Oct. 19, 2009 (PR Newswire) --
LAKE FOREST, Ill., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) today announced that it has named Andrew E. Graves, 50, president - Brunswick Boat Group. Graves most recently served as president - US Marine and Outboard Boats for Brunswick. Graves now will also have responsibility for the operations of Sea Ray and Meridian. He will continue to report to Dustan E. McCoy, chairman and chief executive officer of Brunswick Corporation.
"At Brunswick, we are always seeking ways to stay better aligned with the market as well as position the Company to emerge stronger from this downturn," McCoy explained. "An important part of this effort is to adapt our organizational structure to further simplify, integrate and strategically direct our industry-leading portfolio of boat brands. The changes we are making today will further refine our efforts to better coordinate activities among our brands, including product development and design, platform manufacturing and other operating and administrative functions that are common to our various groups.
"Since joining Brunswick in 2005," McCoy continued, "Andy has consistently demonstrated his leadership capabilities and foresight in helping to direct the transformation of our boat operations and manufacturing footprint, while skillfully guiding a large portion of our brand portfolio through the most challenging marine market in decades."
Most recently, Graves was president - US Marine and Outboard Boats, a position he assumed in 2008. Mr. Graves joined Brunswick in 2005, originally as President - Freshwater Group. Before coming to Brunswick, Graves was President of the Dresser Flow Solutions business of Dresser, Inc., a leading maker of valves and control solutions for the oil and gas industry. From 2001 to 2003, he was president and chief operating officer for Federal Signal Corporation. Prior to 2001, Graves held positions of increasing responsibility with CNH Global, N.V., and FMC Corporation.
Promotions at Sea Ray
Brunswick also today announced that it has named Robert J. Parmentier, 48, president - Sea Ray Group, and Terry D. McNew, 47, executive vice president - product development and engineering, manufacturing and quality, concentrating on the Sea Ray, Bayliner, and Meridian brands. Both actions are effective immediately, and both Parmentier and McNew will report to Graves.
Parmentier most recently was executive vice president - Sea Ray, overseeing a wide range of responsibilities, including that of the Meridian yacht brand, which was integrated into Sea Ray in 2008.
