Charles F. Potts serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Potts is the Chairman of the Board of Heritage Construction and Materials, a provider of construction materials and services that operates in the Midwest United States and China. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Construction and Materials from 2003 thru 2012. Prior to joining Heritage Construction and Materials, Mr. Potts was employed as an executive officer of Ashland, Inc., where he served as President of APAC Inc. and Senior Vice President of Ashland Inc. Mr. Potts also served as the Director of Construction of the Florida Department of Transportation for 18 years. Mr. Potts has previously served as the Chairman of the Board of the National Center for Asphalt Technology, the International Center for Aggregates Research and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association. Mr. Potts has been a Director of the Company since 2014. Mr. Potts brings extensive experience in, and knowledge of, the construction and aggregates industry to the Company. In addition to his executive leadership experience in the industry, he has conducted extensive research involving highway construction materials and pavement design and published the original guide specification for asphalt recycled pavements.
As the Independent Director of Astec Industries, the total compensation of Charles Potts at Astec Industries is $127,500. There are 14 executives at Astec Industries getting paid more, with Barry Ruffalo having the highest compensation of $1,729,880.
Charles Potts is 75, he's been the Independent Director of Astec Industries since 2013. There are 2 older and 25 younger executives at Astec Industries. The oldest executive at Astec Industries Inc. is Daniel Frierson, 78, who is the Independent Director.
Over the last 25 years, insiders at Astec Industries have traded over $48,270,203 worth of Astec Industries stock and bought 431,040 units worth $9,006,877 . The most active insiders traders include Jeffrey L Et Al Gendell, Jeffrey T Jackson und Thomas W. Hill. On average, Astec Industries executives and independent directors trade stock every 41 days with the average trade being worth of $489,143. The most recent stock trade was executed by Jaco Van Der Merwe on 16 May 2024, trading 2,000 units of ASTE stock currently worth $67,400.
Astec Industries executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: