Charles D. Hale is Independent Director of the Company. He has previously served as a Director of Test Equity, Inc.; Chairman of Liquid Technologies, Inc., and as a member of the Board of Directors at Applied System Technologies. Mr. Hale is a seasoned industrial distribution executive with over 18 years of prior experience at FCX Performance, a leader in the specialty flow control distribution market. At FCX, Mr. Hale served as President from 2008-2015 and President and Chief Executive Officer from 2015 to 2018, after serving as Chief Financial Officer for nearly 11 years. While at FCX, he implemented transformational operating changes which focused on supplier development, organic sales growth and profit improvement initiatives. Mr. Hale has a track record of creating value through a number of playbooks including strategic and financial planning, pricing & profit margin improvement, acquisitions/integrations, sales force development, technology & analytics, operational improvements and organization development. Prior to joining FCX, Mr. Hale was a commercial and investment banker with Bank One, Mitsubishi Bank and Fifth Third Bank where he held various management and corporate finance positions. These professional experiences qualify him to serve as a Director.
As the Independent Director of Lawson Products, the total compensation of Charles Hale at Lawson Products is $131,250. There are 11 executives at Lawson Products getting paid more, with Neil Jenkins having the highest compensation of $1,134,300.
Charles Hale is 53, he's been the Independent Director of Lawson Products since 2019. There are 12 older and 4 younger executives at Lawson Products. The oldest executive at Lawson Products, Inc. is Andrew Albert, 74, who is the Independent Director.
Charles's mailing address filed with the SEC is 8770 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE, SUITE 900, CHICAGO, IL, 60631.
Over the last 22 years, insiders at Lawson Products have traded over $225,798,195 worth of Lawson Products stock and bought 10,147,542 units worth $102,654,295 . The most active insiders traders include Ronald B Port, Robert J Washlow a Luther Capital Management C.... On average, Lawson Products executives and independent directors trade stock every 27 days with the average trade being worth of $2,295,007. The most recent stock trade was executed by Matthew Jay Brown on 31 December 2022, trading 778 units of LAWS stock currently worth $28,677.
Founded in 1952, Lawson Products, Inc., headquartered in Chicago, IL, sells and distributes specialty products to the industrial, commercial, institutional and government maintenance, repair and operations market (MRO). The Company is dedicated to helping customers in the U.S. and Canada lower their total cost of operation by increasing productivity and efficiency. The combination of Lawson and Partsmaster's Managed Inventory process and the Company's problem-solving professionals ensures customers always have the right parts to handle the job. Through The Bolt Supply House, customers in Western Canada have access to products at several branch locations. Under its Kent Automotive brand, the Company provides collision and mechanical repair products to the automotive aftermarket.
Lawson Products executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: