Item 3. Legal Proceedings
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Information regarding legal proceedings is included in Footnote 18 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and is incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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SUPPLEMENTARY ITEM — INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
Name Age Title
Christopher H. Peterson 57 President and Chief Executive Officer
Mark J. Erceg 54 Chief Financial Officer
Bradford R. Turner 51 Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
Tracy L. Platt 50 Chief Human Resources Officer
Michal J. Geller 51 President, e-Commerce and Digital
Michael M. Hayes 55 Chief Customer Officer
Melanie Huet 48 President, Brand Management and Innovation
Dennis Senovich 61 Chief Supply Chain Officer
Michael P. McDermott 53 Segment CEO, Home & Commercial Solutions
Kristine K. Malkoski 63 Segment CEO, Learning & Development
Nicolas Duran 48 Segment CEO, Outdoor & Recreation
Christopher H. Peterson has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 16, 2023 and President since May 5, 2022. He served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company between December 2018 and January 2023. Mr. Peterson also served as President, Business Operations from February 2020 to May 5, 2022. He also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer from June 28, 2019 until October 2, 2019. From April 2018 to August 2018, Mr. Peterson served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Operations of Revlon, Inc., a global beauty company. Before that, Mr. Peterson served as both Revlon’s Chief Operating Officer, Operations and Chief Financial Officer from June 2017 until March 2018, and leading into that, he held the title of Chief Operating Officer, Operations from April 2017 until June 2017. Prior to his positions at Revlon, Mr. Peterson held several senior management roles at Ralph Lauren Corporation, a designer, marketer, and distributor of premium lifestyle products, including serving as President, Global Brands from April 2015 to May 2016, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & Chief Financial Officer from November 2013 to March 2015, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from September 2012 to November 2013. Previously, Mr. Peterson held several financial management positions at The Procter & Gamble Company, a global consumer products company, from 1992 to 2012. Mr. Peterson serves on the Board of Directors of BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.
Mark J. Erceg has been Chief Financial Officer of the Company since January 9, 2023. Previously, Mr. Erceg served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cerner Corporation, a health care information technology company, from February 2021 until July 2022. From October 2016 to January 2021, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tiffany & Company, a manufacturer and retailer of luxury jewelry. Prior to that, Mr. Erceg served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Canadian Pacific Railway between May 2015 and September 2016 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Masonite International, a global building products company, from June 2010 to May 2015. Previously, Mr. Erceg held several financial and business management positions at The Procter & Gamble Company, a global consumer products company, from 1992 to 2010.
Bradford R. Turner has been the Chief Legal and Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary since August 2017 and served as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary from April 2016 to August 2017. Prior to this role, he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary from March 2015 to March 2016. Mr. Turner joined the Company in 2004 and has served in various legal roles including Vice President and Deputy General Counsel from October 2011 to March 2015, and Group Vice President & General Counsel, Office Products, from June 2007 to October 2011.
Tracy L. Platt has served as Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company since December 2023. Prior to joining the Company, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Cerner Corporation, a health care information technology company, from July 2019 to August 2022. Prior to that, Ms. Platt held various human resource leadership roles within Fortune 500 companies between 2009 and 2019 at Medtronic, a medical equipment manufacturer, including Vice President of Human Resources and integration leader during Medtronic’s $50 billion acquisition of Covidien. Earlier in her career, Ms. Platt also held human resources leadership positions at Cardinal Health, Lands’ End, and GE Healthcare.
Michal J. Geller has served as President, e-Commerce and Digital of the Company since April 2021. Prior to joining the Company, from March 2016 to March 2021, Mr. Geller served as Senior Vice President, Global e-Commerce marketing and Data Science at PepsiCo. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Mr. Geller spent almost ten years in a variety of business, technology and marketing roles including a leadership role on one of Amazon’s Mom-Focused sites, building Amazon’s digital coupon business and leading Amazon’s Gift Card business. Prior to joining Amazon, Mr. Geller was in leadership positions in several technology-based companies, including two that he founded.
