EVANSVILLE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 9, 2018--
Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY) announced today that Paula A.
Sneed has been elected by the Company’s shareowners to its Board of
Directors.
Sneed, age 70, is the Chairperson and CEO of Phelps Prescott Group LLC
(PPG), a strategy and management consultancy she cofounded in 2007. She
retired from General Foods / Kraft Foods in 2006 after a 29 year career
during which she held a variety of marketing, general management and
senior executive roles including President of two operating divisions,
Chief Marketing Officer, Executive Vice President e-Commerce and
Executive Vice President, Global Marketing Resources and Initiatives.
Sneed is a Director of Charles Schwab Corporation, TE Connectivity Ltd.,
The Family Independence Initiative, Turnaround For Children, the Surge
Institute, and New Schools Venture Fund. She is a former Director of
Hercules Inc., Airgas Inc., Communispace Inc., American Marketing
Association, Right To Play, and Teach For America national and Chicago
regional boards. She is also a former trustee of Simmons College and
Illinois Institute of Technology. Sneed earned a BA from Simmons College
and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She received an honorary
Doctorate degree in Business Administration from Johnson and Wales
University.
“On behalf of Berry and its Directors, I would like to welcome Paula to
our Board,” said Tom Salmon, Chairman and CEO of Berry. “Paula’s
marketing and operating experience will further enhance our Board's
existing business acumen, while bringing additional insights and
perspectives in consumer packaging.”
About Berry
Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE:BERY), headquartered in Evansville,
Indiana, is committed to its mission of ‘Always Advancing to Protect
What’s Important,’ and proudly partners with its customers to provide
them with value-added, protective solutions. The Company is a leading
global supplier of a broad range of innovative nonwoven, flexible, and
rigid products used every day within consumer and industrial end
markets. Berry, a Fortune 500 company, generated $7.1 billion of sales
in fiscal 2017. For additional information, visit Berry’s website at www.berryglobal.com.
Forward-looking statements
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constitute "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the
Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance, or achievements of Berry to be materially different from
any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied in
such forward looking statements. Additional discussion of factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from management’s
projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations is contained in the
company’s Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings, including
Berry’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on November 21,
2017. Berry does not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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