MeadWestvaco Elects Dirk Krouskop Vice President, Safety, Health and Environment

Mr. Krouskop has been with the company for 26 years, and in thattime he has held a variety of SH&E positions as well as corporatefunctions, and most recently served as director for enterprise SH&Estrategy and policy.

"Dirk's background and leadership complement the company'slong-standing commitment to safety, health and environmentalstewardship," said Mark Watkins, senior vice president ofMeadWestvaco. "His expertise will help MeadWestvaco further advance inthe areas of sustainable product design, asset protection, riskmanagement, and sustainable material and energy utilization."

Mr. Krouskop is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati withboth an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and a master'sdegree in environmental engineering. He also has a master's degree inbusiness administration from Ohio University.

MeadWestvaco is a global packaging company that delivershigh-value packaging solutions and products to the world's mostrecognized companies in the food and beverage, media andentertainment, personal care, cosmetic and healthcare industries. Thecompany also has market-leading positions in its Consumer & OfficeProducts, Specialty Chemicals and Specialty Papers businesses.MeadWestvaco, with operations in more than 29 countries, has beenselected for the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, and manages all ofits forestlands in accordance with internationally recognized forestcertification standards. For more information, please visitwww.meadwestvaco.com.