Kellwood appoints Robert C Skinner Jr as CEO & W. Lee Capps III as COO
03 Jun '05
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Upbin will remain as chairman through January 31, 2006. Following his retirement, Upbin has agreed to a three-year consulting agreement to advise the Company in specific areas including mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning and operational projects.
Skinner was elected to the Kellwood Board of Directors in June 2004, and president and COO in December 2003. From March 2002 until December 2003, he served as Kellwood corporate vice president with overall responsibility for Menswear, Intimate Apparel and Childrenswear. Skinner joined Kellwood two years earlier in 2000 as president of the Company's Menswear division. Prior to Kellwood, he was president of Oxford Shirt Group for 13 years, and corporate vice president of Oxford Industries for his last two years there.
Capps formerly had held the post of EVP finance and CFO since December 2003. From 2002 to 2003, he was SVP and CFO. He was appointed CFO in November 2000. Capps joined the Kellwood family in 1988 through the Company's American Recreation Products subsidiary.
Upbin was elected Kellwood chairman of the board in December 1999. He was named CEO in December 1997, and president and COO in 1994. In 1995, Upbin was elected to the Board of Directors. In 1992, he was promoted to executive vice president corporate development. Upbin joined Kellwood in 1988 with the Company's acquisition of American Recreation Products.
Kellwood is a $2.5 billion marketer of apparel and consumerwas promoted to executive vice president corporate development. Upbin joined Kellwood in 1988 with the Company's acquisition of American Recreation Products.
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