Mark W. Kehaya
Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer
Director since May 2005
Committee:  Executive (Chair)

Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Alliance One since December 14, 2010, and remains a founding partner at Meriturn Partners, LLC, an investment firm specializing in restructurings and turnarounds of middle-market companies, since January 2002.  President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Eturn Communications, Inc., a software solutions provider, from November 2000 to October 2001; and from April 1993 until March 2000, employed by Standard Commercial Corporation, serving variously as Assistant to the President, Finance Director of the Tobacco Division, Vice President - Planning, and as Chief Executive Officer of Standard Commercial’s tobacco processing facility in St. Petersburg, Russia. 

C. Richard Green, Jr.
Director since August 2003
Committees:  Executive Compensation; Governance and Nominating

Retired since April 2002.  Non-Executive Director of ITC Limited, a company in India engaged in operating hotels, agricultural exports and manufacturing cigarettes and paperboard, from July 1999 to April 2008.  Regional Director of British American Tobacco, a multinational tobacco company, from January 1999 to April 2002.  Mr. Green does not currently serve on the board of directors of any other public company, but within the last five years served as a director of ITC Limited.

John M. Hines
Director since April 1995
Committees:  Executive Compensation; Governance and Nominating (Chair)

Private investor and consultant since 1996.  Consultant to DIMON from July 1996 to June 1998.  Executive Vice President of DIMON from April 1995 to June 1996.

Nigel G. Howard
Director since May 2005
Committee: Executive Compensation (Chair)

Retired since December 2003.  Non-Executive Chairman of Zotefoams PLC, a manufacturer of industrial foams, from January 2007 to present, and Non-Executive Director of Zotefoams from January 2006 to December 2006.   Deputy Chief Executive of The Morgan Crucible Company plc, a designer, developer and supplier of products made from carbon, ceramic and magnetic materials, from September 2002 to December 2003, and Director of The Morgan Crucible Company from September 1992 to December 2003.  Deputy Chairman, Assam Carbon Products, Ltd., India, March 1977 to August 2005.  Mr. Howard currently serves on the board of directors of Zotefoams PLC.

Joseph L. Lanier, Jr.
Director since April 1995
Committees: Executive Compensation; Executive

Retired since August 2006.  Chairman of the Board of Dan River, Inc., a textile manufacturer, from November 1989 to August 2006.  Chief Executive Officer of Dan River, Inc. from November 1989 to February 2005.  Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of DIMON from May 1999 to February 2003.  Mr. Lanier does not currently serve on the board of directors of any other public company, but within the last five years served as a director of each of Flowers Foods, Inc., and Torchmark Corporation.

B. Clyde Preslar
Director since May 2005
Committee:  Audit (Chair)

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RailAmerica, Inc., a leading short line and regional rail service provider, since May 2008.  Private consultant December 2006 to April 2008.  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cott Corporation, a manufacturer of non-alcoholic beverage products, from August 2005 to December 2006.  Mr. Preslar does not currently serve on the board of directors of any other public company, but within the last five years served as a director of Forward Air Corporation.

Norman A. Scher
Director since April 1995
Committees:  Audit; Governance & Nominating

Director Emeritus and Director of Special Projects of Tredegar Corporation, a manufacturer of plastic films and aluminum extrusions, since May 2011.  Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tredegar from March 2006 to May 2011, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tredegar from September 2001 through February 2006 and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tredegar from July 1989 to September 2001.  Mr. Scher does not currently serve on the board of directors of any other public company, but within the last five years served as a director of Tredegar Corporation.

William S. Sheridan
Director since May 2005
Lead Independent Director
Committees:  Audit; Executive

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sotheby’s, an auctioneer of fine art and antiques, since 1996.  Prior thereto, Mr. Sheridan was a partner at the accounting and consulting firm of Deloitte & Touche.

J. Pieter Sikkel
Director since November 2011 

President of Alliance One since December 14, 2010, having previously served as Executive Vice President – Business Strategy and Relationship Management from April 2007 through December 13, 2010, and as Regional Director of Asia from May 2005 until April 2007.  Employed by Standard Commercial Corporation from January 1983 until May 2005, serving as Regional Director of Asia from March 1999 until May 2005, Country Manager of China from June 1991 until March 1999, and prior thereto in various positions in South Korea, the Philippines and Thailand.

Martin R. Wade, III
Director since February 2001
Committee:  Audit; Governance & Nominating

President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcaster, Inc. (formerly International Microcomputer Software Inc.), a company engaged in the game development and telecommunications businesses, since September 2006, and Chief Executive Officer of International Microcomputer Software Inc., since September 2001.  Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Digital Creative Development Corporation (DC2), a developer of entertainment content companies focusing on broadband content delivery and providing Internet-related business-to-business services, from May 2001 to August 2001.  Director and Executive Vice President of DC2 from June 2000 to April 2001.  Managing Director of Prudential Securities, Inc., a global securities firm, from May 1998 to June 2000.  Mr. Wade currently serves on the board of directors of Broadcaster, Inc. and RDA Holding Co., and within the last five years has been a director of Advaxis, Inc., Command Security Corporation and Nexmed, Inc.