C. Shane Smith has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Smithfield and has served as a member of our Board since July 2021. He joined our Company in 2003 and has served in a variety of leadership roles for our U.S. and international operations since then. Mr. Smith served as an executive director at WH Group from August 2021 to January 2025. He served as our Chief Strategy Officer from January 2021 to July 2021. In that role, Mr. Smith was also responsible for our hog production operations, Smithfield Renewables and our European and Mexican operations. Prior to that, Mr. Smith served as Executive Vice President of our European operations from April 2019 to January 2021, President of our Romanian operations from November 2017 to April 2019 and Chief Financial Officer of our European operations from September 2012 to April 2019. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Mount Olive College and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. We believe Mr. Smith is qualified to serve as our director because of his extensive experience in the meat processing industry and his leadership and in-depth knowledge of our Company.