– USA, IN – Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY), a leading supplier of packaging solutions for consumer goods and industrial products, today announced the appointments of Meredith Harper, Chaney Sheffield, and Peter Thomas to its Board as new Independent Directors.
“We are pleased to strengthen our Board by adding Chaney, Peter and Meredith, who collectively possess a wealth of additive expertise in areas such as capital allocation, corporate governance, cybersecurity and strategic planning,” said Chairman and CEO, Tom Salmon.
The company also announced the formation of a Capital Allocation Committee, and a cooperation agreement with shareholders Ancora Holdings Group, LLC and Eminence Capital, L.P.
About Meredith Harper
Meredith Harper has been SVP and CISO of Synchrony Financial since June 2022. She leads a multi-national team responsible for Security Operations, Incident Response, Identity & Access Management, Application Security, IS Risk Management, and IS Tools & Technology. Before joining Synchrony Financial, Ms. Harper served as VP, CISO for Eli Lilly & Company from August 2018 to June 2022. Before joining Eli Lilly & Company, Ms. Harper served as VP, Chief Information Privacy & Security Officer at Henry Ford Health System from 2002 to August 2018.
Ms. Harper has a B.S. in Computer Information Systems and a Master’s in Health Service Administration from the University of Detroit Mercy, and a Master’s of Jurisprudence in Health Law from the Loyola Chicago School of Law.
About Chaney Sheffield
Chaney Sheffield has been a Partner at Canyon Partners, LLC since 2008, overseeing billions of dollars of investment across the capital structures, public and private, of the packaging, paper, leisure, lodging, and gaming sectors. He is a member of Canyon’s ESG Committee and is responsible for evaluating ESG qualifications on Canyon investments. Canyon owns approximately 2.2% of the outstanding shares of Berry. Before Canyon, Mr. Sheffield worked at Morgan Stanley, first in investment banking and later investing in distressed and special situation securities across the capital structure.
Mr. Sheffield has a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University.
About Peter Thomas
Peter Thomas served as Chairman, CEO, and President of Ferro Corporation until its sale to Prince International Corporation in 2022. Before that appointment, he served as the Operating Vice President of Ferro’s Polymer and Ceramic Engineered Materials Group. Before Ferro, Mr. Thomas served in a variety of leadership roles at Witco Corporation, including Vice President of the Oleochemical-Derivatives business, Vice President of Sales, and Global Market Director. He served as a director of Innophos Holdings, Inc., a leading international producer of specialty ingredient solutions for the food, health, nutrition, and industrial markets until its acquisition by One Rock Capital Partners in 2020.
Mr. Thomas has a B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry from Duquesne University and an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from Loyola University.
About Berry
At Berry Global Group, Inc., we create innovative packaging and engineered products that we believe make life better for people and the planet. We do this every day by leveraging our unmatched global capabilities, sustainability leadership, and deep innovation expertise to serve customers of all sizes around the world. Harnessing the strength of our diversity and industry-leading talent of 46,000 global employees across more than 265 locations, we partner with customers to develop, design and manufacture innovative products with an eye toward the circular economy. The challenges we solve and the innovations we pioneer benefit our customers at every stage of their journey.
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