Ros L'Esperance

Newell Brands Inc. announced that Ros L'Esperance has been appointed as director of the company effective April 22, 2016. Ros L'Esperance (age 54) is Group Managing Director, Head of Americas Investment Banking and Chairman of Global Investment Banking for UBS AG as of September 2014. From October 2013 to May 2014, Ms. L'Esperance was Chairman of the Global Investment Banking Division at Barclays Capital Inc. and served as a member of several Operating and Executive Committees within Barclays. Prior to being named Chairman, Ms. L'Esperance was jointly responsible for Corporate Finance and M&A at Barclays from 2008-2013. She joined Barclays in 2008 from Lehman Brothers where she was co-head of Global Corporate Finance. During her tenure at Lehman Brothers, she was also a founder and leader of the Financial Sponsors Group from 1997 through 2007 and previously was a Managing Director in the Media and Communications Group. She began her career as an Associate at Lehman Brothers in 1987. Ms. L'Esperance is an active promoter of diversity in the workplace and is also a board member of the Boys Club of New York.