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Unicity's
Executive Strength
Unicity International
has been privately held since July 2003. As an entrepreneurial company,
currently led by the most successful distributor in the history of
the company and its predecessor organizations, Unicity is keenly attuned
to the needs of its Franchise Owners is able to rapidly respond to them.
Unicity has assembled
an extraordinary team of talented, experienced managers to lead the
company through unparalleled international and domestic growth. The
strength of this executive leadership team is a fusion of leadership
and international diplomacy unprecedented in the history of the franchising
and nutritional industries.
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Stewart Hughes - Chairman & CEO
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Prior
to joining Unicity International, Mr. Hughes spent 15
years in the financial services industry where he served
as Vice President and Senior Financial Management Advisor
with two Wall Street investment-banking firms.
In
1991 he launched Marathon Group International, an independent
distributor organization committed to bringing cutting-edge
preventive healthcare products to market worldwide. With
tens of thousands of distributors throughout North and
South America, Europe, and Asia and revenue exceeding
$100 million annually, Marathon Group International is
one of the largest companies of its kind in the world.
In leaving this highly successful distributorship to lead
Unicity International as CEO, Mr. Hughes has made the
strongest possible statement about his commitment to the
future of Unicity and the opportunity for independent
distributors worldwide.
Mr.
Hughes believes that lasting success can only be achieved
through continual personal development. In addition to
educating the public on preventive healthcare solutions,
he has taught principle-centered leadership skills to
thousands of people in North and South America, Europe
and Asia. Mr. Hughes is the author of several training
programs including: the CORE Journal, Constructive Imagination,
Solution Based Selling, and Relationship Focus. These
training programs as well as a commitment to lead by example
have earned him recognition as an extraordinary international
business leader, trainer, and speaker.
Mr. Hughes graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and received his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Utah’s David Eccles Graduate School of Business.
He
and his wife Bonita are the parents of eight children
and the grandparents of five.
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Curt A. Hedges - President & COO
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As
CFO prior to his current role of President of the company,
Curt Hedges has made numerous improvements in the accounting,
financial reporting, internal controls, and cash management
areas of Unicity's business. He has implemented robust
cost controls and cash management processes throughout
the company's global markets, resulting in significantly
improved cost structures.
Mr.
Hedges came to Unicity International after a long, distinguished
career in all facets of financial management for private
and public companies. He served as Vice President and
Corporate Controller for Compass Learning Corporation,
a privately held corporation based in Phoenix, Arizona,
and as Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
for Wicat Systems, a publicly traded, multinational firm
in Orem, Utah. In all of his positions, Mr. Hedges has
proven success in creating effective cash management and
accounting systems and improving cost structures.
Mr.
Hedges has considerable experience in managing information
systems departments and in implementing new software systems.
He received a B.S. Degree in Accounting from Brigham Young
University and is a qualified CPA in the State of Utah.
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Brent D. Morrill - Executive Vice President
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As
Executive Vice President, Mr. Morrill is responsible for Europe, the Americas adn Greater China regions as well as Global Marketing. Prior to joining
Unicity in 2003, Mr. Morrill held several executive positions
at Ford Motor Company over a twelve-year period. His experience
included key assignments in manufacturing, purchasing,
production engineering, marketing, sales, business development,
investor relations, and corporate finance.
Mr. Morrill
was responsible for various business groups in North America,
South America, Europe and Asia. He led several operational initiatives to improve the overall performance of Ford, Lincoln,
Mercury, Volvo, Jaguar and Land Rover vehicle divisions..
Mr. Morrill provides the Company with extensive experience
in corporate management. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration
Degree from Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management.. |
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G. Paulo Bangerter
- General Counsel
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Paulo Bangerter is welcomed
in Unicity markets around the world as a leader and innovator
in the direct selling industry. He has held several leadership
positions in the U.S. Direct Selling Association and served
on an ethics task force for the World Federation of Direct
Selling Associations.
In
1993 Mr. Bangerter joined Enrich International, a predecessor
to Unicity, as Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary.
During his tenure with Unicity and its predecessor companies,
he developed an evangelical zeal for direct selling industry.
Prior
to joining Unicity, Mr. Bangerter served as General Counsel
for two high-tech software firms, both of which grew through
mergers he supervised. He has experience in private law
practice in the field of commercial litigation and received
a Juris Doctorate Degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law
School at Brigham Young University. Born in Sao Paolo,
Brazil, Mr. Bangerter has extensive international experience.
He lived several years in Brazil and Portugal and speaks
Portuguese and Spanish.
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Nathan K. Tolman - Chief Financial Officer
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Prior
to joining Unicity, Nathan was a Mergers & Acquisition
Director for PowerQuest, a software company that was acquired
by Symantec. While with PowerQuest, Nate prepared market
analysis and deal evaluation packages, was the primary
due diligence interface with targets and, after the announcement
of Symantec's purchase, was designated as the transition
manager with PowerQuest to coordinate all transition issues
with Symantec. Prior to PowerQuest, he was the Vice President
of Finance & Controller for an emerging markets, high-tech
simulation division of General Electric and completed
GE's six sigma quality training program.
At GE he was responsible for divisional financial reporting,
budgeting internal controls management. Prior to the acquisition
of this high-tech simulation company by GE, Nate was the
Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary for I-Sim
Corporation negotiating deal terms, coordinating audits
and tax compliance, financial statement preparation, preparing
business plans, forecasting budgets and internal controls.
Nate started his career in public accounting with Deloitte
& Touche, LLP and was promoted after 5 years to Audit
Manager. While with Deloitte & Touche, Nate managed multiple
audit teams on multi-billion dollar audits for public
& private companies in public utilities, healthcare, retail
and manufacturing.
He
received a Masters Degree in Accounting from the Eccles
School of Business at Utah State University, graduating
cum laude. Nate is a currently licensed CPA in the state
of Utah.
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