough Ponds, Inc., a division of Unilever N.V.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Elizabeth Arden, Inc. |
Executive Vice President, Operations & Logisitics |
Current |
Oscar E. Marina has served as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since March 2004, as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from March 2000 through February 2004, and as our Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from March 1996 through March 2000. From October 1988 until March 1996, Mr. Marina was an attorney with the law firm of Steel Hector & Davis L.L.P. in Miami, becoming a partner of the firm in January 1995.
Ronald L. Rolleston has served as our Executive Vice President, Global Marketing since April 2003, as our Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Prestige Sales from February 2002 until April 2003, as our Senior Vice President, Global Marketing from February 2001 through January 2002, and as our Senior Vice President, Prestige Sales from March 1999 through January 2001. Mr. Rolleston served as President of Paul Sebastian, Inc., a fragrance manufacturer, from September 1997 until January 1999. Mr. Rolleston served as the General Manager of Europe for the Calvin Klein Cosmetics Company from May 1990 to September 1994, and as Executive Vice President of Global Marketing of the Elizabeth Arden Company from January 1995 to March 1997.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Elizabeth Arden, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Global Hr |
Current |
| CIGNA Corporation |
Vice President, HR & Corp Staffing |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Elizabeth Arden, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Dept Store Fragrance Group |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Elizabeth Arden, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Mass Selling Business Unit |
Current |
Ms. Clark is currently the Senior Vice President, Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions of Direct Energy, an energy and energy services provider in North America, which is part of United Kingdom-based Centrica plc. Ms. Clark has more than 20 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and financial roles in a variety of industries. Her career highlights include Managing Director at Goldman Sachs & Co., Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer for Clark Refining & Marketing, Inc., and Vice President, Finance for North American Life Assurance Co. Ms. Clark is a Chartered Accountant and is a graduate of Queen's University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Elizabeth Arden, Inc. |
Senior Vice President, Global Wal, Mart, Sam's Business |
Current |
As EVP Strategy and M&A, Maura is responsible for driving our strategic thinking, processes mergers and acquisition activity across North America, and ensuring that our activities are fully integrated with those at the Centrica Group level. Maura is a member of the Direct Energy Executive Committee and the Direct Energy Financial Risk Management Committee. Before joining Direct Energy, Maura was an independent strategy and M&A consultant providing advisory services to a variety of energy companies including Constellation Energy Group. Maura was also previously a Managing Director of Investment Banking Services at Goldman Sachs, where she built a portfolio of clients involved in merchant power, gas and electric utilities, and other natural resource and industrial companies. Prior to that role, Maura was EVP Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer for Premcor, Inc, an independent oil refiner and marketer of petroleum products. Maura is a Chartered Accountant and a graduate of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She is a non-executive Director of Elizabeth Arden, Inc.
"Peter Johnson was named Executive Director of Corporate Strategic Planning at Eli Lilly Company in October, 2001. He is also a member of the company’s Senior Management Council, and serves as the Secretary of the Executive Committee.
Johnson graduated summa cum laude from the University of New Haven in 1981 with a degree in English Literature. He received a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Stern School of New York University in 1986.
Johnson joined Lilly in June 1986 in New York as a financial analyst at Elizabeth Arden. Following the sale of Arden, he relocated to Indianapolis in 1987.
In Indianapolis, Indiana, Johnson moved through a series of financial assignments from 1987 to 1991: Corporate Staff Auditor, Financial Analyst in the U.S. pharmaceutical business and Financial Manager supporting Lilly’s Puerto Rico and European manufacturing operations.
In 1992, Johnson began a series of jobs with Lilly’s manufacturing operations. First, as the Production Manager in Indianapolis’ parenteral operations for Diabetes Care products, then as the Director of Strategic Facilities Planning and finally as Director of Global Manufacturing Strategy.
In 1996, Johnson was named Director of Corporate Strategic Planning.
Johnson is a member of the Business Advisory Council for the Farmer School of Business at Miami University (Ohio). He has served as a Board Member and is a past Board President for Child Advocates, an organization that represents abused and neglected children in Indianapolis. He has also been active in youth soccer in central Indiana and was named Boys Soccer Coach of the Year in 1996 by the Indiana Youth Soccer Association.
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| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Eli Lilly and Company |
Executive Director, Corporate Strategic Planning |
Current |
| Elizabeth Arden, Inc. |
Financial Analyst |
Current |
| Eli Lilly and Company |
Senior Management Council Member |
Current |
| Eli Lilly and Company |
Director of Strategic Facilities Planning |
Former |
| Eli Lilly and Company |
Production Manager |
Former |
| Eli Lilly and Company |
Secretary, Policy and Strategy Committee |
Former |
| Eli Lilly and Company |
Board Member |
Former |
| New York University |
Master's Degree In Business Administration |
Former |
| University of New Haven |
Degree In English Literature |
Former |
The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (the "Company"), delegates to the Compensation Committee of the Board (the "Committee') strategic and administrative responsibility on a broad range of issues. The Committee's basic responsibility is to assure that the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), other officers, and key management of the Company are compensated effectively in a manner consistent with the stated compensation strategy of the Company, internal equity considerations, competitive practice, and the requirements of the appropriate regulatory bodies. In addition, the Committee is responsible for establishing general compensation philosophies for non-management employees. In discharging its role, the Committee is empowered to inquire into any matter it considers appropriate to carry out its responsibilities, with access to all books, records, facilities and personnel of the Company. The Committee shall be provided with whatever resources it needs to fulfill its responsibilities, including outside consultants, as appropriate, and shall have sole authority to retain, terminate and determine the fees of any such consultant. The Company shall provide adequate resources to support the Committee's activities, including compensation of the Committee's counsel, consultants and other advisors.
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Elizabeth Arden, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2009 Results
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