Anyone with a name like Charlie Brown should know how to plow forward againsttough odds. And Charles Brown, the new chief financial officer of Delray Beach,Fla.-based Office Depot Inc., would make the Peanuts gang proud. Brown says hehas no intentions of wilting under the pressure of a slowing economy as thecompany looks to keep its title as the world?s largest office-supply retailer.
Value Architect
Calling himself the architect around driving shareholder value, Brown, who waspromoted to CFO last month after a three-year stints as the company'scontroller, says a slowing economy won?t derail the $11.6 billion company'splans of building more stores, expanding internationally and boosting its Webinitiatives.
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