Valspar names new controller

Brenda McCormick, Valspar’s assistant controller and senior finance director, was promoted to Controller, according to a Feb. 16 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). McCormick also served as  finance director at Valspar. 

In previous experience, McCormick held positions as director financial reporting, planning and analysis at Lawson Software and director financial reporting - consumer products at International Multifoods.

The SEC report also summarized Valspar’s annual meeting on Feb. 16, where shareholders elected three directors who were on the slate and approved by a 10-to-1 margin, in an advisory vote, the corporation’s executive compensation.