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Gildan Activewear Inc.

GIL is in the Manufacturing Industry

Market Cap:$2.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.2B
  • Public
  • CA
Dow Jones Description

Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Gildan Activewear, Inc. (NYSE: GIL) manufactures and sells blank clothing items for later printing under private-label brands. The company offers blank cotton and blended t-shirts, tank tops, sweat shirts, fleece products, and sweat pants. It manufactures its products in Central America, Mexico, and Canada and markets them in North America and Europe. It sells to distributors, screen printers, embroiderers, and others. In July 2006, it completed its acquisition of Kentucky Derby Hosiery Co., Inc. in order to accelerate its entry into the socks and underwear markets.

President & Chief Executive Officer
Glenn J. Chamandy
Number of Employees 20,116
Contact Information

725 Monte De Liesse

Montreal, Quebec H4T 1P5

www.gildan.com

(514) 735-2023

NAICS Code Other Knit Fabric and Lace Mills: 313249

Recent Events

  • Gildan buys Mikasa building

    11/21/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • National Bank Initiates Coverage on Gildan Activewear GIL with an Outperform

    10/30/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • STOCKS NEWS US-Caution for stocks as September looms-analyst

    8/31/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • T-shirt maker feeling pinch of economy

    8/14/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Gildan to slow Honduras operations, unrelated to coup

    6/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Glenn J. Chamandy President & Chief Executive Officer
Michael R. Hoffman President, Gildan Activewear SRL
Gregg Thomassin CIO, Executive Vice President & Controller
Laurence G. Sellyn Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Benito Masi Executive Vice President, Manufacturing
Christian Langlois Executive Vice President, Engineering
Edwin B. Tisch Executive Vice President, Manufacturing
Eric Lehman Executive Vice-President, Supply Chain
Georges Sam Yu Sum Executive Vice President, Operations
Serge Reynaud Executive Vice President, HR
Andre Joly Vice President
Bill H. Newman Vice President, Operations
Daniel Farina Vice President
David A. Esones Vice President, Security Facilities Management
Don Luby Vice President
Gaetane Wagner Vice President, Corp HR
Garry Bell Vice President, Marketing & General Manager
Ghyslain Bouchard Vice President
Gilles Leger Vice President, Finance & Admin
Javier Echeverria Vice President, Finance
John A. Martin Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Luis Alonso Brito Vice President
Marc Fraimund Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Europe
Normand Sabourin Vice President & Treasurer
Peter Iliopoulos Vice President
Rafael Antonio Lopez Vice President & HR
Shaun Parmar Vice President, Business Development
Stephane Lemay Vice President, Public & Legal Affairs
Jose Maria Tainta Villanueva Director, Apparel Operations
Lindsay Matthews Secretary

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Robert M. Baylis Chairman of the Board
Gerald H.B. Ross Board of Directors
Gonzalo F. Valdes-Fauli Board of Directors
Pierre Robitaille Board of Directors
Richard P Strubel Board of Directors
Sheila O'Brien Board of Directors
William D. Anderson Board of Directors
William H. Houston Board of Directors

Glenn J. Chamandy is President and Chief Executive Officer of Gildan Activewear. Mr. Chamandy is one of the founders of the Corporation and has devoted his entire career to building the Corporation into an industry leader.

Organization Position Status
Gildan Activewear, Inc. President & Chief Executive Officer Current
Gildan Activewear, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Michael R. Hoffman joined Gildan in November 1997. He served as Vice-President, Sales and Marketing for the international division until his appointment as President of Gildan Activewear SRL in February 2001. Prior to joining Gildan, Mr. Hoffman was employed by Fruit of the Loom, where he last served as Divisional Vice-President of the Activewear Division.

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. President, Gildan Activewear SRL Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. CIO, Executive Vice President & Controller Current

Mr. Sellyn joined Gildan Activewear as Chief Financial Officer in April 1999. In December 2005, his responsibilities were expanded to include responsibility for corporate administrative functions, and his title was changed to Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. He has previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer and other senior level corporate officer positions with long established Canadian public companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Sellyn is a U.K. Chartered accountant and also obtained an M.A. from Oxford University

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer Current

Benito Masi has been involved in manufacturing in North America for the past 25 years. He joined Gildan in 1986, when the company was first starting up, and held various positions until February 2001 when he was appointed Vice-President, Apparel Manufacturing. He was subsequently appointed to the position of Executive Vice-President, Manufacturing, in January 2005. Before joining the company, he held various positions such as plant manager for an apparel company, and was director and member of the executive board for the Union national du vĂȘtement, textile et autres industries in Montreal.

