Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> October 8, 2001
WESLEY C. DAVIDSON is Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor
Relations, for the Alberto-Culver Company. Mr. Davidson graduated from
Kettering University in 1970 and Indiana University in 1972 and began
his professional life with Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Inc.
in New York. Following this, Mr. Davidson was Director, Corporate
Development/ Research and Development, among other positions over a 15-
year career with AMAX Inc., a $4 billion aluminum and energy company.
Mr. Davidson joined the Troy-Bilt Corporation and led the company in its
acquisition of Stairmaster Sports Medical Products Company, before
moving to Chicago in 1996 with the Alberto-Culver Company as Vice
President, Corporate Development. He was promoted to Vice President,
Corporate Development and Investor Relations in 2000. Mr. Davidson
spearheaded the company's acquisitions in Chile, Argentina and Poland,
as well as its acquisition of the Pro-Line Corporation. Mr. Davidson is
a member of the Association for Corporate Growth and the National
Investor Relations Institute. Profile
competitive landscape?
Mr. Davidson: The company was established in 1955 and went public in
1961, and it's grown over
