WENDYS (WEN)
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Consumer Discretionary
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Director information for WEN
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEN | Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of H. J. Heinz Company; Chairman of the Board | 68 | ["substantial experience as a senior executive and director across a broad range of industries", "knowledgeable perspectives on financial and strategic planning for domestic and international operations", "12 years of experience as Chief Financial Officer of a large, multinational consumer goods company", "valuable insight to the Board on compliance, performance and risk management, executive compensation, business analytics, finance and capital structure, investor relations, internal controls, financial reporting, information technology and mergers and acquisitions", "unique perspective on product supply dynamics for the quick-service restaurant industry", "human capital management and corporate governance", "audit committee financial expert", "financially sophisticated audit committee member", "Financial Expert"] | ["AUDIT", "CI", "Executive+", "NCG+", "Capital and Investment", "Executive (Chair)", "Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)", "COMPENSATION AND HUMAN CAPITAL", "NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE", "Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
Companies shown below are based on exact name match for the selected Director
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHD | Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, HJ Heinz Company | [] | ["Executive"] | 2026 | |
| ARMK | Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, H.J. Heinz Company | 65 | ["Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, H.J. Heinz Company"] | ["Audit", "Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility"] | 2022 |
| PFGC | Director | 61 | ["Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of HJ Heinz Company", "Former positions with Indigo Capital portfolio companies", "Senior management and finance positions at C. Dean Metropoulos Group, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, AlliedSignal, Inc., and PepsiCo, Inc.", "Financial and capital markets consulting services to Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers", "Serves on the boards of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. and The Wendy\u2019s Company", "Earned a BA in Business Economics from UCLA and an MBA from The Wharton School", "substantial executive experience across a broad range of industries", "nearly twelve years of experience as the Chief Financial Officer of a large, publicly-traded consumer goods company", "perspectives on performance management", "expertise in business analytics", "knowledge in compliance", "risk management skills", "experience in public reporting", "insights into investor relations"] | [] | 2018 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Mr. Winkleblack was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Commercial Avionics Systems, a division of AlliedSignal Inc., from 1994 to 1996. Previously, he held various finance, strategy and business planning roles at PepsiCo, Inc. from 1982 to 1994. Mr. Winkleblack has served as a director of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. since January 2008. He previously served as a director of Aramark from November 2019 until January 2024, Performance Food Group Company from March 2015 until November 2019 and RTI International Metals, Inc. from December 2013 until the company was acquired by Alcoa Corporation in July 2015. Qualifications: Mr. Winkleblack has substantial experience as a senior executive and director across a broad range of industries, giving him knowledgeable perspectives on financial and strategic planning for domestic and international operations. Mr. Winkleblack s 12 years of experience as Chief Financial Officer of a large, multinational consumer goods company enables him to bring valuable insight to the Board on a number of topics, including compliance, performance and risk management, executive compensation, business analytics, finance and capital structure, investor relations, internal controls, financial reporting, information technology and mergers and acquisitions. His experience as a senior executive and public company director in the packaged foods and related industries also provides a unique perspective on product supply dynamics for the quick-service restaurant industry, as well as human capital management and corporate governance. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Winkleblack qualifies as an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of SEC regulations and as a financially sophisticated audit committee member under applicable Nasdaq rules. We believe that Mr. Winkleblack s overall experience and knowledge will benefit and contribute to the collective qualifications, skills and experience of our Board of Directors. Age: 68 Director Since: 2016 Current Board Committees: Audit Capital and Investment Executive (Chair ) Nominating and Corporate Governance ( Chair )