Sector: Materials
Director information for SMURFIT WESTROCK PLC
Board as disclosed in the proxy statement filed March 11, 2026. Titles and roles are as stated in that filing and may have changed since.
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan D. Wilson | Former Chairman and CEO of McCormick & Company, Inc.; Independent Director | 68 | ["Former Chairman and CEO of McCormick & Company, Inc.","leadership experience","market expertise","business and governance skills","experience working for a company with significant scale"] | ["Compensation","Nomination"] | 2026 |
| Anthony Smurfit | President & Group Chief Executive Officer and Director of Smurfit Westrock; President & Group CEO and Director | 62 | ["expertise in leadership","strategic planning","global manufacturing","extensive knowledge of Smurfit Westrock’s business","operations and customers"] | ["Executive"] | 2026 |
| Carole L. Brown | Former Head of the Asset Management Group for PNC Financial Services Group; Member of Audit Committee; Independent Director | 61 | ["Former Head of the Asset Management Group for PNC","in-depth U.S. financial knowledge","broad experience in the execution of complex financial and strategic transactions","significant risk management oversight expertise"] | ["Audit (Chair)","Sustainability","Audit Committee","Audit"] | 2026 |
| Carol Fairweather | Former Chief Financial Officer and executive Director of Burberry Group plc; Independent Director; Member of Audit Committee | 64 | ["Former Chief Financial Officer of Burberry Group plc","Global experience in the retail sector","Experience as a Chief Financial Officer of a FTSE 100 company"] | ["Finance (Chair)","Audit","Executive","Audit (Member)","Executive (Member)","Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| Colleen F. Arnold | Former Senior Vice President, Sales and Distribution of International Business Machines Corporation; Independent Director | 68 | ["Former Senior Vice President, Sales and Distribution of IBM","global business experience","financial expertise","consumer markets and sales experience","innovation experience","experience working for a company with significant scale"] | ["Compensation","Sustainability"] | 2026 |
| Irial Finan | Chair of the Smurfit Westrock Board; Former Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company and President of the Bottling Investments Group; Board Chair | 68 | ["Chair of the Smurfit Westrock Board","Former Executive Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company","President of the Bottling Investments Group","Experience in senior management and executive leadership positions","Finance and global operations","Significant experience in business integrations","Establishment of new markets"] | ["Nomination (Chair)","Executive (Chair)","Nomination","Executive"] | 2026 |
| Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen | Former Chief Executive Officer of Carlsberg AS; Independent Director | 70 | ["Former CEO of Carlsberg AS","executive leadership experience","expertise in the fast-moving consumer goods sector"] | ["Compensation","Finance"] | 2026 |
| Kaisa Hietala | Senior Independent Director of Smurfit Westrock; Former Executive Vice President of Renewable Products of Neste Corporation | 55 | ["Senior Independent Director of Smurfit Westrock","Former Executive Vice President of Renewable Products of Neste Corporation","Experience in sustainability","Strategic and operational experience","20 years at Neste Corporation","Executive Vice President, Renewable Products"] | ["Sustainability (Chair)","Nomination","Nomination (Member)"] | 2026 |
| Ken Bowles | Executive Vice President & Group Chief Financial Officer and Director of Smurfit Westrock; EVP & Group CFO and Director | 54 | ["expertise in accounting","finance","internal control","tax","treasury","investor relations","experience as Group Chief Financial Officer of Smurfit Kappa","leadership in sustainability"] | [] | 2026 |
| Lourdes Melgar | Member of Audit Committee | [] | ["Audit Committee"] | 2026 | |
| Mary Lynn Ferguson-McHugh | Former Chief Executive Officer of Family Care (Paper Products) of Procter & Gamble; Independent Director | 66 | ["Former CEO of Family Care of Procter & Gamble","Over 35 years at Procter & Gamble","Chief Executive Officer of Family Care (Paper Products) and P&G Ventures from 2019 to 2021","Group President Western Europe and Group President Europe at Procter & Gamble"] | ["Compensation","Finance"] | 2026 |
| Suzan F. Harrison | Former President, Global Oral Care, of Colgate-Palmolive Company; Independent Director; Member of Audit Committee | 68 | ["Former President of Global Oral Care of Colgate-Palmolive Company","global business experience","consumer markets experience","innovation experience","experience working for a company with significant scale"] | ["Audit","Nomination","Audit Committee"] | 2026 |
| Terrell K. Crews | Chair of Audit Committee | [] | ["Audit Committee"] | 2026 | |
| Timothy J. Bernlohr | Managing Member of TJB Management Consulting, LLC; Former President and CEO of RBX Industries, Inc.; Independent Director | 67 | ["Managing Member of TJB Management Consulting","Former President and CEO of RBX Industries","broad corporate strategy","global business experience","management positions at Armstrong World Industries","executive capacities at RBX Industries","consultant experience at TJB Management Consulting"] | ["Compensation (Chair)","Finance","Executive","Finance (Member)","Executive (Member)"] | 2026 |
