VF Corporation has named Brad Batten as Vice President and Controller. Batten rejoins VF after serving at Sara Lee Corporation, a diversified consumer products company with worldwide revenues of $18 billion.
While at Sara Lee Batten served as Vice President Operations – Intimates and Hosiery Group. He also has served as Vice President & Chief Operating Officer – Intimates Group and Vice President Finance & Chief Financial Officer – Intimates Group. Prior to these roles at Sara Lee, from 1998 to 2000 Batten served as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of VF's Intimates business, where he managed financial, strategic planning, credit & collection and information technology functions. Batten has also held senior financial roles at Dawson Consumer Products and Cluett Peabody and Company, Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Scranton and is a C.P.A.