January 26, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Callaway Golf Co. (NYSE: ELY) has appointed Adebayo O. Ogunlesi to the company’s board of directors. He will begin serving immediately and will stand for election for a full one-year term at the company’s 2010 annual meeting of Shareholders in May.

Ogunlesi is chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Management, LLC, which is a private equity firm that invests in infrastructure assets in the energy, transport, and water and waste industry sectors.

Prior to founding Global Infrastructure Management, Ogunlesi spent 23 years at Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS), where he held senior positions, including executive vice chairman and Chief Client officer and prior to that Global Head of Investment Banking. 

California-based Callaway Golf manufactures and sells golf clubs and golf balls, and sells golf accessories, under the Callaway Golf, Odyssey, Top-Flite, and Ben Hogan brands in more than 110 countries worldwide.

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