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10
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฀and฀Leucadia฀National฀
Corporation.฀ He฀ is฀chair฀of฀the฀ Corporate฀Governance฀Committee,฀a฀
member฀of฀the฀Financial฀Policy฀Committee,฀and฀our฀Lead฀Director.
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.฀ His฀ strong฀ insights฀ into฀ corporate฀ governance฀ form฀
the฀foundation฀of฀his฀leadership฀role฀as฀Lead฀Director฀on฀the฀Board.
54 1999
David B. Dillon Mr.฀Dillon฀was฀elected฀Chief฀Executive฀Officer฀in฀2003฀and฀Chairman฀
of฀the฀Board฀of฀Kroger฀in฀2004.฀Mr.฀Dillon฀retired฀as฀Chief฀Executive฀
Officer at the end of calendar year 2013 and will continue to serve as
Chairman฀of฀the฀Board฀until฀the฀end฀of฀calendar฀year฀2014.฀Mr.฀Dillon฀
served as President and Chief Operating Officer in 2000, 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฀Union฀Pacific฀Corporation,฀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฀38฀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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