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Executive Officers of the Registrant
The current executive officers of Mattel, all of who are appointed annually by and serve at the pleasure of
the board of directors, are as follows:
Name Age Position
Executive
Officer
Since
Robert A. Eckert .................... 50 Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer
2000
Matthew C. Bousquette ............... 46 President, Mattel Brands 1999
Ellen L. Brothers .................... 49 Executive Vice President of Mattel and President,
American Girl
2003
Thomas A. Debrowski ............... 54 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations 2000
Joseph F. Eckroth, Jr. ................ 46 Chief Information Officer 2000
Kevin M. Farr ...................... 47 Chief Financial Officer 1996
Neil B. Friedman .................... 57 President, Fisher-Price Brands 1999
Alan Kaye ......................... 51 Senior Vice President, Human Resources 2000
Douglas E. Kerner ................... 47 Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller 2001
Robert Normile ..................... 45 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
1999
Bryan Stockton ..................... 51 Executive Vice President, International 2000
H. Scott Topham .................... 44 Vice President and Treasurer 2004
Mr. Eckert has been Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since May 2000. He
was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods, Inc., the largest packaged food company in
North America, from October 1997 until May 2000. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Eckert was Group Vice President of
Kraft Foods, Inc. From 1993 to 1995, Mr. Eckert was President of the Oscar Mayer foods division of Kraft
Foods, Inc. Mr. Eckert worked for Kraft Foods, Inc. for 23 years prior to joining Mattel.
Mr. Bousquette has been President, Mattel Brands since March 2003. He served as President,
Boys/Entertainment from March 1999 until March 2003. From May 1998 to March 1999, he was Executive Vice
President and General Manager-Boys Toys. From 1995 to 1998, he was General Manager-Boys Toys. He joined
Mattel in December 1993 as Senior Vice President-Marketing.
Ms. Brothers has been Executive Vice President of Mattel and President, American Girl since July 2000.
From November 1998 to July 2000, she was Senior Vice President of Operations, Pleasant Company (which
merged with and into Mattel on December 31, 2003, followed immediately on January 1, 2004, by an asset
transfer to Mattel’s subsidiary American Girl). From January 1997 to November 1998, she was Vice President of
the Catalogue Division, Pleasant Company. She joined Pleasant Company in 1995, prior to its acquisition by
Mattel in July 1998, as Vice President of Catalogue Marketing.
Mr. Debrowski has been Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations, since November 2000. From
February 1992 until November 2000, he was Senior Vice President-Operations and a director of The Pillsbury
Company. From September 1991 until February 1992, he was Vice President of Operations for the Baked Goods
Division of The Pillsbury Company. Prior to that, he served as Vice President and Director of Grocery
Operations for Kraft U.S.A.
Mr. Eckroth has been Chief Information Officer since July 2000. From July 1998 until July 2000, he was
Chief Information Officer of General Electric Company’s Medical Systems unit. From November 1995 until
June 1998, he served as Chief Information Officer of General Electric Company’s Industrial Controls Systems
division. Prior to that, he held several senior positions within Operations and Information Technology at
Northrop Grumman Corporation.
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