People: Smithfield Foods Inc (SFD)

SFD on New York Consolidated

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20 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Joseph Luter

73 2006 Chairman of the Board

C. Larry Pope

57 2006 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Robert Manly

59 2012 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President; President of Murphy-Brown LLC.

Michael Brown

53 2010 President of Farmland Foods Inc

George Richter

67 2008 President, Chief Operating Officer - Pork Group

Timothy Schellpeper

47 2008 President of Smithfield Packing

Joseph Sebring

65 1994 President of John Morrell

Joseph Luter

47 2008 Executive Vice President

Dhamu Thamodaran

57 2011 Executive Vice President, Chief Commodity Hedging Officer

Dennis Treacy

57 2011 Executive Vice President - Corporate Affairs, Chief Sustainability Officer

Frank Royal

72 Lead Independent Director

Wendell Murphy

73 2000 Director

Carol Crawford

69 2000 Independent Director

Richard Crowder

73 2011 Independent Director

Margaret Lewis

58 2011 Independent Director

David Nelson

53 2008 Independent Director

John Schwieters

73 2001 Independent Director

Paul Trible

65 2007 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Joseph Luter

Mr. Joseph W. Luter, III, is Chairman of the Board of Smithfield Foods, Inc., since 1975. He previously served as Consultant to the Company from August 2006 to August 2010 and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1975 to 2006.

C. Larry Pope

Mr. C. Larry Pope is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Smithfield Foods Inc. Mr. Pope was elected President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2006, effective September 1, 2006. Mr. Pope served as President and Chief Operating Officer from October 2001 to September 2006.

Robert Manly

Mr. Robert W. Manly is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Smithfield Foods Inc., and President of Murphy-Brown LLC., subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Manly was elected Executive Vice President in August 2006 and was named to the additional position of Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2008. He served as Interim Chief Financial Officer from January 2007 to June 2007. Prior to August 2006, he was President since October 1996 and Chief Operating Officer since June 2005 of PSF. Mr. Manly will assume the role of President of Murphy-Brown in July 2012.

Michael Brown

Mr. Michael E. Brown is President of Farmland Foods Inc., subsidiary of Smithfield Foods Inc., since October 2010. He served as President of Armour-Eckrich and Executive Vice President of John Morrell Food Group from 2006 to October 2010.

George Richter

Mr. George H. Richter is President, Chief Operating Officer - Pork Group of Smithfield Foods Inc., since April 2008. Mr. Richter served as President of Farmland Foods from October 2003 to April 2008.

Timothy Schellpeper

Mr. Timothy O. Schellpeper is President of Smithfield Packing, subsidiary of Smithfield Foods Inc., since April 2008. He was Senior Vice President of Operations at Farmland Foods from August 2005 to April 2008.

Joseph Sebring

Joseph Luter

Mr. Joseph W. Luter is an Executive Vice President of Smithfield Foods Inc. Mr. Luter was elected Executive Vice President in April 2008 concentrating on sales and marketing. He served as President of Smithfield Packing from November 2004 to April 2008.

Dhamu Thamodaran

Mr. Dhamu Thamodaran is an Executive Vice President, Chief Commodity Hedging Officer of Smithfield Foods Inc., since July 2011. He was named Senior Vice President and Chief Commodity Hedging Officer in June 2008. Prior to these appointments, Mr. Thamodaran served as Vice President, Price Risk Management.

Dennis Treacy

Mr. Dennis H. Treacy is an Executive Vice President - Corporate Affairs, Chief Sustainability Officer of Smithfield Foods Inc., since October 2011. He was named Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer in February 2010. Prior to these appointments, Mr. Treacy served as Vice President, Environmental and Corporate Affairs.

Frank Royal

Dr. Frank S. Royal, M.D., is Lead Independent Director of Smithfield Foods Inc., since 2002. Dr. Royal has been a physician since 1969. He is a director of SunTrust Banks, Inc. and Dominion Resources, Inc. and within the past five years has also served as a director of HCA, Inc., Chesapeake Corporation and CSX Corporation. He currently serves on the Audit and Compensation Committee of SunTrust Banks, Inc. and is the chairman of the Compensation, Governance and Nominating Committee at Dominion Resources, Inc.

Wendell Murphy

Mr. Wendell H. Murphy, Sr., is an Director of Smithfield Foods, Inc., since 2000. Mr. Murphy previously was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Murphy Farms, Inc. of Rose Hill, North Carolina, a hog producer, prior to the Company’s purchase of such business in January 2000. Mr. Murphy also served as director of the Company from 1991 to 1998.

Carol Crawford

Honourable Carol T. Crawford is Independent Director of Smithfield Foods Inc. Ms. Crawford is an attorney and an international trade consultant. She formerly served as Commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission from 1991 until 2000 and Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1989 until 1990. She also served as Associate Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from 1985 through 1989. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Torray Fund, a publicly-held mutual fund.

Richard Crowder

Dr. Richard T. Crowder is an Independent Director of Smithfield Foods Inc. Dr. Crowder has served as a Professor of International Trade at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University since 2008. From January 2006 until April 2007, he served as chief agriculture negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, responsible for directing all U.S. agricultural trade negotiations worldwide, including multilateral negotiations in the World Trade Organization, as well as regional and bilateral negotiations. He also served as a senior advisor to the U.S. Trade Representative from May 2007 until April 2008. Dr. Crowder is a director of Neogen Corporation.

Margaret Lewis

Ms. Margaret G. Lewis is an Independent Director of Smithfield Foods Inc. Ms. Lewis is President of HCA’s Capital Division, which includes facilities in northern, central and southwestern Virginia, New Hampshire, Indiana and Kentucky. She began her career with HCA in 1978 and held several positions in nursing management and quality management before becoming Chief Nursing Officer of HCA’s Richmond Division in 1997. Ms. Lewis became Chief Operating Officer of CJW Medical Center in 1998 and Chief Executive Officer in 2001. She is a registered nurse and a diplomat of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

David Nelson

Mr. David C. Nelson is Independent Director of Smithfield Foods, Inc., since 2008. Mr. Nelson has served as Global Strategist, Animal Protein, Grains and Oilseeds for the Food & Agribusiness Research Advisory group at Rabobank International since July 2010. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager of Altima One World Agriculture Fund, an affiliate of Altima Partners, which is a European hedge fund manager, from 2008 until July 2010. Additionally, Mr. Nelson served as an analyst and Managing Director of Credit Suisse from 1997 to 2007 and as Assistant Director of Research and Managing Director of NatWest Markets from 1990 to 1997. Mr. Nelson has also served on a number of advisory boards, including to the U.S. Census of Agriculture, National Soybean Processors Association, National Pork Board and U.S. Feed Grains Council.

John Schwieters

Mr. John T. Schwieters is Independent Director of Smithfield Foods Inc., since 2001. Mr. Schwieters is Senior Advisor of Perseus L.L.C., a merchant bank and private equity fund management company, since 2009, after serving as Vice Chairman from 2000 to 2009. From 1989 to 2000, Mr. Schwieters served as Managing Partner, Mid-Atlantic Region, Arthur Andersen LLP. He is a director of Danaher Corporation and Choice Hotels International, Inc. and within the past five years has also served as a director of Union Street Acquisition Corp. and Manor Care, Inc.

Paul Trible

Honourable Paul S. Trible, Jr., is an Independent Director of Smithfield Foods Inc., since 2007. Mr. Trible has served as President of Christopher Newport University since 1996. He served as U.S. Senator from 1983 to 1989 and as Member of U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983.

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