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Executive Vice President, Manufacturing Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Executive Vice President, Engineering Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Executive Vice President, Manufacturing Current

Eric R. Lehman joined Gildan in December 2006 as Executive Vice-President, Supply Chain. He has over twenty years of experience in the supply chain function with major apparel brands. Mr. Lehman graduated from the George Mason University, Virginia, U.S., with a bachelor of Public Administration in 1984.

Organization Position Status
Gildan Activewear, Inc. Executive Vice-President, Supply Chain Current

Mr. Sam joined Gildan Activewear in 1995 as Director of Operations and was named Executive Vice-President, Operations in 1998. Before joining Gildan, he held various managerial positions in Manufacturing, Quality Assurance, Fabric Sourcing, Production Planning and Sales at Dominion Textiles, in Montreal, for over 15 years. He had previously worked in a family manufacturing business in East Africa. Mr. Sam holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Montreal.

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Executive Vice President, Operations Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Executive Vice President, HR Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President, Operations Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President, Security Facilities Management Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President, Corp HR Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President, Marketing & General Manager Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President, Finance & Admin Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President, Finance Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President, Sales & Marketing Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Europe Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President & Treasurer Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President & HR Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President, Business Development Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Vice President, Public & Legal Affairs Current

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Director, Apparel Operations Current
Gildan Activewear, Inc. Director, Apparel Operations Former

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Gildan Activewear, Inc. Secretary Current

Robert M. Baylis has served as a director since May 2000 and is the Chairman of the Company's Finance & Risk Management Committee and a member of the Company's Nominating & Governance Committee. Mr. Baylis was Vice Chairman of CS First Boston, a position he held until 1996, and prior to his retirement was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CS First Boston Pacific Inc. Mr. Baylis is a director of New York Life Insurance Company, Host Marriott Corporation, Covance, Inc., and is Chairman of the Board for Gildan Activewear, Inc. He is an overseer of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and a Trustee of the Rubin Museum of Art. Mr. Baylis is a member of the Advisory Council of the Economics Department of Princeton University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Organization Position Status
Princeton University Member Economics Department Current
Darien Rowayton Bank Current
Gildan Activewear, Inc. Chairman of the Board Current
The International Forum Director Current
Rubin Museum of Art Board of Directors Current
New York Life Insurance Company Board of Directors Current
Covance, Inc. Director Current
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Director Current
PartnerRe Ltd. Director Current
PartnerRe Ltd. Member Current
PartnerRe Ltd. Chairman of the Company's Finance & Risk Management Committee Former
Credit Suisse Vice Chairman Former
CS First Boston, Inc. Vice Chairman Former
National Council YMCA of the USA Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
Gildan Activewear, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Gonzalo F. Valdes-Fauli1 2 is Chairman of Broadspan Capital, an investment banking firm specializing in advisory and debt services. Mr. Valdes-Fauli retired from Barclays Bank PLC (a major UK-based global bank) in 2001 as Vice Chairman, Barclays Capital, and Group CEO Latin America. Mr. Valdes-Fauli serves on the board of directors of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida (health insurance provider), Knight Ridder, Inc. (newspaper and Internet publishing) and as chairman of Republic Bank (financial services provider), Dominican Republic. He is also trustee emeritus of the University of Miami.

Organization Position Status
Gildan Activewear, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Pierre Robitaille1 2 is a business advisor. Mr. Robitaille previously pursued his career at SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., an engineering-construction firm, where he was Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer from 1990 to 1998. Prior to this, Mr. Robitaille was in public practice for more than twenty years with the public accounting and management consulting firm of Ernst & Whinney, where he held the positions of Managing Partner of the Montreal office, President of the firm in Québec, and member of its national board of directors. Mr. Robitaille also serves on the board of directors of Cogeco Cable Inc. and Cogeco Inc. (providers of cable TV, Internet and broadcast services), Swiss Re Company of Canada and Swiss Re Life & Health Co. Canada (global reinsurance company).

