Mark Bobak is currently a consultant to Fortune 500 companies and law firms around the
country. He specializes in providing his clients with strategic advice in legal matters,
political affairs, crisis management, communications and labor negotiations. He also
serves as Of Counsel to the law firm of Williams, Venker and Sanders in St. Louis,
Missouri.
From July of 2004 until December 31, 2007 Mark Bobak served as Group Vice President
and Chief Legal Officer of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. In that role, Bobak was
responsible for all Labor, Legal and Industry and Government Affairs matters for
Anheuser-Busch Companies and all of its subsidiaries. He served on the company’s
strategy committee, which was comprised of the senior-most executives in the company
and determined the strategic direction and policies for the company. He served on the
Board of Directors for Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo, Anheuser-Busch Inc., Busch
Entertainment Corp. and the Anheuser-Busch Packaging Group. Mark also served on
the Board of Directors for the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and was the Regional Vice
Chair for the South Central area.
Previously, Bobak served as Vice President, Corporate Human Resources, beginning in
2000. At that time, he was named a member of the Company’s Strategy Committee.
His responsibilities included labor relations and negotiating the company’s contracts with
its union workforce.
From 1996 to 2000 Bobak served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel and
was responsible for the Company’s legal affairs in Litigation, Intellectual Property,
International and Employment Law. He joined Anheuser-Busch’s Legal Department in
1992 as Associate General Counsel responsible for the Litigation Section.
Prior to joining Anheuser-Busch, Bobak was a partner with the St. Louis-based law firm
Armstrong, Teasdale, Schafly & Davis where he was engaged in trial work.
Bobak is a native of Chicago. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in marketing from
Marquette University and graduated cum laude with a law degree from St. Louis
University Law School. |
