UNIVERSAL CORP (UVV)
Sector: Consumer Staples
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Consumer Staples
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Director information for UVV
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UVV | 73 | ["Audit/Public Accounting","Commercial Banking","Environmental Sustainability","Executive Leadership","Finance","Human Capital Mgmt","International","Investments/Capital Markets","Legal/Regulatory","Marketing","Operational/Manufacturing","Product Development","Risk Oversight and Management","Social Responsibility","Strategic Planning/M&A/Transformation","Technology/Cyber/AI"] | [] | 2026 |
Companies shown below are based on exact name match for the selected Director
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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| POOL | Director | 70 | ["executive leadership experience", "chief executive officer of a public company", "strategic planning", "brand marketing experience", "financial expertise", "Senior executive management", "Finance/accounting", "Audit committee financial expert", "Strategic planning/business development", "Risk management", "Mergers and acquisitions", "Operational expertise", "Corporate governance/compliance"] | ["audit", "finance", "pension investment"] | 2023 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
ROBERT C. SLEDD is Managing Partner of Sledd Properties, LLC, an investment company, and has held that role since 2001. From January 2010 until January 2014, Mr. Sledd served as the Senior Economic Advisor to the former Governor of Virginia and was responsible for the development of Virginia s strategic economic development plan and oversight in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce. In 1987, Mr. Sledd co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Performance Food Group Company ( PFG ), a foodservice distribution company. During his tenure at PFG, Mr. Sledd oversaw the development and implementation of its strategic plan, becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1995. Under his leadership, PFG became the third largest foodservice distributor in the U.S. and the largest produce processor and bagged salad supplier to both the retail and foodservice markets with approximately $7 billion in sales. Mr. Sledd remained Chairman until PFG was taken private in June 2008. Mr. Sledd also served as a director and a member of the Audit and Executive Committees of Owens & Minor, Inc., a distributor of national name-brand medical and surgical supplies and a healthcare supply chain management company, from 2007 to 2021 and served as Chairman of the Board from 2018 to 2020. Mr. Sledd served as the Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Owens & Minor, Inc. from November 2018 to March 2019. From 1996 until his retirement in May 2024, Mr. Sledd served as a director on the board of Pool Corporation, a wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products, and was a member of its Audit and Compensation Committees. In that time, Pool Corporation was among the top performing companies on the Nasdaq. The Board of Directors believes that Mr. Sledd s multi-disciplinary expertise in agri-products distribution and economic and business development provides the Board of Directors with valuable strengths and insights. In addition, his strategic and operational experience in the food industry is an important addition to the Board s skills and expertise and supports the Company in its execution of its strategies with respect to developing and growing its plant-based ingredients platform. Further, his public company experience in senior executive and director roles enhances the Board of Directors governance, strategic growth, and financial expertise.