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9
Name
Professional
Occupation (1) Age
Director
Since
Robert D. Beyer Mr.฀ Beyer฀ is฀ Chairman฀ of฀ Chaparal฀ Investments฀ LLC,฀ a฀ private฀
investment firm and holding company that he founded in 2009. From
2005฀to฀2009,฀Mr.฀Beyer฀served฀as฀Chief฀Executive฀Officer฀of฀The฀TCW฀
Group,฀Inc.,฀a฀global฀investment฀management฀firm.฀From฀2000฀to฀2005,฀
he served as President and Chief Investment Officer of Trust Company
of฀the฀West,฀the฀principal฀operating฀subsidiary฀of฀TCW.฀Mr.฀Beyer฀is฀a฀
member of the Board of Directors of The Allstate Corporation. He is
vice฀chair฀of฀the฀Corporate฀Governance฀Committee฀and฀a฀member฀of฀
the Financial Policy Committee.
Mr.฀Beyer฀brings฀to฀Kroger฀his฀experience฀as฀CEO฀of฀TCW,฀a฀global฀
investment management firm serving many of the largest institutional
investors in the U.S. He has exceptional insight into Kroger’s financial
strategy, and his experience qualifies him to serve as a member of
the Financial Policy Committee. While at TCW, he also conceived and
developed฀the฀firm’s฀risk฀management฀infrastructure,฀an฀experience฀
that฀is฀useful฀to฀the฀Kroger฀Board฀in฀performing฀its฀risk฀management฀
oversight functions. His abilities and service as a director were
recognized฀by฀his฀peers,฀who฀selected฀Mr.฀Beyer฀as฀an฀Outstanding฀
Director in 2008 as part of the Outstanding Directors Program of the
Financial Times.
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David B. Dillon Mr.฀ Dillon฀ was฀ elected฀ Chairman฀ of฀ the฀ Board฀ of฀ Kroger฀ in฀ 2004,฀
Chief Executive Officer in 2003, and President and Chief Operating
Officer in 2000. He served as President in 1999, and as President and
Chief฀ Operating฀ Officer฀ from฀ 1995฀ to฀1999.฀ Mr.฀ Dillon฀ was฀ elected฀
Executive Vice President of Kroger in 1990 and President of Dillon
Companies, Inc. in 1986. He is a director of DIRECTV, and during the
past five years was a director of Convergys Corporation.
Mr.฀Dillon฀brings฀to฀Kroger฀his฀extensive฀knowledge฀of฀the฀supermarket฀
business, having over 30 years of experience with Kroger and Dillon
Companies.฀In฀addition฀to฀his฀depth฀of฀knowledge฀of฀Kroger฀and฀the฀
fiercely competitive industry in which Kroger operates, he has gained
a wealth of experience by serving on audit, compensation, finance,
and governance committees of other boards.
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