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Brown-Forman CFO To Retire

Liquor producer said Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer Phoebe A. Wood will retire on April 30, succeeded by Donald Berg.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Liquor producer Brown-Forman Corp. said Friday that Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer Phoebe A. Wood will retire on April 30.
 
Wood, 55, will be succeeded by Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Finance Donald Berg, 52, effective May 1.
 
Brown-Forman said Wood, who became CFO in February 2001, plans to continue serving on various corporate boards. She is currently a director for diversified manufacturer Leggett & Platt Inc.
 
Brown-Forman's products include Jack Daniel's, Southern Comfort and Finlandia Vodka.
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