Governance Brown-Forman Corporation

BF.B

US1156372096

Distillers & Wineries

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12/11	Brown-Forman Announces the U.S. Launch of New Mix	CI
05/11	US companies step up job cuts amid uncertain economy	RE

Executive Committee: Brown-Forman Corporation

Manager

Positions heldSince

Lawson Whiting

57 year

Chief Executive Officer	01/01/2019
President	28/03/2019

Diane Nguyen

Human Resources Officer	-
Public Communications Contact	01/08/2024

Larry Combs

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

12/01/2023

Jeremy Shepherd

Sales & Marketing

14/01/2025

Leanne Cunningham

55 year

Director of Finance/CFO	02/07/2021
Investor Relations Contact	01/08/2019

Michael Carr

46 year

General Counsel	01/05/2024
Corporate Secretary	01/05/2024

Tim Nall

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

01/05/2010

Angela Enyard

37 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

01/05/2025

Composition of the Board of Directors: Brown-Forman Corporation

Director

CommitteesSince

Marshall Farrer

54 year

Chairman

24/07/2025

Michael Todman

67 year

Audit Committee	13/05/2020
Executive Committee
Governance Committee	13/05/2020
Nominating Committee	24/07/2014
Finance Committee
Executive Committee Chair
Compensation Committee Chair	01/01/2020

Jan Singer

61 year

Compensation Committee
Governance Committee Chair	15/11/2021
Nominating Committee Chair	15/11/2021
Audit Committee	25/01/2022
Governance Committee
Nominating Committee
Compensation Committee Chair

Michael Roney

71 year

Governance Committee
Nominating Committee
Compensation Committee Chair	27/03/2014
Compensation Committee	01/08/2017
Nominating Committee Chair	01/08/2017

Elizabeth Smith

62 year

Governance Committee Chair	18/12/2013
Nominating Committee Chair	18/12/2013
Audit Committee	24/01/2023

Lawson Whiting

57 year

Executive Committee	15/11/2018
Compensation Committee	25/04/2025
Nominating Committee	25/04/2025

Tracy Skeans

52 year

Governance Committee Chair	27/07/2023
Nominating Committee Chair	27/07/2023

Mark Clouse

57 year

Compensation Committee

Campbell Brown

57 year

Director/Board Member

24/07/2025

Elizabeth Brown

59 year

Director/Board Member

27/07/2023

W. Musselman

53 year

Director/Board Member

25/07/2024

Latest Appointments: Brown-Forman Corporation

26/08	Brown-Forman's finance boss Leanne Cunningham to retire next year	RE
26/08	Brown-Forman chief financial officer Leanne Cunningham to retire after 30 years	RE
26/08	Brown-Forman Corporation Announces Retirement of Leanne Cunningham as Executive Vice President, Effective on May 1, 2026	CI
25/07	Brown-Forman Appoints New Board Chairman, Maintains Quarterly Dividend	MT
25/07	Brown-Forman stockholders elect directors, Farrer named chairman	RE
29/04	Brown-Forman Corporation Announces Resignation of Marshall B. Farrer as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategic Growth Officer, Effective April 25, 2025	CI
24/04	Keurig Dr Pepper Names Bob Gamgort Non-executive Chairman	MT

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Former Officers and Directors: Brown-Forman Corporation

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Matthew Hamel

General Counsel	01/10/2007	01/05/2024
Corporate Secretary	01/10/2007	01/05/2024

Lisa Hunter

Corporate Officer/Principal

17/11/2010

01/10/2023

John Cook

Director/Board Member	25/09/2008	27/07/2023
Independent Dir/Board Member	25/09/2008	27/07/2023

Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne

Director/Board Member	01/01/2005	28/07/2022
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/2005	28/07/2022

George Brown

Director/Board Member	01/01/2006	01/01/2007
Chairman	01/01/2007	22/07/2021
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2011	01/01/2015

Jane Morreau

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	04/07/2013	01/01/2014
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	04/07/2013	01/01/2014
Director of Finance/CFO	01/01/2014	01/07/2021

Bruce L. Byrnes

Director/Board Member	23/09/2010	30/07/2020
Independent Dir/Board Member	23/09/2010	30/07/2020

Mark McCallum

Chief Operating Officer	07/05/2009	04/07/2013
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/2006	31/12/2019
Sales & Marketing	01/07/2003	07/05/2009

Paul Varga

Director/Board Member	01/01/2019	25/07/2019
Chief Executive Officer	01/08/2007	01/01/2019
Chairman	01/08/2007	01/01/2019
President	10/07/2012	01/01/2019
Sales & Marketing	01/01/2000	01/08/2007

Jill Jones

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/2000

31/05/2018

Sandra A. Frazier

Director/Board Member

01/05/2006

28/07/2016

Martin Brown

Director/Board Member

01/05/2006

28/07/2016

James S. Welch

Director/Board Member	01/01/2007	28/07/2016
Human Resources Officer	01/01/2007	04/07/2013
Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/1989	28/07/2016

William E. Mitchell

Director/Board Member	01/01/2009	01/01/2016
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/2009	01/01/2016

