Mr. Archibald joined Black & Decker as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Director in September 1985. When appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in March 1986 at the age of 42, Mr. Archibald was the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company. He was elected to the additional post of Chairman in December 1986.

Prior to joining Black & Decker, Mr. Archibald held various management positions at Beatrice Companies, Inc. from 1977 to 1985, culminating with his appointment as ... 

Mr. Fenton joined Black & Decker as Vice President and General Counsel in May 1989, when the Corporation established the position of General Counsel, and was promoted to Senior Vice President and General Counsel in December 1996. He began his legal career in 1974 with Miles & Stockbridge, Black & Decker’s outside legal counsel, and became a partner of the Baltimore-based firm in 1980. Throughout his tenure at Miles & Stockbridge, he primarily handled Black & Decker legal matters.

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Les H. Ireland assumed the position of President – North America, within the Power Tools and Accessories Group, in January 2009. Prior to this appointment, he served briefly as President-Commercial Operations for the Industrial Products Group, beginning in April 2008. He was elected a Vice President of the Corporation in September 2000.

Before returning to the United States in 2008, Mr. Ireland served as President – Europe/Middle East/Africa from January 2005, and Managing Direct... 

Michael D. Mangan was named President of Worldwide Power Tools and Accessories in September 2008. He joined Black & Decker as Vice President – Investor Relations in November 1999 and was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Black & Decker Corporation in January 2000. In 2006, he was given responsibility for the Fastening and Assembly Systems segment in addition to his duties as chief financial officer.

Previously, Mr. Mangan had been Executive Vice Presid... 

Paul F. McBride was named Senior Vice President – Human Resources and Corporate Initiatives in March 2004. Previously, he had served as President of the Power Tools and Accessories Group and an Executive Vice President of the Corporation since joining Black & Decker in April 1999.

Mr. McBride joined Black & Decker from the General Electric Company, where he was a Company Officer and Vice President and General Manager of the global silicones business, a unit of GE Plastics. Having be... 

Christina M. McMullen is Vice President and Controller of The Black & Decker Corporation. She is the principal accounting officer of the Corporation and has responsibility for financial reporting and accounting policy.

Ms. McMullen joined Black & Decker in April 1993 as Assistant Controller following a 12-year career with Ernst & Young LLP where she progressed to the position of Senior Manager on the audit staff. She was named Controller of Black & Decker in January 2000 and was p... 

Stephen F. Reeves was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2008. He previously served as Vice President – Finance for the global power tools and accessories business, beginning in April 2000. From December 1996 to January 2000, Mr. Reeves was the Corporation’s Vice President and Controller and he then served as Vice President – Finance and Strategic Planning for several months.

From 1981 until May 1994, when he joined Black & Decker, Mr. Reeves wa... 

Mark M. Rothleitner is Vice President – Investor Relations and Treasurer of The Black & Decker Corporation. He joined Black & Decker as Director of International Treasury in January 1991, and was Assistant Treasurer - International from 1994 through 1996. He was named Treasurer in March 1997, and assumed additional responsibility for Investor Relations in January 2000.

Mr. Rothleitner held several positions at AlliedSignal Inc. from 1986 through 1990, including Manager of Intern... 

John W. Schiech was named Group Vice President of the Corporation and President – Industrial Products Group in March 2004. Prior to being promoted to his current position, Mr. Schiech had held general management roles in the North American Professional Power Tools organization since 1995, and assumed global responsibility in January 2001. He was elected a Vice President of the Corporation in 1997. He served as Vice President, Engineering for the North American Power Tools Division from Jul... 

Mr. Archibald joined Black & Decker as President, Chief Operating Officer, and Director in September 1985. When appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in March 1986 at the age of 42, Mr. Archibald was the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company. He was elected to the additional post of Chairman in December 1986.

Prior to joining Black & Decker, Mr. Archibald held various management positions at Beatrice Companies, Inc. from 1977 to 1985, culminating with his appointment as ... 

Mr. Augustine served in various capacities with Douglas Aircraft Company and Vought Missiles and Space Company before joining the United States Department of Defense, where he served as Undersecretary of the Army. He joined Martin Marietta Corporation, a predecessor of Lockheed Martin Corporation, in 1977 as vice president of Aerospace Technical Operations, became a director in 1986, and rose to the position of chairman of the board and chief executive officer in 1988 and 1987, respectively... 

Ms. Bowles held various positions at First National Bank of Chicago, including vice president of trust investments. From 1981 to 1984, Ms. Bowles was assistant vice president and director of investor relations for Beatrice Companies, Inc. In 1984, she joined Kraft, Inc., where she served as corporate vice president until 1989. Ms. Bowles was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of The Kenwood Group, Inc., an investment advisory firm that she founded in 1989, until December 2005, ... 

Mr. Burns served for nine years with Mobil Oil Corporation, before joining Ryder System, Inc. in 1974. He was elected president and chief operating officer and a director of Ryder in 1979, chief executive officer in 1983, and chairman of the board in 1985. He retired as chief executive officer in 2000 and as chairman of the board and a director in 2002.

Mr. Fernandez held various positions with ITT, Harris Corporation, and Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation before becoming president of Zilog Incorporated in 1979. In 1982, he founded Gavilan Computer Corporation and served as president and chief executive officer and, in 1984, became president and chief executive officer of Dataquest, Inc., an information technology service company. From 1991, he served as president, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of Gartner Group, and wa... 

Mr. Griswold joined Alex. Brown & Sons in 1967, became a partner of the firm in 1972, was elected vice chairman of the board and director in 1984, and became chairman of the board in 1987. Upon the acquisition of Alex. Brown by Bankers Trust New York Corporation in 1997, he became senior chairman of BT Alex. Brown, and upon the acquisition of Bankers Trust by Deutsche Bank in 1999, he became senior chairman of Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown, the predecessor of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Mr. Gr... 

Mr. Luiso was employed by Arthur Andersen & Co. and, in 1971, joined Beatrice Companies, Inc. Mr. Luiso held various positions at Beatrice, including president and chief operating officer of the International Food Division and president and chief operating officer of Beatrice U.S. Food. Mr. Luiso left Beatrice in 1986 to become group vice president and chief operating officer of the Foodservice Group of International Multifoods Corporation and served as chairman of the board, president, and c... 

Mr. Ryan was a management consultant for McKinsey and Company and a vice president for Citicorp. He joined Union Texas Petroleum Corporation as treasurer in 1982, became controller in 1983, and was promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer in 1984. In April 1993, Mr. Ryan was named the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Medtronic, Inc. He retired from Medtronic in 2005.

Mr. Ryan was first elected a director of Black & Decker in 2005. He also...