James B. Baker serves as Independent Director of the Company. Managing of Partner River Associates Investments, LLC and predecessor entities, a private equity investment fund which partners with management teams in buyouts, divestitures and recapitalizations of lower middle market companies since 2001. From 1993 to 2001, he was a Partner in River Associates, LLC. Mr. Baker was President and Chief Operating Officer (1991-1992) and Senior Vice President (1987-1991) of CONSTAR International, Inc., a plastics container manufacturer. Mr. Baker also formerly served as a director of Wellman, Inc. and US Xpress. Mr. Baker has been a Director of the Company since 2010. Mr. Baker’s strong background in all aspects of executing acquisitions, both in the U.S. and internationally, are valuable to the Company. He also has over 30 years of experience in strategic planning and operating decisions for middle market companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Baker, who serves as one of the financial experts of the Company’s Audit Committee, has a financial background and has had a wide range of experience in financial reporting for publicly-owned companies. He has served as an independent director on the audit committees of two public companies, had primary responsibility for the financial reporting of a public company and also worked with several public companies during his career with Arthur Andersen & Co.
As the Independent Director of Astec Industries, the total compensation of James Baker at Astec Industries is $135,000. There are 12 executives at Astec Industries getting paid more, with Barry Ruffalo having the highest compensation of $1,729,880.
James Baker is 74, he's been the Independent Director of Astec Industries since 2010. There are 4 older and 24 younger executives at Astec Industries. The oldest executive at Astec Industries Inc. is Daniel Frierson, 78, who is the Independent Director.
Over the last 25 years, insiders at Astec Industries have traded over $48,270,203 worth of Astec Industries stock and bought 431,040 units worth $9,006,877 . The most active insiders traders include Jeffrey L Et Al Gendell, Jeffrey T Jackson и Thomas W. Hill. On average, Astec Industries executives and independent directors trade stock every 41 days with the average trade being worth of $489,143. The most recent stock trade was executed by Jaco Van Der Merwe on 16 May 2024, trading 2,000 units of ASTE stock currently worth $67,400.
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