– USA, NY – 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. (NASDAQ:FLWS), the leading gourmet food and floral gift provider for all occasions, today announced that Celia R. Brown has joined the Company’s Board of Directors. Ms. Brown served for five years as EVP, Group HR Director of Willis Group, a multi-billion dollar global, risk management and insurance brokerage company with operations in more than 120 countries. At Willis, Ms. Brown was an advisor to the CEO, compensation committee and Board of Directors on talent strategy, succession planning, reward strategy, culture and diversity. Upon the 2016 merger of Willis and Towers Watson, Ms. Brown served as an integration advisor to the combined company.
Jim McCann, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM founder and Chairman, said, “We’re very pleased to have Celia join our board of directors. Celia is a proven strategic business leader with extensive experience in talent evaluation and development as well as design and implementation of merger integration programs, including cultural change and diversity strategies and compensation strategies. We believe Celia’s broad range of professional experience will be extremely valuable as our company continues to grow and extend our position as a leading omni-channel, provider of products and services for all of our customers’ gifting and celebratory needs.”
Prior to joining Willis, Ms. Brown was with XL Capital Ltd. and its predecessor company from 1988 through 2009 where she held numerous positions culminating in EVP, Head of Global HR and Corporate Relations. Prior to XL Capital Ltd., Ms. Brown was Vice President, Associate General Counsel for JWT Group Inc. and Associate Attorney at Burns Summit Rovins and Feldesman. Ms. Brown is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law and Emory University and serves as a senior strategic advisor for the Darla Moore School of Business Center for Executive Succession and a board member for the non-profit organization Volunteer New York.
About 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc.
1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. is a leading provider of gourmet food and floral gifts for all occasions. For the past 40 years, 1-800-FLOWERS® has been helping deliver smiles for our customers with gifts for every occasion, including fresh flowers and the finest selection of plants, gift baskets, gourmet foods, confections, candles, balloons and plush stuffed animals. As always, our 100% Smile Guarantee® backs every gift. The company’s Celebrations® suite of services including Celebrations Passport® Free Shipping/No Service Charge program, Celebrations Rewards® and Celebrations Reminderssm, are all designed to engage with customers and deepen relationships as a one-stop destination for all celebratory and gifting occasions. In 2016, 1-800-Flowers.com was awarded a Silver Stevie “e-Commerce Customer Service” Award, recognizing the company’s innovative use of online technologies and social media to service the needs of customers. In addition, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. was recognized as one of Internet Retailer’s Top 300 B2B e-commerce companies and was also recently named in Internet Retailer’s 2016 Top Mobile 500 as one of the world’s leading mobile commerce sites. The company was included in Internet Retailer’s 2015 Top 500 for fast growing e-commerce companies. In 2015, 1-800-Flowers.com was named a winner of the “Best Companies to Work for in New York State” Award by The New York Society for Human Resource Management (NYS-SHRM).
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