Corporate Governance
Good corporate governance - pointing out corporate directors who should and shouldn't be elected anywhere. This is my attempt to keep track of good people for board of directors and keep track of people who should be avoided.Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Merrill has two writedowns, possibly has a third coming, ousts the CEO
Who's on this board that actually watches out for shareholders?
Carol T. Christ
President, Smith College; former executive vice chancellor and provost, University of California, Berkeley. 63 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2007.
Armando M. Codina
President and Chief Executive Officer, Flagler Development Group; Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of Florida International University, 58 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2005. Has been on a number of boards, including Home Depot, American Airlines, General Motors, and Burger King.
Virgis W. Colbert
Retired Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations for Miller Brewing Company; 65 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2006. Also on the board of Sara Lee.
Alberto Cribiore
Managing Partner and founder of Brera Capital Partners, a global private equity investment firm; former Co-President of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.; 59 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2003.
John D. Finnegan
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Chubb Corporation, a property and casualty insurance company; former Executive Vice President of General Motors Corporation, and Chairman and President of General Motors Acceptance Corporation, a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation; 56 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2004.
Judith Mayhew Jonas
Member of the U.K. government's Commission for Equality and Human Rights; former Provost of Kings College, Cambridge; former Special Adviser to the Chairman, Clifford Chance, Solicitors; former Vice Chair of the London Development Agency; 57 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2006.
Aulana L. Peters
Retired Partner in the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; former Member, Public Oversight Board of AICPA; former Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; 63 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 1994. Also on a number of boards, including 3M, Deere, and Northrop Grumman.
Joseph W. Prueher
U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 1999 to 2001; Consulting Professor to the Stanford-Harvard Preventive Defense Project; U.S. Navy Admiral (Ret.), Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Pacific Command from 1996 to 1999; 62 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2001. Also on a number of boards, including Fluor, Emerson, and Dyncorp.
Ann N. Reese
Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Center for Adoption Policy, a not-for-profit corporation; former Principal, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private equity investment firm; former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITT Corporation, a hotel and leisure company; 52 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2004. Also on a number of boards, including CBS, Sears, Xerox, and Jones Apparel.
Charles O. Rossotti
Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group, a private global investment firm; former Commissioner of Internal Revenue at the Internal Revenue Service; former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of American Management Systems, an international business and information technology consulting firm; 64 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2004.
Carol T. Christ
President, Smith College; former executive vice chancellor and provost, University of California, Berkeley. 63 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2007.
Armando M. Codina
President and Chief Executive Officer, Flagler Development Group; Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of Florida International University, 58 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2005. Has been on a number of boards, including Home Depot, American Airlines, General Motors, and Burger King.
Virgis W. Colbert
Retired Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations for Miller Brewing Company; 65 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2006. Also on the board of Sara Lee.
Alberto Cribiore
Managing Partner and founder of Brera Capital Partners, a global private equity investment firm; former Co-President of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.; 59 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2003.
John D. Finnegan
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Chubb Corporation, a property and casualty insurance company; former Executive Vice President of General Motors Corporation, and Chairman and President of General Motors Acceptance Corporation, a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation; 56 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2004.
Judith Mayhew Jonas
Member of the U.K. government's Commission for Equality and Human Rights; former Provost of Kings College, Cambridge; former Special Adviser to the Chairman, Clifford Chance, Solicitors; former Vice Chair of the London Development Agency; 57 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2006.
Aulana L. Peters
Retired Partner in the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; former Member, Public Oversight Board of AICPA; former Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; 63 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 1994. Also on a number of boards, including 3M, Deere, and Northrop Grumman.
Joseph W. Prueher
U.S. Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 1999 to 2001; Consulting Professor to the Stanford-Harvard Preventive Defense Project; U.S. Navy Admiral (Ret.), Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Pacific Command from 1996 to 1999; 62 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2001. Also on a number of boards, including Fluor, Emerson, and Dyncorp.
Ann N. Reese
Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Center for Adoption Policy, a not-for-profit corporation; former Principal, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private equity investment firm; former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ITT Corporation, a hotel and leisure company; 52 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2004. Also on a number of boards, including CBS, Sears, Xerox, and Jones Apparel.
Charles O. Rossotti
Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group, a private global investment firm; former Commissioner of Internal Revenue at the Internal Revenue Service; former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of American Management Systems, an international business and information technology consulting firm; 64 years old; Director of Merrill Lynch since 2004.
posted by Larry Diamond # 8:09 AM 
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