Robert L. Burrus, Jr. (72); Director since 1996
Chairman and Partner in the law firm of McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, VA; Director, CSX Corporation,
and S&K Famous Brands, Inc. Member of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Executive Committee.
Hon. Carol T. Crawford (64); Director since 2000
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law, January 2000 until
June 2001; formerly Commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission, 1991 until 2000,
and Assistant Attorney General of the United States, 1989 until 1990. Member of Smithfield Foods,
Inc. Compensation and Pension & Investment Committees.
Paul J. Fribourg (53); Director since 2007
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, ContiGroup Companies, Inc.
Ray A. Goldberg (80); Director since 1999
Moffett professor of agriculture and business, Emeritus, Harvard Business School;
director, Gold Kist Holdings Inc. Chairman of Smithfield Foods,
Inc. Compensation Committee.
Joseph W. Luter, III (68); Director since 1975
Chairman of the board since 1975 and chief executive officer of the company from 1975 until August 31, 2006; chairman of
the board, president and chief executive officer of the company from June 2000 to October
2001 and prior to May 1995. Chairman of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Executive Committee. See full biography
Wendell H. Murphy (68); Director since 2000
Private investor; formerly chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Murphy Farms,
Inc., Rose Hill, North Carolina, a hog producer, prior to the company’s purchase of such
business in January 2000. Member of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Executive Committee.
C. Larry Pope (52); Director since 2006
President and chief executive officer of the company since September 1, 2006; joined the company
in 1980 as controller, became vice president, finance in 1999, chief financial officer in 2000, and
was named president and chief operating officer in 2001. Member of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Executive
Committee.
Frank S. Royal, M.D. (67); Director since 2002
Physician; Director of HCA, Inc., SunTrust Banks, Inc., Chesapeake Corporation, Dominion Resources,
Inc., and CSX Corporation. Chairman of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Nominating and Governance Committee,
member of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Audit and Compensation Committees.
John T. Schwieters (67); Director since 2001
Vice chairman of Perseus L.L.C, a merchant bank and private equity fund management company;
formerly managing partner, mid-Atlantic region, Arthur Andersen LLP from 1989 to 2000; director,
Manor Care, Inc. and Danaher Corporation. Chairman of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Audit Committee,
member of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Nominating and Governance and Pension and Investment Committees.
Melvin O. Wright (79); Director since 2000
Advisor to PrimeCorp Finance, a Paris merchant bank; prior to 1992 a senior executive and
director of Dean Witter Reynolds (now Morgan Stanley Dean Witter). Chairman of Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Pension and Investment Committee, member of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Audit and Nominating and Governance
Committees.
Michael J. Zimmerman; Director since 2007* (56);
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, ContiGroup Companies, Inc.
*Advisory Director
CORPORATE OFFICERS Last Update: April 3, 2008
C. Larry Pope (52);
President and Chief Executive Officer
C. Larry Pope, 52 years old, is the president and chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods, Inc.
(NYSE:SFD). He joined Smithfield in 1980 as controller, became vice president, finance in 1999,
chief financial officer in 2000, and was named president and chief operating officer in 2001. Mr.
Pope succeeded Joseph W. Luter, III as chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods, effective
September 1, 2006. Mr. Pope has spent 25 years in the industry. Prior to joining Smithfield, he
spent four years with Coopers & Lybrand.
Michael H. Cole (47);
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Joined Smithfield Foods in 1996 after 11 years at the law firm of McGuireWoods LLP. He received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1985.
Jeffrey A. Deel (49);
Vice President and Corporate Controller
Joined Smithfield in 1994 as director of financial reporting. He assumed his present position after serving as corporate controller.
Carey J. Dubois (46);
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Carey J. Dubois joined Smithfield in 2005 as the corporate treasurer. Prior to that, he served as assistant treasurer at Bunge Limited and has held a number of other finance positions at Pepsi Bottling, Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, and Louis Dreyfus Corporation. He has been in the industry for eight years.
Bart Ellis (51);
Vice President, Operations Analysis
Joined The Smithfield Packing Company as technical services director in 1994. He moved to Smithfield Foods in 1996, accepting his current position in 2000.
Michael D. Flemming (58);
Vice President and Senior Counsel
Joined Smithfield in 2005 after 20 years as a partner in the law firm of McGuireWoods LLP.
Jerry Hostetter (62);
Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Joined Smithfield Foods in 2000. Prior to that, he spent more than 30 years in investor relations, including Colt Industries and PepsiCo.
