New member proposed for Swedish Match Board of Directors
At the upcoming Annual General Meeting on May 2, 2011, the Nominating Committee of Swedish Match AB will propose the election of Robert F. Sharpe to the Swedish Match Board of Directors.Robert F. Sharpe is currently Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive at ConAgra Foods, Inc., and was previously President, Commercial Foods, and Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at ConAgra Foods. Prior to his work at ConAgra Foods, Sharpe was a partner at Brunswick Group with a focus on communications with the financial media. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, General