Corporate Governance - Management

Brian R. Gamache, 50, serves as our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He rejoined WMS in April 2000 as President and Chief Operating Officer, and was named President and Chief Executive Officer, along with his appointment to the Board of Directors, in June 2001. Under Mr. Gamache's leadership, WMS was named one of the fastest growing companies in the United States in 2007 by Fortune. Additionally, the Wall Street Journal ranked WMS in the Top 20 publicly-traded companies in c... 

Orrin J. Edidin, 47, is President of WMS Industries.

Mr. Edidin leads WMS' engineering and product development, business development, global sales and marketing, manufacturing, materials planning, sourcing and global supply management.

Mr. Edidin's vigilant focus on innovation and the creation of intellectual property, product portfolio expansion and gaining global market share, has resulted in WMS' revenues more than tripling from 2001 through 2008, with a substantial impro... 

Scott D. Schweinfurth, 54, was named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of WMS Industries in April 2000. Mr. Schweinfurth, a Certified Public Accountant, manages finance, accounting, facilities and investor relations.

Mr. Schweinfurth has steered WMS to its excellent financial position, overseeing the company's increasing revenue, which was up 20 percent in fiscal 2008. Also under Mr. Schweinfurth's fiscal guidance, WMS saw its fiscal 2008 gross profit mar... 

Larry Pacey, 44, is Executive Vice President, Global Products and Chief Innovation Officer with WMS Gaming.

Mr. Pacey is responsible for game development, engineering, product management, advanced R&D activities and marketing. Mr. Pacey's leadership and strategic vision have helped reinforce WMS' reputation as the foremost innovator of gaming products and services. His ground-breaking approach has led WMS to create new categories of game play that are revolutionizing the global gaming... 

As WMS' Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Kenneth Lochiatto, [45], oversees the company's business process development and global commercial and customer service initiatives, supervises manufacturing and materials, and manages sourcing and global supply procurement. By consolidating WMS’ manufacturing and service organizations under Ken’s leadership, WMS has gained further operational efficiencies while delivering enhanced customer service.

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Kathleen J. McJohn, 50, joined us in January 2003, assuming the offices of Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in February 2003. Ms. McJohn is responsible for management of all legal affairs for WMS and its subsidiaries.  

Previously, Ms. McJohn served in the law department of Sears, Roebuck and Co. (NYSE: S) for more than five years, most recently as Vice President, Law—Merchandising, in which she served as their primary counsel for all merchandise business and was re...