Dace Brown Stubbs

Director/Board Member

01/01/1999

23/07/2015

Donald Berg

Director of Finance/CFO	01/05/1988	30/04/2014
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-

John Kristin Sirchio

Sales & Marketing

18/11/2009

Richard P. Mayer

Director/Board Member	01/01/1994	26/07/2012
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/1994	26/07/2012

William M. Street

Director/Board Member

29/06/2010

28/07/2011

Donald Calder

Director/Board Member

01/07/1995

01/01/2010

James Bareuther

Chief Operating Officer	01/01/1994	07/05/2009
Corporate Officer/Principal	07/05/2009	01/01/2010

Andrew Varga

Corporate Officer/Principal	01/01/1998	01/01/2004
Sales & Marketing	01/01/2004	01/09/2009

Matt Roy Simmons

Director/Board Member

01/01/2002

22/01/2009

Barry D. Bramley

Director/Board Member

01/01/1996

28/09/2008

Phoebe Wood

Director/Board Member	01/01/2006	30/04/2008
Director of Finance/CFO	01/01/2001	30/04/2008

Owsley Brown

Director/Board Member	-	01/01/1995
Chief Executive Officer	01/01/1993	31/07/2005
Chairman	01/01/1995	27/09/2007

Michael B. Crutcher

Director/Board Member	01/01/1989	31/08/2007
General Counsel	01/01/1989	31/08/2007
Corporate Secretary	01/01/1989	31/08/2007

Stephen E. O'Neil

Director/Board Member

01/01/1978

30/04/2007

Donald T. Grimes

Corporate Officer/Principal

02/01/2007

Frazier Owsley Brown

Director/Board Member

07/05/2006

Kevin D. Patrick

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/09/2004

Steven Ratoff

Director of Finance/CFO

01/12/1994

01/02/2001

Christopher Wright Klinefelter

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1996

01/01/2000

Timothy J. Graven

Public Communications Contact

01/01/1998

Rupert Montagu

Sales & Marketing

01/01/1994

31/12/1997

Philip A. Lichtenfels

Human Resources Officer

01/01/1996

John A. Accardo

Corporate Officer/Principal

05/05/2011

Michael J. Keyes

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1991

Lisa P. Steiner

Human Resources Officer	01/01/2007	-
Public Communications Contact	01/02/2015	-

A. Kazimi

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1987

Jean W. Marstiller

Corporate Officer/Principal

01/01/1982

01/01/1987

Geoffrey McGregor Jones

Corporate Officer/Principal

Kenneth Blount

Corporate Officer/Principal

Sales & Marketing

President

President

Corporate Officer/Principal

24/09/2010

Catherine Frazier Joy

Corporate Officer/Principal

27/09/2010

Michael B. French

Corporate Officer/Principal

18/11/2010

Laura L. Frazier

Corporate Officer/Principal	27/09/2010	-
Director/Board Member	26/05/2016	22/07/2021

Martin S. Brown

President

Harvey N. Dondero

Sales & Marketing

TIm Fentress

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

Nicholas L. Giampietro

General Counsel	-	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-

Philip Lynch

Public Communications Contact

Kurt M. Schusterman

Corporate Officer/Principal

William A. Blodgett

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ina Brown Bond

Director/Board Member

Larry W. Perry

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Paul Gross

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

Douglas Gillespie

Corporate Officer/Principal

Cathy Hearld

Corporate Officer/Principal

Linda LeBlanc

Corporate Officer/Principal

Benjamin P. Marmor

Investor Relations Contact	-	22/11/2011
Public Communications Contact	-	-

Alan Gilleo

Corporate Officer/Principal

W. Brown

Director/Board Member

Jeremy Williams

Corporate Officer/Principal

Stephen Rolfs

Corporate Officer/Principal

Stuart Beck

Corporate Officer/Principal

21/10/2009

George R. Shicora

Chief Investment Officer

16/11/2009

David Dearie

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	15
Female	11

Of which Executive Committee

Male	5
Female	3

Of which Directors

Male	7
Female	4

Revisions

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Révisions CA 4 mois

Révisions CA 1 mois

Révisions BNA 1 an

Révisions BNA 4 mois

ESG MSCI

Environnement

Social

Gouvernance

Polémique

Controverses Ethiques

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Controverses Subventions fiscales

Conforme à la finance Islamique

Brown-Forman Corporation is among the main American producers of spirits and wines. The activity is organized around two families of products: - spirits : whiskies (Jack Daniel's, Canadian Mist, Early Times Kentucky brands), vodkas (Finlandia), tequilas (Herradura, Pepe Lopez, el Jimador), bourbons (Old Forester, Woodford Reserve), gins (Stellar) and liqueurs (Chambord); - wines: notably marks Fetzer, Korbel, Bolla, and Bonterra Vineyards. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (44.4%), Mexico (6.7%), Germany (6.4%), Australia (5%), the United Kingdom (4.4%) and other (33.1%).

Employees

5,000

Sector

Distillers & Wineries

Calendar

04/12 - Q2 2026 Earnings Release

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