Jeffrey M. Luckman (48);
Vice President, Livestock Procurement
Joined John Morrell & Co. in 1988 as vice president, livestock procurement. He assumed this role for all of Smithfield Foods in 1993. Mr. Luckman has served on the Virginia Pork Industry Board since 1996.
Joseph W. Luter, IV (43);
Executive Vice President
Joseph W. Luter, IV became executive vice president of Smithfield Foods, Inc. where he concentrates on sales and marketing in 2008. He served as president and chief operating officer of Smithfield Packing from 2004-2008 and held numerous positions at Smithfield Packing and Smithfield Foods during his 15 year tenure, including four years as senior vice president of sales and marketing for Smithfield Foods, Inc. from 2000-2004.
Robert W. Manly , IV (54);
Executive Vice President
Rejoined Smithfield Foods as Executive Vice President in 2006 after 10 years as President of Premium Standard Farms. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President of Smithfield Foods, Inc. from 1986 through 1996, also serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of Smithfield Packing from 1994 to 1995. In November 2007, Mr. Manly was assigned responsibility to manage international operations at Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Henry L. Morris (65);
Senior Vice President of Operations and Engineering
Rejoined Smithfield Foods after nine years with ConAgra Foods where he was the Senior Vice President of Manufacturing for the Processed Meats Group. He has served as Vice President Operations for Smithfield Packing and Gwaltney and Vice President Engineering for Smithfield during his 17-year tenure at Smithfield Foods.
Richard J.M. Poulson (68);
Executive Vice President and Director, Mergers and Acquisitions and Government Affairs
Joined Smithfield in 1998 to oversee the company’s merger and acquisition activity. Prior to that, he was senior managing director of the Appian Group, a private merchant and investment banking partnership based in Washington, DC, and Paris.
George H. Richter (63);
President and Chief Operating Officer of the Pork Group of Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Mr. Richter became president of the Pork Group of Smithfield Foods, Inc. in 2008. He served as president and chief executive officer of Farmland Foods, Inc. after the company was acquired by Smithfield Foods in October of 2003. Prior to that, he was employed by Farmland Industries as president of the pork division and served as a member of their senior management council.
James D. Schloss (61);
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Joined Smithfield Foods in 1993. Mr. Schloss was Sales & Marketing Officer at Smithfield
Packing Company, became Vice President of Marketing for Smithfield Foods in June 2004 and
assumed his present position, Vice President Sales and Marketing, in November 2005.
Kenneth M. Sullivan (43);
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
Joined Smithfield in 2003 after spending twelve years in public accounting and consulting firms. Mr. Sullivan previously served in a chief auditor capacity for three Fortune 500 companies.
Dhamu Thamodaran (51);
Vice President, Price-Risk Management
Joined John Morrell & Co. in 1990 as director of price-risk management and moved to his present position in 1995. Prior to that, he spent five years at Farmland Industries.
Dennis H. Treacy (52);
Vice President, Environmental and Government Affairs
Joined Smithfield Foods in 2002. Prior to that, he served as director of Virginia’s department of environmental quality. From 1990 to 1995, Treacy served as assistant attorney general in the natural resources section of the Virginia attorney general’s office.
Vernon T. Turner (43);
Corporate Tax Director
Joined Smithfield Foods in 1998 as Corporate Tax Director. Prior to that spent a number of years at KPMG and Coopers & Lybrand handling tax matters for a variety of clients.
Mansour T. Zadeh (52);
Chief Information Officer
Joined Smithfield in 2001. Prior to that, he served as chief technology officer for Kraft Foods and as senior information technology leader in foods and consumer package goods industries for such companies as Miller Brewing Co. and PepsiCo, both in the U.S. and international.
MANAGEMENT BOARD Last Update: April 3, 2008
C. Larry Pope (52);
President and Chief Executive Officer, Smithfield Foods, Inc.
C. Larry Pope, 52 years old, is the president and chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods, Inc.
(NYSE:SFD). He joined Smithfield in 1980 as controller, became vice president, finance in 1999,
chief financial officer in 2000, and was named president and chief operating officer in 2001.
Mr. Pope succeeded Joseph W. Luter, III as chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods,
effective September 1, 2006. Mr. Pope has spent 25 years in the industry. Prior to joining
Smithfield, he spent four years with Coopers & Lybrand.
Carey J. Dubois (46);
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Carey J. Dubois joined Smithfield in 2005 as the corporate treasurer. Prior to
that, he served as assistant treasurer at Bunge Limited and has held a number
of other finance positions at Pepsi Bottling, Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, and
Louis Dreyfus Corporation. He has been in the industry for eight years.
