Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> January 3, 2005
PHOEBE A. WOOD is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of Brown-Forman Corporation. She is responsible for the financial
operations of the company and its subsidiaries Brown-Forman Beverages
Worldwide and Lenox, Incorporated. She is also responsible for the
corporate development and strategy, controller, treasury, investor
relations, tax, information technology, internal audit, and the internal
consulting departments of Brown-Forman Corporation. With 24 years of US
and international financial and operational management experience in
energy and technology markets, Ms. Wood has served as chief financial
officer and a member of the executive teams of four large divisions of
Fortune 100 companies. She joined Brown-Forman from Motorola subsidiary
Propel, Inc., where she served as vice president and chief financial
officer. Prior to joining Motorola, Ms. Wood enjoyed a career of over 20
years with the Atlantic Richfield Company, with assignments as vice
president of finance, planning and control for ARCO subsidiaries in
Alaska and England. Ms. Wood was graduated cum laude by Smith College
and holds an MBA from UCLA. She is a member of the Smith College Board
of Trustees and is a former trustee of Alaska Pacific University. She is
a member of the board of directors of OshKosh B'Gosh, Inc. Profile
the company today?
Ms. Wood: Brown-Forman is a diversified consumer products company that
has two segments. One segment