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Michael M. Hayes has served as Chief Customer Officer of the Company since April 2020. Prior to joining the Company, from January 2011 to April 2020, Mr. Hayes served as the Senior Vice President, Sales & Sales Strategy of Georgia-Pacific LLC. Previously, he led Georgia-Pacific LLC's North American sales organization as Chief Sales Officer. Prior to joining Georgia-Pacific LLC in 2008, Mr. Hayes spent numerous years in sales and marketing leadership roles with the Sara Lee Corporation, Information Resources, Inc., The Dial Corporation and the Small Business Association. Mr. Hayes is a decorated U.S. military veteran, serving six years as a Navy Corpsman with the United States Marine Corps, and on active duty in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Melanie Huet was appointed President, Brand Management and Innovation of the Company in February 2023. Between October 2022 and January 2023, Ms. Huet served as a consultant to the Company. Prior to that, she served as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer at Serta Simmons Bedding LLC, a global sleep products company, between April 2021 and June 2022, and as its Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer between January 2019 and April 2021. Serta Simmons Bedding LLC filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in January 2023. Between July 2017 and October 2018, Ms. Huet served as Vice President, Beverages & Snack Nuts of Kraft Heinz, a global consumer packaged goods company. Previously, she served in various senior roles at Kimberly Clark, a global consumer packaged goods company, between 2011 and 2017, including Global Brand Director, Baby & Child Care from January 2016 to June 2017 and General Manager/Brand Director, Child Care from February 2014 to December 2015. Prior to that, Ms. Huet served in various sales and marketing leadership roles at Unilever, a global consumer packaged goods company, between 2005 and 2011. Ms. Huet serves on the Board of Directors of Quad/Graphics, Inc.
Dennis Senovich has served as Chief Supply Chain Officer of the Company since April 2019. He was the Global Head of Procurement of the Company from August 2017 to March 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Senovich served as President of a privately held third-party logistics company from 2011 to 2016. He held leadership roles from 2006 to 2011, within Nestlé as Executive Vice President of Supply Chain for Prepared Foods and Executive Vice President of Supply Chain for Ice Cream. He spent the bulk of his career, from 1984 to 2006, within PepsiCo North America in Supply Chain leadership roles across brand portfolios such as Frito Lay, Quaker, Tropicana and Gatorade.
Michael P. McDermott was appointed Segment CEO, Home and Commercial Solutions of the Company in January 2023. He served as Business Unit CEO, Commercial of the Company from January 2020 through January 2023. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. McDermott served as President of Omni-Channel Retail at Bass Pro Shops in 2019. Previously, Mr. McDermott served as Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer at Lowe's Companies Inc. from 2016 to 2019; Chief Merchandising Officer from 2014 to 2016; and Senior Vice President from 2013 to 2014. Prior to working with Lowe's Companies Inc., Mr. McDermott held various management roles at General Electric Company.
Kristine K. Malkoski was appointed Segment CEO, Learning and Development of the Company in January 2023. She served as Business Unit CEO, Writing of the Company from April 2022 through January 2023 and Business Unit CEO, Food of the Company from February 2020 through January 2023. Prior to joining the Company, from April 2019 to January 2020, Ms. Malkoski was Chief Executive Officer, Americas, for Arc International, a global manufacturer of glassware products for the housewares industry, where she was responsible for housewares sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution across North and South America. From January 2015 to August 2017, Ms. Malkoski served as President, Global Business and Chief Commercial Officer for World Kitchen, a privately owned international housewares company, where she oversaw operations for its retail stores, and, previously, from June 2012 to January 2015, as President, North America, Chief Innovation Officer, and President North America Household for World Kitchen. Prior thereto, Ms. Malkoski served as Vice President and General Manager of the Craftsman division of Sears Holding Company and in various other management roles at Sears, Ubiquity Brands and Procter & Gamble. From 1997 to 2002, Ms. Malkoski founded and served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Pharmaceutical Corporation of America, the first contract product management company for the prescription drug industry. Ms. Malkoski serves on the Board of Directors of The Aaron’s Company, Inc.
Nicolas Duran was appointed Segment CEO, Outdoor and Recreation of the Company in January 2024. Prior to joining the Company Mr. Duran held several leadership roles from March 2012 to December 2023, at Dorel Industries Inc., a global manufacturer of juvenile and home products, including Group Chief Operating Officer, South America; President, Canada and Latin America, Dorel Juvenile and most recently, President and CEO, Juvenile Group. Mr. Duran started his career at Reebok International, which was acquired by the Adidas Group, where he spent 14 years, from 1998 to 2012, in various roles of increasing responsibility in marketing, operations and sales, including serving as Vice President, Latin America, Reebok Brand, and Vice President, Americas and Europe, the Middle East and Africa Distribution, Rockport Brand.
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