 Michael B. Polk
President & CEO
Mike Polk has been President and CEO of Newell Rubbermaid since July 2011. He has been a member of Newell Rubbermaid’s Board of Directors since 2009.
He was most recently President of Global Foods, Home and Personal Care at Unilever, where he was responsible for the development, innovation and marketing of Unilever's entire $64 billion portfolio of categories and brands. During eight years at Unilever, he is credited with transforming the company’s business in the Americas and, in his latest role, sharpening Unilever’s portfolio strategy and creating a more competitive, faster-growing, innovation-driven organization. He was a member of the Unilever Executive Board from 2007-2011.
Previously, Mike spent 16 years at Kraft Foods. His last two positions at Kraft were President, Asia Pacific Region, Kraft Foods International and President, Nabisco Biscuit & Snacks, Kraft Foods North America. In both positions, he served on Kraft’s Management Committee. Prior to Kraft, Mike spent three years at Procter & Gamble working in manufacturing and research & development in the Paper Products Division. He has a B.S. in operations research and industrial engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is on the executive committee of the board of the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) and is the Vice Chairman and member of the Board of the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE).  Paul G. Boitmann
Chief Customer Development Officer
Paul Boitmann has led the transformation of Newell Rubbermaid’s global selling organization to deliver higher revenues, increased profitability, and more strategic customer relationships that leverage consumer and shopper insights.
As President of Global Sales Operations, Paul provided sales leadership across all of Newell Rubbermaid’s businesses and geographies. He implemented a Sales Excellence initiative that defines a common global sales vision, aligns training programs and resources, then links the vision to the company’s brand development strategies
From 2005 to 2007 Paul served as President of North America Sales Operations, managing account teams to higher profitability and sales at Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Grainger, Costco, and other leading retailers and distributors. He joined Newell Rubbermaid in 2001 as President of the Home Depot Division, where his team achieved four consecutive years of double-digit business growth and received multiple customer awards for business development successes.
Previously, Paul had an 18-year career at Black & Decker in increasing sales and marketing leadership roles, culminating as Vice President of Sales, U.S.
Paul is a board member of HopeXchange, a global non-profit dedicated to alleviate suffering in developing countries through education, healthcare and sustainable development. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Texas.  William A. Burke III
Group President - Newell Professional
With more than 25 years in the commercial and industrial tools industry, Bill Burke brings a wealth of management and marketing experience to his role as Group President of Newell Professional. This portfolio encompasses a diverse collection of well-known brands including Lenox, Irwin, Dymo, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Rubbermaid Medical Solutions and Shur-Line.
Bill joined Newell Rubbermaid in 2003 as the President of Lenox. Under his leadership, the brand averaged double-digit sales growth and became a significant platform for international expansion through strong branding, innovation, end-user conversion and channel penetration.
Prior to Newell Rubbermaid, Bill spent 20 years at Black and Decker in various roles including Vice President/General Manager of the Product Service Division and Global Vice President of Marketing.
Bill received his bachelor's degree and Master of Business Administration from Loyola University in Baltimore.  Juan R. Figuereo
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Juan Figuereo is a former Walmart and PepsiCo executive with significant experience in global general management, operations, and strategic mergers and acquisitions, in addition to senior financial leadership. He joined Newell Rubbermaid in December 2009.
Previously, Juan was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cott Corporation Inc., a publicly traded company and one of the world's largest suppliers of retailer-branded soft drinks, where he helped engineer a turnaround including significant gross margin expansion, cost reductions and a strengthening of the company's balance sheet.
Before that, Juan helped Walmart become the top foreign retailer in China as Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions at Walmart International. He also helped the retailer enter five new countries in Central America and strengthen its position as a top retailer in Brazil. Additionally, he played a key role in post-acquisition integration and in the design of Walmart's integration process for newly acquired businesses.
At PepsiCo, Juan held a number of key international positions, including Vice President and Managing Director for Frito-Lay Dominican Republic; Vice President of Business Integration for Frito-Lay Europe in London; Vice President and CFO of Frito-Lay South Europe in Barcelona; Vice President and CFO of Pepsi-Cola Bottling in Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Vice President and CFO of Pepsi-Cola Latin America. He led the largest business re-engineering project in PepsiCo Europe's history to integrate Frito-Lay's manufacturing and supply chain operations across the entire region. He also was a critical player in the financial and operational turnaround of Pepsi-Cola Bottling in Brazil, including restructuring the organization's manufacturing, sales and distribution networks.
