Brian D. Walters
Brian serves as Executive Vice-President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for Matthews International Corporation having joined the Company as corporate counsel in January 2005 and having been promoted to the role of General Counsel in February 2009. Brian directs all legal operations for the Company globally, in addition to serving as a member of Matthews’ executive leadership team.
Established in 1850, Matthews now operates 3 very diverse business segments in over 35 countries. In 20 years of leading the legal function for Matthews, Brian has directed over 80 mergers and acquisitions, varying in size, complexities, industries and geographies. During that same period, the annual revenue of the Company has more than tripled to approximately USD 1.8 Billion.
Brian is also responsible for developing and directing various global compliance programs addressing trade secret protection, anti-trust, anti-corruption, data protection, export controls and insider trading.