Corporate and Financial
Brunswick Names Kinsey Vice President - Strategy and Corporate Development; Tompkins to Join Bowling & Billiards
LAKE FOREST, Ill., March 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brunswick Corporation
(NYSE: BC) today announced that Jeffrey M. Kinsey, 42, has been promoted to
vice president - strategy and corporate development. Kinsey will oversee
strategic planning for Brunswick, reporting to Peter G. Leemputte, senior vice
president and chief financial officer. Kinsey succeeds Dale B. Tompkins, 45,
who will join Brunswick Bowling & Billiards and report to Warren N. Hardie,
president of Brunswick Bowling & Billiards.
Kinsey most recently was vice president of the Focused Businesses Unit, a
collection of small but fast-growing businesses within Mercury Marine, a
Brunswick unit. He joined Mercury in 2003 as vice president of strategy and
business development before assuming his most recent role in 2004.
Prior to joining Mercury, Kinsey was manager of business development for
General Electric's aircraft engines business. He was a senior consultant with
Marakon Associates after leaving the U.S. Navy, where he was an aviator and
White House liaison officer.
Kinsey has a BS degree in electrical engineering from the University of
Cincinnati, a MS degree in aerospace science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, and a MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at
Northwestern University.
In his new role, Tompkins will focus on developing new business
opportunities for Brunswick Bowling & Billiards. Before his most recent
assignment, he also had served as vice president - strategy and business
development for Mercury Marine Group, joining the company in 2000. Prior to
joining Brunswick, Tompkins had been vice president of business development
for Giddings & Lewis, a manufacturer of industrial equipment and systems based
in Fond du Lac, Wis. He previously had been with the Strategic Advisory
Services and Financial Advisory Services groups of Ernst & Young.
Tompkins has his MBA from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor's
degree in finance from the University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse.
About Brunswick
Headquartered in Lake Forest, Ill., Brunswick Corporation endeavors to
instill "Genuine Ingenuity"(TM) in all its leading consumer brands, including
Mercury and Mariner outboard engines; Mercury MerCruiser sterndrives and
inboard engines; MotorGuide trolling motors; Teignbridge propellers; MotoTron
electronic controls; Albemarle, Arvor, Baja, Bayliner, Bermuda, Boston Whaler,
Cabo Yachts, Crestliner, Harris, Hatteras, Kayot, Laguna, Lowe, Lund, Maxum,
Meridian, Ornvik, Palmetto, Princecraft, Quicksilver, Savage, Sea Boss, Sea
Pro, Sea Ray, Sealine, Triton, Trophy, Uttern and Valiant boats; Attwood
marine parts and accessories; Land 'N' Sea, Kellogg Marine, Diversified Marine
and Benrock parts and accessories distributors; IDS dealer management systems;
Life Fitness, Hammer Strength and ParaBody fitness equipment; Brunswick
bowling centers, equipment and consumer products; Brunswick billiards tables;
and Dynamo, Tornado and Valley pool tables, Air Hockey and foosball tables.
For more information, visit http://www.brunswick.com .
SOURCE: Brunswick Corporation
CONTACT: Dan Kubera, Director - Media Relations and Corporate
Communications of Brunswick Corporation, +1-847-735-4617
Web site: http://www.brunswick.com
