R. David Hoover

R. DAVID HOOVER is Vice Chairman, President, and Chief Operating Officer
of Ball Corporation. Mr. Hoover joined Ball Corporation in 1970 as
Assistant to the Treasurer. He later served in planning and development
and credit functions. In 1976, he was promoted to director of credit and
cash management. He relocated to Colorado in 1980 and became Director
and later Vice President, Finance and Administration, of the company’s
agricultural systems division. In 1985, he was named Vice President,
Finance and Administration, of the company’s aerospace systems group. He
returned to the former Muncie, Indiana, corporate headquarters in 1987
as Assistant Treasurer and was elected Vice President and Treasurer in
1988, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1992. He
was named Executive Vice President in April 1996, and elected to the
company’s Board of Directors in October 1996. In January 1998 he was
elected Vice Chairman and given strategic responsibility for Ball’s
aerospace subsidiary, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., in addition
to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hoover was elected President
of Ball Corporation on January 1, 2000, with the company’s packaging
operations reporting to him. He was named Chief Operating Officer in
April 2000. Prior to his career with Ball, Mr. Hoover was a Corporate
Financial Analyst for Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis. Mr. Hoover serves
on the Boards of Datum, Inc., Maxon Corporation, ANB Corporation, and
Energizer Holdings, Inc. He is also a member of the Boulder Chamber of
Commerce and the Boulder Community Foundation. Mr. Hoover received a
Bachelor’s degree in Economics from DePauw University, Greencastle,
Indiana, in 1967. He was awarded an MBA in Finance and Real Estate from
Indiana University in 1970, and completed the Advanced Management
Program of the Harvard University Graduate School of Business in 1988.