Stewart Hughes - Chairman and CEO
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.
Curt A. Hedges - President and Chief Operating Officer
As CFO prior to his current role of President and Chief Operating Officer 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.
Brent D. Morrill - Executive Vice President
As Executive Vice President, Mr. Morrill is responsible for Europe and Greater China regions as well as Global Marketing, Product Management, and Information Technology functions within the Company. 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 initiatives in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.
Mr. Morrill provides the Company with extensive experience in business and financial management. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a Master of Business Administration degree from Brigham Young University.
G. Paulo Bangerter - General Counsel
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 the 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.
Nathan K. Tolman - Chief Financial Officer
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. |