Waste Management, Inc. Elects Bradbury H. Anderson to Board of Directors
August 15 2011 - 5:05PM
Business Wire
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) today announced that Bradbury
H. Anderson, formerly Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Best Buy Co. Inc., was elected to its Board of Directors on
Thursday, August 11th.
Mr. Anderson's career at Best Buy included a broad range of
experiences. Mr. Anderson started at Best Buy in 1973, and held
various assignments of increasing responsibility before being named
Vice President in 1981. He was named President and Chief Operating
Officer for Best Buy in 1991. In 2002, Mr. Anderson assumed the
responsibility of Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for
Best Buy. He retired from his Chief Executive Officer role in June
2009.
“Brad led Best Buy through a highly successful customer
segmentation transformation during a time of significant change in
the electronics retail business. We believe that his experience in
customer focus and segmenting will provide invaluable perspective
and guidance to both our Board and our management team. We are
pleased to have him as part of our team," said David P. Steiner,
Chief Executive Officer of Waste Management.
Mr. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the
University of Denver. He was a member of the Best Buy board of
directors until his retirement in June 2010, and currently serves
on the board of Carlson, a private travel and hospitality company,
and General Mills.
The election of Mr. Anderson brings the size of Waste
Management’s Board of Directors to nine members, eight of whom are
independent.
ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste Management, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is the leading
provider of comprehensive waste management services in North
America. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides collection,
transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services.
It is also a leading developer, operator and owner of
waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United
States. The company’s customers include residential, commercial,
industrial, and municipal customers throughout North America. To
learn more information about Waste Management visit www.wm.com or
www.thinkgreen.com.
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