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MWV News James M. Kilts Elected to MeadWestvaco Board of Directors
RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MeadWestvaco Corporation’s (NYSE: MWV) Board
of Directors formally elected James M. Kilts a director of the company
effective October 24, 2006. Mr. Kilts’
appointment was announced earlier this month.
Mr. Kilts is a founding partner of Centerview Partners, New York, an
investment banking firm. Mr. Kilts previously served as chairman,
president and chief executive officer of the Gillette Company, Boston,
which joined with The Procter & Gamble Company last year in the largest
merger ever in the consumer products sector. As a vice chairman of
Procter & Gamble, he then oversaw the consolidation of the Gillette and
Procter & Gamble businesses. Before joining Gillette, Mr. Kilts was
president and chief executive officer of Nabisco, and prior to that he
was head of Kraft Foods, and later, the worldwide food business of
Altria. He started his career with General Foods Corporation.
In addition to MeadWestvaco, Mr. Kilts is a member of the board of
directors of The New York Times Company and Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, and he serves as a member of Citigroup’s
International Advisory Board. He also serves on the board of trustees of
Knox College and the University of Chicago, and is chairman of the
Advisory Council of the University of Chicago Graduate School of
Business.
Mr. Kilts is a graduate of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and he
earned a master of business administration degree from the University of
Chicago.
About MeadWestvaco
MeadWestvaco is a global packaging company that delivers high-value
packaging solutions and products to the world’s
most recognized companies in the food and beverage, media and
entertainment, personal care, home and garden, cosmetic and healthcare
industries. The company also has market-leading positions in its
Consumer & Office Products, Specialty Chemicals and Specialty Papers
businesses. MeadWestvaco, with operations in more than 29 countries, has
been selected for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, and manages all
of its forestlands in accordance with internationally recognized forest
certification standards. For more information, please visit www.meadwestvaco.com.
