Brian P. Anderson
Overview
Brian P. Anderson, age 56, is the former Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of OfficeMax Incorporated, a distributor of business-to-business and retail office products. Prior to assuming this position in 2004, Mr. Anderson was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Baxter International Inc., a position he assumed in 1998. He is also a director of A. M. Castle & Co., James Hardie Industries NV, and Pulte Homes, Inc., and serves on the audit committees of each of those companies. Mr. Anderson, an independent director, was first elected a director of Grainger in 1999 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee, an "audit committee financial expert," and a member of the Board Affairs and Nominating Committee. The Board has determined that Mr. Anderson's simultaneous service on the audit committees of more than three public companies will not impair his ability to serve effectively on Grainger's Audit Committee.
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