Greif CEO and leadership

Doug Lingrel was named Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer in June 2016. In this capacity, he oversees the Greif Business System partnering with the business to build enterprise-wide capabilities to drive performance. In addition, he leads the global IT organization and has held oversight of the global sourcing and supply chain organization. Previously, Doug served as Greif’s Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Global Supply Chain Process and Administration. Doug joined Greif in 1998 as part of the Sonoco Industrial Containers acquisition. His more than 30 years of leadership experience includes roles in IT, sourcing and supply chain, finance and operations. Doug holds a Master’s and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati.

Larry Hilsheimer joined Greif in May 2014 as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Scotts Miracle-Gro, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Vice Chairman and Regional Managing Partner for Deloitte & Touche USA, LLP. Larry holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University and a law degree from Capital University Law School. Larry serves on the Board of Directors of IBP (NYSE), Battelle for Kids and Root Insurance Company. He previously served on the Finance and Audit Committees of the Board of The Ohio State University. He also sits on the Dean’s Advisory Council at Fisher College of Business and has served as a Board member for The Ohio State University Alumni Association and numerous other charitable and civic boards.

I lead global human resources and communications at Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B), a 144-year-old Fortune 1000 firm serving customer needs in industrial manufacturing with more than 290 operating entities across 45 countries. Over a two-decade global career honed at Xerox Corporation, Hewlett Packard, Coca-Cola, and United Technologies Inc, I delivered an engaged workforce that defined and executed these firms' business strategies.My passion is about leadership, purpose-driven teams, and leveraging digital technologies to deliver agile world-class global organizations.Strengths: Competitive Strategy, Innovation, Multigenerational agile Workforce, Leadership Development, Governance, Succession Planning, Executive Communications.

Pete Watson has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Greif Inc., since November 1, 2015. Pete previously was Chief Operating Officer for Greif. As CEO, Pete’s vision for Greif is: In industrial packaging, be the best performing customer service company in the world. This vision, together with developing a culture based on Servant Leadership, has been adopted by Greif’s 17,000 global colleagues and is propelling Greif to be a global leader in industrial packaging. Since joining the company in 1999, Pete has served in a variety of executive positions, including Group President for Paper Packaging, Land Management, and Global Sourcing and Supply Chain. He also served as Division President of Paper Packaging, and President of CorrChoice (a Greif division), and Vice President of Corrugated Operations. Pete holds a Master's and Bachelor’s degree from Springfield College in Massachusetts. He currently serves on the Boards of OhioHealth and the Central Ohio American Heart Association and is a member of the Columbus Partnership and the Ohio Business Roundtable. Pete is the past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Forest & Paper Association, and Fibre Box Association.