Smurfit Westrock plc (the "Company") filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") disclosing that on March 10, 2025, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company appointed Carole L. Brown to the Board as an independent director, effective March 11, 2025. In connection with her appointment to the Board, Ms. Brown has also been appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board and the Sustainability Committee of the Board.
Ms. Brown, age 60, last served as Head of the Asset Management Group for PNC Financial Services Group ("PNC"), one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, from 2020 until August 2024, after which she was a special advisor to the Chief Executive Officer until her retirement in January 2025. From 2019 to 2020, she held the position of Chief Change and Risk Officer for their Asset Management Group and Corporate & Institutional Banking businesses at PNC. From 2015 to 2019, Ms. Brown served as Chief Financial Officer for the City of Chicago. Prior to her work for the City of Chicago, Ms. Brown had a 25-year career as one of the leading municipal finance investment bankers in the country in various roles. From 2017 to 2019, she also served as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee.
The Form 8-K is available to view on the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov and the Company's website at https://investors.smurfitwestrock.com/financials/sec-filings/default.aspx
