BACARDI APPOINTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS
Bacardi Ltd. has announced the appointment of Robert Corti, Philip Shearer and Toten Comas to its board of directors.
Corti is currently chairman at Avon Products Foundation and served as Avon Products Inc.’s Executive Vice President from 1998 until his retirement as CFO last November and as Executive Vice President in March 2006. Corti is also a member of the board of directors and chairman of the Audit Committee at Activision Inc., a publisher of interactive entertainment software, and serves as a member of the board of the Queens College Foundation and the Valtarese Foundation.
Meanwhile, Shearer, who is currently group president of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., is responsible for Clinique and Origins on a global basis and leads the cosmetics company’s online activities, including the Gloss.com joint venture with Chanel and Clarins.
Comas has served on Bacardi Ltd.’s Board of Directors as an alternate director from 2000 to 2002, is president of Propiedades Coba S.A., a commercial real estate development firm located in Malaga, Spain. He also worked as director of quality control for Bacardi España and the European Bacardi Bottlers. Comas originally joined Bacardi & Co. as a rum blender in 1969 in Nassau, a position he held until 1977.
Corti is currently chairman at Avon Products Foundation and served as Avon Products Inc.’s Executive Vice President from 1998 until his retirement as CFO last November and as Executive Vice President in March 2006. Corti is also a member of the board of directors and chairman of the Audit Committee at Activision Inc., a publisher of interactive entertainment software, and serves as a member of the board of the Queens College Foundation and the Valtarese Foundation.
Meanwhile, Shearer, who is currently group president of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., is responsible for Clinique and Origins on a global basis and leads the cosmetics company’s online activities, including the Gloss.com joint venture with Chanel and Clarins.
Comas has served on Bacardi Ltd.’s Board of Directors as an alternate director from 2000 to 2002, is president of Propiedades Coba S.A., a commercial real estate development firm located in Malaga, Spain. He also worked as director of quality control for Bacardi España and the European Bacardi Bottlers. Comas originally joined Bacardi & Co. as a rum blender in 1969 in Nassau, a position he held until 1977.
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