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Independent consultant with over twenty years of experience providing executive recruiting,
succession planning, and talent management services. Previously, Ms. Redmond was Managing
Director and Co-Head of the CEO/Board Services Practice at Russell Reynolds Associates Inc., a
global executive search firm, and led the firm’s insurance practice for more than ten years.
Ms. Redmond’s civic involvement includes service as a director of Children’s Memorial Hospital,
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and LivingWell Cancer Resource Center.
Ms. Redmond’s extensive experience with succession planning and talent management results
from conducting numerous assignments to recruit and place chief executive officers in a number
Andrea Redmond of high profile companies across industries including financial services, technology, transportation,
Age 55 consumer products, and health care. She has also served clients in the recruitment of directors for
Director since 2010 corporate boards, including those of a number of publicly traded companies. Ms. Redmond’s
Independent exposure to business issues across a wide range of industries provides a broad perspective on
strategic and operational priorities. Her experience helping companies identify and recruit leaders
capable of building high performance organizations is also useful to the Board in evaluating
Allstate’s current leadership as well as recruiting new executives and directors, and has been
valuable in her service on both the Compensation and Succession Committee and Nominating and
Governance Committee.
Key Areas of Experience:
• Executive Compensation and Talent • Strategy Formation
Management • Corporate Governance and Compliance
• Leadership and Management
Committee Membership Attendance Public Board Membership of Previous Five
Years:
Compensation and Succession 5 of 5 100% None
Nominating and Governance 5 of 5 100%
Chairman of Cooper Industries, Ltd., a diversified manufacturer of electrical products, tools,
and hardware, from April 1996 until his retirement in February 2006. Mr. Riley previously served
Cooper Industries as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from April 1996 until May 2005 and as
Chairman, President and CEO from April 1996 until August 2004.
Mr. Riley has extensive executive leadership and management experience from nearly a
decade of leading Cooper Industries, Ltd., a large publicly traded company. This experience, which
is enhanced by his service on the board of Baker Hughes Incorporated as its lead director and as
chair of its compensation committee, serves him well as Chair of the Compensation and
H. John Riley, Jr. Succession Committee and as a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee and
Age 70 Executive Committee. Mr. Riley’s background as former head of a worldwide manufacturer of
Director since 1998 electrical products, tools, and hardware is valuable in evaluating how Allstate’s operations and
Independent technology connect employees, agencies, and customers.
Key Areas of Experience:
• Executive Compensation and Talent • Technology
Management • Corporate Governance and Compliance
• Leadership and Management
Committee Membership Attendance Public Board Membership of Previous Five
Years:
Compensation and Succession 7 of 7 100% Baker Hughes, Inc. 2007—present
(Chair) Westlake Chemical Corporation 2007—present
Executive 1 of 1 100%
Nominating and Governance 6 of 6 100%
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