Jerry H. Godwin (60);
President, Murphy-Brown, LLC
Jerry H. Godwin has been president and chief operating officer of Murphy-Brown, LLC since 2001. Previously he spent six years as president of Murphy Farms. Before that, Mr. Godwin was in the automotive industry for 26 years.
Robert G. Hofmann, II (57);
President, North Side Foods Corp.
Joined North Side Foods in 1974, a company founded by his great-great grandfather in 1909. After serving in a number of positions, including general sales manager and senior vice president, Mr. Hofmann rose to his present position in 1990.
Morten Jensen (42);
Chief Executive Officer, Central and Eastern Europe
Joined Animex in 2000 as vice president for red meat operations before being promoted to his current post. Prior to that, Mr. Jensen held a number of positions for Danish Crown and also served as a plant manager for Arhus Slagterhus.
Joseph W. Luter, IV (43);
Executive Vice President
Joseph W. Luter, IV became executive vice president of Smithfield Foods, Inc. where he concentrates on sales and marketing in 2008. He served as president and chief operating officer of Smithfield Packing from 2004-2008 and held numerous positions at Smithfield Packing and Smithfield Foods during his 15 year tenure, including four years as senior vice president of sales and marketing for Smithfield Foods, Inc. from 2000-2004.
Robert W. Manly , IV (54);
Executive Vice President
Rejoined Smithfield Foods as Executive Vice President in 2006 after 10 years as President of Premium Standard Farms. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President of Smithfield Foods, Inc. from 1986 through 1996, also serving as President and Chief Operating Officer of Smithfield Packing from 1994 to 1995. In November 2007, Mr. Manly was assigned responsibility to manage international operations at Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Darek Nowakowski (53);
President, Animex Sp. z o.o.
Joined Smithfield in 2005 after serving as President and CEO of Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods. Prior to that he was General Manager and Vice President of Maple Leaf Foods and held various managerial positions in Mulitifoods - Canada.
William G. Otis (50);
President, Patrick Cudahy Incorporated
William G. Otis joined Patrick Cudahy in 1995 as vice president sales and marketing and was promoted to his current position as president in 2004. Prior to joining Patrick Cudahy, he held a variety of marketing and financial management positions at Oscar Mayer Foods for 16 years.
Enrico Piraino (59);
President, Stefano Foods, Inc.
Giusto Piraino is the president and co-founder of Stefano Foods. He has been with Smithfield since 2002 and in the industry since 1982.
Richard J.M. Poulson (68);
Executive Vice President and Director, Mergers and Acquisitions and Government Affairs, Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Joined Smithfield in 1998 to oversee the company’s merger and acquisition activity. Prior to that, he was senior managing director of the Appian Group, a private merchant and investment banking partnership based in Washington, DC, and Paris.
George H. Richter (63);
President and Chief Operating Officer of the Pork Group of Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Mr. Richter became president of the Pork Group of Smithfield Foods, Inc. in 2008. He served as president and chief executive officer of Farmland Foods, Inc. after the company was acquired by Smithfield Foods in October of 2003. Prior to that, he was employed by Farmland Industries as president of the pork division and served as a member of their senior management council.
Joseph B. Sebring (59);
President, John Morrell & Co.
Joseph B. Sebring is the president and chief operating officer of John Morrell. Prior to joining Smithfield in 1994 he was the president and chief executive officer of Indiana Packers. Mr. Sebring has been in the industry for 29 years.
James C. Sbarro (47);
President, Farmland Foods, Inc.
Mr. Sbarro became president of Farmland Foods, Inc. in 2008. He is a 25 year food industry veteran who began his career in the early eighties with FDL Foods. He joined Farmland Foods with the acquisition of Carando in 1991 and held several senior sales, marketing and R&D positions while at the company.
Tim Schellpeper (43);
President, Smithfield Packing Company
Tim Schellpeper became president of Smithfield Packing Company in 2008. He previously served as senior vice president of operations for Farmland Foods, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri. Since he began his career in 1987, Mr. Schellpeper has worked for IBP, Inc., Troyer Foods and was employed by Farmland Foods for the past 17 years.
Richard V. Vesta (60);
President, Smithfield Beef Group
Richard V. Vesta has been president and chief executive officer of Packerland Holdings since 1993. He joined Smithfield following Packerland’s acquisition in 2001 and now serves as president and chief operating officer of Smithfield Beef Group. Mr. Vesta has spent 37 years in the industry.
