
	Bob Probst was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Beam in September 2008. In addition to leading the company&#39;s strategic planning and corporate development, he is responsible for all financial operations, including the accounting and reporting, systems and financial controls, planning and compliance functions.
	
	In December 2010 he was also given oversight to the company&#39;s Information Technology and Business Systems Transformation responsibilities of the company.
	
	Probst built his 20-year commercial finance and accounting career leading financial operations at both U.S. and global companies. He joined Beam following three years at Baxter International, a global healthcare company, where he was Vice President, Finance, Strategy and Business Development, responsible for financial mergers and acquisitions for Baxter&#39;s $4.0 billion Medication Delivery business unit.
	
	Probst also was with Diageo for eight years in a series of significant leadership roles that included CFO of Global Supply, Assistant Treasurer and Director of Mergers and Acquisitions. Prior to Diageo, he spent four years at The Pillsbury Company as a finance manager, plant controller and senior financial analyst.
	
	Probst earned a Masters of Business Administration in finance and accounting from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Duke University.
	
	He, his wife, Laura, and their two sons reside in Winnetka, IL.
