Bacardi Limited Elects New Directors to Board.Bacardi Further Strengthens Corporate Governance Corporate Governance The relationship between all the stakeholders in a company. This includes the shareholders, directors, and management of a company, as defined by the corporate charter, bylaws, formal policy, and rule of law. HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Facundo L. Bacardi, chairman of Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, today announced two new directors have been elected to serve on the Company's board of directors. "These two highly accomplished individuals bring vast experience in the consumer products and investment banking industries to the Bacardi Limited board of directors," said Mr. Bacardi. "The appointments continue to reflect the Company's strong commitment to good corporate governance." The newly elected directors are Melanie Liddle Healey and Roman Martinez. Melanie Liddle Healey has vast expertise in marketing of consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and . She serves as group president, global feminine and health care for the Procter & Gamble Company, a $76.5 billion global company operating in more than 80 countries. Previously Ms. Healey served as president of global feminine care (2005-2007) and vice president of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. feminine care (2001-2005). She joined Procter & Gamble in 1990 and held a variety of marketing roles in Brazil and Mexico on leading P&G brands before being appointed general manager of feminine care for Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. in 1998. Ms. Healey began her 25 year career in marketing at Johnson & Johnson. Roman Martinez is the retired managing director of Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH), founded in 1850, is a diversified, global financial services firm. It is a participant in investment banking, equity and fixed income sales, research and trading, investment management, private equity, and private banking. , where he had a more than thirty year career with the company. He is currently a private investor and serves on various corporate and non-profit boards including Alliant Techsystems, Inc., CIGNA CIGNA CG (Connecticut General Life Insurance Company) INA (Insurance Company of North America) Corporation and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Presbyterian Healthcare System. Mr. Martinez is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an influential and independent, nonpartisan foreign policy membership organization founded in 1921 and based at 58 East 68th Street (corner Park Avenue) in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. . He has been involved in a broad spectrum of U.S. and international investment banking activities covering advisory as well as financing assignments. Mr. Martinez also headed a sector of Lehman's investment banking division during 1986-1989, was a member of the board of directors of the Lehman Brothers Division of Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc. during 1989-1993 and a member of the management committee of the investment banking division during 1990-1994. Bacardi Limited is the largest privately held spirits company in the world and produces and markets a variety of internationally recognized spirits. The Bacardi Limited brand portfolio consists of more than 200 brands and labels, including: BACARDI[R] rum, the world's number-one selling premium rum; GREY GOOSE[R] vodka, the world leader in super premium vodka; MARTINI[R] vermouth vermouth (vərm  th`), blend of white wines fortified with additional alcohol and flavored with aromatic herbs, spices, and roots. It contains up to 19% alcohol. , the world leader in vermouth;
DEWAR'S[R] Scotch whisky, the number-one selling blended Scotch
whisky in the United States; BOMBAY SAPPHIRE[R] gin, the fastest-growing
premium gin in the world; CAZADORES[R] blue agave tequila, the
top-selling premium tequila in the world; and other leading brands. For
more information, visit www.BacardiLimited.com.
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