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Joseph W. Luter, III
Director since 1975: Chairman of the board since 1975 and consultant to the company since 2006; chief executive officer of the company from 1975 until 2006. Chairman of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Executive Committee.
Chair of the Executive Committee
C. Larry Pope
Director since 2006: President and chief executive officer of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Mr. Pope joined Smithfield Foods 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 in 2006. Prior to joining Smithfield Foods, Mr. Pope spent four years with Coopers & Lybrand.
Member of the Executive Committee
Robert L. Burrus Jr.
Director since 1996: Chairman Emeritus of the law firm of McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, Virginia. Director, S&K Famous Brands, Inc. Member of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Executive Committee.
Member of the Executive Committee
Hon. Carol T. Crawford
Director since 2000: Attorney. Formerly 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.
Member of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Pension Investment Committee
Paul J. Fribourg
Director since 2007: Chairman, president and chief executive officer, Continental Grain Company, since 1997 and a member of the company's Management Committee. Served as president and chief operating officer of Continental Grain Company, executive vice president of the Commodity Marketing Group, and group president of World Grain from 1985 – 1997. Director, Loews Corp. and The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Ray A. Goldberg
Director since 1999: Moffett professor of agriculture and business, Emeritus, Harvard Business School and professor, Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Chairman of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Compensation Committee.
Chair of the Compensation Committee
Wendell H. Murphy
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.
Member of the Executive Committee
David C. Nelson
Director since 2008: Portfolio Manager, Altima One World Agriculture Fund, an affiliate of Altima Partners, a European hedge fund manager, since 2008; formerly Analyst and Managing Director of Credit Suisse from 1997 to 2007. Prior to that Mr. Nelson was Assistant Director of Research and Managing Director of NatWest Markets from 1990 to 1997.
Member of the Compensation Committee
Gaoning Ning
Director since 2008: Chairman of COFCO Limited, a state-owned enterprise in China, since December 2004; prior to joining COFCO Limited in December 2004, Mr. Ning held various positions including director, general manager and vice chairman of China Resources (Holdings) Company Limited, and was Chairman of China Resources Enterprises, Limited from May 1999 to December 2004.
Frank S. Royal, M.D.
Director since 2002: Physician. Director, 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.
Member of the Audit Committee
Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee
John T. Schwieters
Director since 2001: Vice chairman of Persus L.L.C, a merchant bank and private equity fund management company. Formerly managing partner, mid-Atlantic region, Arthur Anderson LLP from 1989 to 2000. Director, Danaher Corporation, Choice Hotels International, Inc. and Union Street Acquisition Corp. Chairman of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Audit Committee, member of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Nominating and Governance and Pension and Investment Committees.
Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Member of the Pension Investment Committee
Paul S. Trible, Jr.
Director since 2007: President of Christopher Newport University since 1996 and serves on the NCAA Division III President's Council. Previously a member of the United States Delegation to the United Nations and a Teaching Fellow at the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Served as a U.S. Senator from 1983 to 1989 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983. Member of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Nominating and Governance Committee.
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Melvin O. Wright
Director since 2000: Retired. Formerly an advisor to PrimeCorp Finance, a Paris merchant bank; prior to 1992 a senior executive and director of Dean Witter Reynolds (now Morgan Stanley). Chairman of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Pension and Investment Committee, member of Smithfield Foods, Inc. Audit and Nominating and Governance Committees.
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee
Chair of the Pension Investment Committee
Michael J. Zimmerman
Advisory Director since 2007: Executive vice president and chief financial officer, Continental Grain Company, since 1999 and a member of the Management Committee; president of ContiInvestments Corp. since 1996; formerly senior vice president, investments and strategy of Continental Grain Company from 1996 – 1999. Advisory Director of Smithfield Foods, Inc.

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