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Melvin T. Stith, 68
Dean Emeritus of the
Martin J. Whitman School
of Management at
Syracuse University
Director since 2012
Dr. Stith is Dean Emeritus of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at
Syracuse University and served as Dean from 2005 until July 2013. Prior to taking
this position in 2005, Dr. Stith was the Dean Emeritus and Jim Moran Professor of
Business Administration at Florida State University for thirteen years. He has
been a professor of marketing and business since 1977 after having served in the
U.S. Army Military Intelligence Command and achieving the rank of Captain. He
holds a bachelor’s degree from Norfolk State College and a master’s degree in
business administration and a Ph.D. in marketing from Syracuse University. Dr.
Stith currently serves on the boards of Synovus Financial Corp., where he serves
on the compensation committee; and Flowers Foods, Inc., a publicly held baked
foods company, where he serves on the compensation and governance
committees. He has also served on the boards of Correctional Services
Corporation, JM Family Enterprises Youth Automotive Training Center, the
Keebler Company, United Telephone of Florida, Rexall Sundown, and the Jim
Moran Foundation.
Dr. Stith’s leadership skills in consensus-building, risk management and executive
management, and his financial acumen add an important dimension to our
Board’s composition.
Takuro Yoshida, 62
Chairman of Nippon Tochi-
Tatemono Co., Ltd.
Director since 2010
Mr. Yoshida has been the Chairman of Nippon Tochi-Tatemono Co., Ltd., a
residential and commercial real estate development company in Japan, since
November 2014. He was most recently President of Nippon-Tatemono Co., Ltd
from January 2010 through October 2014 and served as that company’s
executive vice president and operating officer from May 2009 through December
2009. From 2005 through April of 2009, Mr. Yoshida held various positions which
include executive director, senior operating officer, and central branch manager
and operating officer of Mizuho Bank, Ltd., part of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.,
which was formed in a merger between his former employer, Dai-Ichi Kangyo
Bank, Ltd., and two other banks. He held various positions at Dai-Ichi Kangyo
Bank, Ltd., which he joined in 1976. Mr. Yoshida graduated from the Faculty of
Law, Tokyo University. Mr. Yoshida is also a representative of one of the
Company’s largest shareholders in Japan.
Mr. Yoshida’s extensive Japan financial and managerial experience provides the
Board with valuable insight and expertise relevant to the Company’s Japanese
business.
Daniel P. Amos is the father of Paul S. Amos II. No other family
relationships exist among any other executive officers
or Directors.
Directors Not Standing for Re-Election
Mr. David Gary Thompson, 68, is not standing for re-election and will retire at the end of his term at the Annual Meeting.
Mr. John Shelby Amos, II retired from the Board effective October 1, 2014.
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