Juan began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. in Miami, specializing in banking, insurance and information systems consulting. A Certified Public Accountant, he received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Public Accounting from Florida International University. Figuereo is a native of the Dominican Republic who is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.  Penny McIntyre
Group President - Newell Consumer
Penny McIntyre is a senior international marketing and general management executive with a proven track record of applying consumer insights within and across cultures to drive innovation and business results. Her passion is making the complex simple and making the simple impactful – critically important qualities when competing for attention, time and resources.
Penny is Group President of Newell Consumer, where her portfolio includes Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Calphalon, Levolor, Paper Mate and Parker – all winning brands in their respective categories. She joined the company in June 2009 as as Group President of Office Products.
Previously, Penny spent 11 years with The Coca-Cola Co. in a variety of international marketing and general manager assignments, including leadership roles in Moscow, Johannesburg, London and the U.S.
Prior to Coca-Cola, Penny’s early career at S.C. Johnson included assignments in the U.S., Canada and Japan on many of the company’s well-known brands, including global Windex.
A native of Canada, Penny graduated with honors from the University of Western Ontario with a degree in business administration. She spends her free time in Atlanta enjoying her family and playing an active role in the community through United Way. Eduardo Senf
President - Newell Rubbermaid International
Eduardo Senf joined Newell Rubbermaid in 2004 as President of the company's Rubbermaid and Irwin businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean. He led the region to achieve double-digit income growth while strengthening the company's Latin America platform through aggressive branding campaigns and channel marketing. He was named President of Newell Rubbermaid Latin America in Jan. 2008.
A native of Brazil, Eduardo has dual bachelor's degrees in mechanical engineering and production engineering from Faculdade de Engenharia Industrial - FEI in Sao Paulo. He completed his postgraduate studies in finance and business at the University of Anahuac in Mexico. Gordon C. Steele
Senior Vice President – Program Management Office and Chief Information Officer
Gordon Steele joined Newell Rubbermaid in August 2005 as Vice President and Chief Information Officer, bringing more than 16 years of senior management experience in information technology. Most recently, he was Vice President and CIO for Global Information Technology at Nike, where he led the successful implementation of SAP on a global basis. Gordon has also served in leadership capacities with Mentor Graphics Corporation, Warwick Financial Systems, US Bancorp and Fred Meyer Savings & Loan. Gordon is responsible for leading and managing all global information technology strategies and activities for Newell Rubbermaid, with an emphasis on overseeing a smooth transition from legacy systems to SAP.
Gordon earned his bachelor's degree from Western Oregon University/Oregon State University. John Stipancich
Senior Vice President - General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
John Stipancich joined Newell Rubbermaid in 2004 as its lead attorney for the Tools, Hardware and Commercial Products Group, as well as the Rubbermaid and Décor Global Business Units. He was promoted to Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective January 2010. Prior to Newell Rubbermaid, John served as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Evenflo, a former Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. portfolio company. He started his legal career as an associate with the Cleveland office of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey.
John earned his law degree from The Ohio State University and holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Toledo. James M. Sweet
Executive Vice President of Human Resources
Jim Sweet joined Newell Rubbermaid in January 2004 as Group Vice President of Human Resources for the Sharpie/Calphalon Group, bringing more than 20 years of human resource experience with diverse global companies. He was President and Co-Founder of Capital H Inc., a human resource services company with operations in three states. Prior to that he held top-level human resource posts with the Kohler Co., Keystone International and the Brady Corporation. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Service and taught at the Wisconsin School of Electronics.
Jim holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Ted Woehrle
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Ted Woehrle joined Newell Rubbermaid in 2007 and is leading the company’s transformational change in consumer understanding, marketing and brand building.
Under his leadership, Newell Rubbermaid has adopted a new brand building blueprint to drive best-in-class results and allow ideas and talent to flow more freely between business units.
Brand building investments as a percent of sales have increased steadily, and Newell Rubbermaid’s brands continue to develop new and effective ways to connect with consumers.
Previously, Ted held several pivotal marketing and general management leadership positions in his 24-year career at Procter & Gamble. His last assignment was Vice President of Marketing for North America where he was a key leader on the P&G team named “Marketer of the Year" by "Advertising Age" magazine and "Media Client of the Year" by "Media" magazine.
He has also served the marketing community outside the company on the board of directors of the Ad Council and as a committee chair for the Association of National Advertisers.
Ted is a graduate of Michigan State University with a degree in mechanical engineering.
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