American Vanguard Corporation (AVD)

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American Vanguard Corporation

4695 MacArthur Court
Newport Beach, CA 92660
United States
949 260 1200
https://www.american-vanguard.com

Sector(s): Basic Materials
Industry: Agricultural Inputs
Full-time employees: 845

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Eric G. Wintemute	Chairman & CEO	821.35k	N/A	1956
Mr. David T. Johnson	VP, CFO & Treasurer	508.07k	N/A	1957
Mr. Timothy J. Donnelly Esq.	General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer & Secretary	398.24k	N/A	1960
Dr. Ulrich G. Trogele Ph.D.	COO & Executive VP of AMVAC Chemical Corporation	485.73k	N/A	1958
Mr. Peter E. Eilers	Managing Director of AMVAC Netherlands BV	343.73k	N/A	1964
Mr. Anthony Scott Hendrix	Senior Vice President of Crop Sales for U.S. & Canada	392.4k	N/A	1971
Andrew B. Naughton	VP & Director of Technology	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. William A. Kuser	Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Shirin Khosravi	Senior Vice President of Human Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Donald J. Gualdoni	Chief Transformation Officer	N/A	N/A	1976

Amounts are as of 31 December 2023, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

American Vanguard Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets specialty chemicals for agricultural, commercial, and consumer uses in the United States and internationally. It manufactures and formulates chemicals, including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, soil health, plant nutrition, molluscicides, growth regulators, soil fumigants, and biorationals in liquid, powder, and granular forms for crops, turf and ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection. The company also markets, sells, and distributes end-use chemical and biological products for crop applications; and distributes chemicals for turf and ornamental markets. It distributes its products through national distribution companies, and buying groups or co-operatives; and through sales offices, sales force executives, sales agents, and wholly owned distributors. American Vanguard Corporation was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

Corporate governance

American Vanguard Corporation’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 29 April 2024 is 3. The pillar scores are Audit: 9; Board: 4; Shareholder rights: 1; Compensation: 5.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.