Company Announces Appointment of Paula A. Price to Board
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) today announced the appointment of
Paula A. Price, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, to its board
of directors effective August 26, 2014.
“We are delighted to welcome Paula to the Dollar General board of
directors,” said Rick Dreiling, Dollar General’s chairman and chief
executive officer. “Her broad financial experience, including as Chief
Financial Officer of Ahold USA and as a board member for several public
companies, brings valuable insights to our company as we continue to
grow our business.”
The election of Price to Dollar General’s board will bring the total
number of directors to eight. Price, who has been designated an audit
committee financial expert, will serve on the audit committee of Dollar
General’s board.
Price has been Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School in the
Accounting and Management Unit since July 2014. She was Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Ahold USA from May 2009 until
January 2014. Before joining Ahold, she was the Senior Vice President,
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at CVS Caremark Corporation from
July 2006 until August 2008. Earlier in her career, Price served as the
Chief Financial Officer for the Institutional Trust Services division of
JPMorgan Chase and held several other senior management positions in the
U.S. and the U.K. in the financial services and consumer packaged goods
industries. A certified public accountant, she began her career at
Arthur Andersen & Co. Price currently serves as a director of Accenture
and Western Digital Corporation. She previously served as a director of
Charming Shoppes, Inc. She earned her MBA from the University of Chicago
and her BS from DePaul University.
About Dollar General Corporation
Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for 75
years. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day!®
by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as
food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel,
house wares and seasonal items at low everyday prices in convenient
neighborhood locations. With more than 11,500 stores in 40 states,
Dollar General has more retail locations than any retailer in America.
In addition to high quality private brands, Dollar General sells
products from America’s most-trusted manufacturers such as Clorox,
Energizer, Procter & Gamble, Hanes, Coca-Cola, Mars, Unilever, Nestle,
Kimberly-Clark, Kellogg’s, General Mills, and PepsiCo. For more
information on Dollar General, please visit www.dollargeneral.com.
Dollar General Corporation Investors: Mary Winn Pilkington,
615-855-5536 Emma Jo Kauffman, 615-855-5525 or Media: Dan
MacDonald, 615-855-5209
