LOS ANGELES
CHICAGO
TAMPA
EILEEN KAMERICK
Board Member
Trusted Advisor
SEC Financial Expert
Experienced Audit and Corporate Governance Committee Chair
• Energy, chemicals, building products
• Energy, chemicals, building products
Eileen Kamerick is a National Association of Corporate Directors Board Leadership Fellow with a MBA, with honors, in Finance and International Business and a JD from The University of Chicago. She teaches corporate governance and finance at leading universities.
Eileen is featured in The Board Game: How Smart Women Become Corporate Directors.
Directors and Boards magazine named her as a 2016 Director to Watch.
CURRENT CORPORATE BOARDS
Associated Banc-Corp (NYSE), a $32B in assets major Midwest bank that was cited by Forbes magazine as a most trusted company for financial reporting; 2007 – present
• Chair, Corporate Governance Committee that received a “1” in Governance Quick Score; member, Corporate Development Committee; former Chair, Audit Committee
Associated Banc-Corp (NYSE), a $32B in assets major Midwest bank that was cited by Forbes magazine as a most trusted company for financial reporting; 2007 – present
• Chair, Corporate Governance Committee that received a “1” in Governance Quick Score; member, Corporate Development Committee; former Chair, Audit Committee
Legg Mason Closed End Mutual Funds (NYSE), a leading mutual fund with 31 separate funds including energy MLPs, emerging markets, and fixed income funds; 2013 – present
• Closed End Mutual Fund Board: Chair, Audit Committee—partnered with management to align valuation processes to mutual fund industry best in class standard; member, Nominating and Governance Committee
• Closed End Mutual Fund Board: Chair, Audit Committee—partnered with management to align valuation processes to mutual fund industry best in class standard; member, Nominating and Governance Committee
Hochschild Mining plc (LSE), a leading precious metals firm and FTSE 250 constituent, November 2016 – present
• Chair, Audit Committee
• Chair, Audit Committee
PRIOR CORPORATE BOARDS
Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ), a leading telecommunications and technology company—received a “1” from ISS; rated by Crain’s Chicago as a Top 10 Chicago’s best performing corporate boards
• Chair, Audit Committee; former Chair and member, Compensation Committee
• Chair, Audit Committee; former Chair and member, Compensation Committee
Information Resources / IRIC (NASDAQ), a leading consumer packaged goods data and technology company
• Chair, Audit Committee prior to its successful going private transaction
• Chair, Audit Committee prior to its successful going private transaction
ServiceMaster (NYSE), a Fortune 500 services company
• Member, Audit Committee prior to its successful going private transaction
• Member, Audit Committee prior to its successful going private transaction
Stelmar Shipping (NYSE), a Greek and British owned oil tanker company with an exemplary safety record
• Member, Audit Committee prior to its successful sale to a competitor
• Member, Audit Committee prior to its successful sale to a competitor
CORPORATE FINANCIAL STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
Eileen is the Co-Founder of The Governance Partners, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in assisting companies with pre-IPO preparation, M&A planning and integration, and financial and operational excellence. Her expertise was honed in CFO roles with such companies as:
Eileen is the Co-Founder of The Governance Partners, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in assisting companies with pre-IPO preparation, M&A planning and integration, and financial and operational excellence. Her expertise was honed in CFO roles with such companies as:
• Press Ganey Associates, a healthcare technology private equity owned company where Eileen increased stakeholder value by reducing costs by over $10M annually and spearheading growth with four acquisitions and a strategic product roadmap
• Tecta America Corporation, the largest U.S. commercial roofing and environmental services company where Eileen prepared the company for IPO by implementing SOX controls, standalone financial statements, and enhanced financial and operational key metrics dashboard reporting, and negotiated a successful recapitalization to address major downturn in construction market--eliminated $30M in operating expense
• Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank and financial advisory privately held firm where Eileen prepared the company for a potential IPO and employed international tax strategy to reduce effective tax rate by over 700+ basis points
• Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed premier international executive search firm where Eileen partnered with the CEO to complete the turnaround that doubled the stock price and revenue and quadrupled profits
• Leo Burnett, a global advertising/media firm where Eileen increased margins by 500+ basis points and led the sale to Publicis
• Amoco Corporation, a NYSE-listed Fortune 50 global energy company, where Eileen, as SVP and Treasurer, led 30+ successful financings, acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures with a $15B+ value; led the IPO of Vysis, a biotechnology firm, and served on their Board; and became CFO of the Americas after Amoco’s merger with BP PLC and CFO of ARCO