New directors join Dr Pepper Snapple board
PLANO, Texas Cadbury Schweppes has appointed four new members to the board of directors of Dr Pepper Snapple Group, its U.S. beverages subsidiary. The new members will be joined on the board by Wayne Sanders, the former chairman and ceo of Kimberly-Clark who was previously named as the company's incoming chairman, DPSG ceo Larry Young and DPSG cfo John Stewart.
The new directors are Jack Stahl, Terry Martin, Pamela Patsley and Anne Szostak.
Stahl, a 22-year veteran of The Coca-Cola Company where he was cfo and senior vp of the North America Group and senior vp of the Americas Group before becoming president and coo. From 2002 to 2006 he was ceo and president of Revlon.
Martin has previously served as cfo of Quaker Oats Company, which included the Gatorade brand, SPX Corporation and American Cyanamid Company. He retired in 2001 following the sale of Quaker Oats to PepsiCo.
Patsley is a CPA and has over 20 years of executive experience in the financial services sector, including as cfo of First USA. She was senior evp of First Data Corporation from 2000 to 2007 and president of First Data International from 2002 to 2007.
Szostak is currently president and ceo of Szostak Partners, which provides advice on strategic and human resource issues. From 1973 to 2004 she held executive positions at FleetBoston Financial Corporation including serving as evp and corporate director of human resources and diversity.