Organization Position Status
Gildan Activewear, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Richard P. Strubel is Vice Chairman of Cardean Learning Group, and previously served as the company's President and Chief Operating Officer. Before joining Cardean, Mr. Strubel served as president and CEO of Microdot Inc., a manufacturing corporation with sales of $400 million and as president of Northwest Industries, then a New York Stock Exchange company with sales in excess of $3 billion. Mr. Strubel is a trustee of all the institutional and retail mutual funds managed by Goldman, Sachs & Co., as well as the retail and institutional funds of The Northern Trust Company. He is a director of other companies, including Gildan Activewear Inc. He is a member of the board of trustees of the University of Chicago. Mr. Strubel was educated at Williams College and Harvard Business School.

Organization Position Status
University of Chicago Board of Trustees Current
Gildan Activewear, Inc. Board of Directors Current
NYSE Group, Inc. President Former
Williams College Former
Harvard Business School Former

Sheila O'Brien2 3 President of Belvedere 1 Investments, is a Corporate Director and business consultant specializing in workforce and leadership capacity. She has over 30 years experience in the oil and gas, pipeline and petrochemical sectors in Canada, South America, the USA and Europe. She has held executive positions in the areas of human resources, investor relations, public affairs and government relations with Amoco International, Petro-Canada and Nova Corporation. She created and implemented an innovative workforce restructuring program based on the dignity of the employee, which was designated a Worldwide Best Practice by Watson Wyatt International Consultancy. In addition, she has been active in the not-for-profit sector, having served on over 25 Boards of Directors, dealing primarily with Human Rights, Women's rights and giving voice to marginalized members of society, and is the founder of several enduring community events celebrating the accomplishments of women. She was invested in the Order of Canada in 1998. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Gildan, a publicly traded, vertically-integrated marketer and apparel manufacturer based in Montreal, Advantage Energy Income Fund, a Calgary-based, publicly traded income trust, Skye Resources, a Vancouver-based, publicly traded nickel mining company and MaRS, a biotechnology accelerator based in Toronto. In 2006 and 2007 Ms. O'Brien served on the Board of Directors of TransForce Income Fund, Canada's largest trucking enterprise, publicly traded and headquartered in Montreal.

Organization Position Status
Gildan Activewear, Inc. Board of Directors Current

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Bell Canada International, Inc. Chairman & CEO Current
BCE Inc. President, BCE Ventures Current
BCE Emergis Corporation Director Current
Green Energy Chair Current
TransAlta Corporation Chair Current
AEC, Inc. Chairman of Board Current
Transalta Power Limited Chair Current
Gildan Activewear, Inc. Board of Directors Current
MDS Inc. Board of Directors Current
BCE Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Emergis, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Sears Canada Inc. Board of Directors Former
TransAlta Corporation Director Former
Four Seasons Hotels Inc. Director Former
BCE Emergis Corporation Director Former
Bell Canada International, Inc. Director Former
The University of Western Ontario Bachelor Degree In Business Administration Former

Organization Position Status
Gildan Activewear, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Executive News

  • T-shirt maker feeling pinch of economy

    Chronicle Herald - 8/14/09 - View Story

  • Gildan not counting on recovery to lift sales

    Toronto Star Online - 8/14/09 - View Story

  • Gildan expects lift in 2010 even without recovery

    Globe Investor - 8/14/09 - View Story

  • Gildan Activewear not counting on economic recovery to boost 2010 results

    570News - 8/13/09 - View Story

  • Gildan Activewear not counting on economic recovery to boost 2010 results

    Kelowna Daily Courier - 8/13/09 - View Story

  • Gildan Activewear not counting on economic recovery to boost 2010 results

    Canadian Business Magazine - 8/13/09 - View Story

  • Gildan Activewear not counting on economic recovery to boost 2010 results

    Yahoo! Canada - 8/13/09 - View Story

  • Gildan Activewear Announces Fiscal 2009 Third Quarter Results

    Stockwatch - 8/13/09 - View Story

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GIL $19.14 +0.27 (1.43% )
Volume 188,063
Shares Outstanding 120.9M
Market Cap 2.3B
Year High 22.10
Year Low 5.66
Earnings Per Share 0.62
P/E Ratio 30.8710
Dividend 0.00
Yield 0.00
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