Ted G. Wood (74) was appointed to our board of directors in January 2006 and has served as chairman of our safety, health, environmental and sustainability committee since May 2008 (its formation date) and a member of our compensation committee since January 2006. He also served as president of The United Company’s operating companies from 1998 until his retirement in 2002. Additionally, Mr. Wood served as vice chairman of The United Company from January 2003 until August 2003. From 1994 to 1995, Mr. Wood was president and chief executive officer of KV Pharmaceutical Co. in St. Louis, Missouri. Prior to that time, he held executive positions with several pharmaceutical companies, acting as president of Boehringer Mannheim Pharmaceutical Corporation from 1992 to 1993, executive vice president of marketing and sales for SmithKline Beecham Corporation from 1990 to 1991 and president of Beecham Laboratories, U.S.A. from 1988 to 1989. From his senior executive experiences, Mr. Wood’s responsibilities ranged from general management and operation performance, which included exposure to the design, development and implementation of risk management policies and procedures for these companies and, in his role as our chairman of the safety, health, environmental and sustainability committee, he has developed understanding and insight into these matters as they particularly relate to coal companies.
Mr. Wood currently serves on the board of directors of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (serving as lead independent director and a member of its compensation committee, human resources committee and chairman of its nominating and governance committee and he formerly served as its non-executive chairman). Mr. Wood served as a director of Pozen Inc., a pharmaceutical company, from 2000 until 2006 and was a member of its compensation committee.
Qualifications: Mr. Wood has more than 12 years of leadership experience at publicly traded companies. His expertise in corporate governance, compensation matters and safety, health, environmental and sustainability matters through his membership on multiple compensation committees and his chairmanship of Alpha’s safety, health environmental and sustainability committee provide him with in depth experience in these matters which he brings to our board.