Rocco Cappuccitti

Senior Vice President, Transactions and Administration, and Corporate Secretary, Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

Business Division: Corporate

Rocco Cappuccitti is the Senior Vice President, Transactions and Administration, and Corporate Secretary of Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

In 1988, Mr. Cappuccitti joined Maple Leaf Mills Limited as Manager of Taxation and was soon after appointed Corporate Secretary. In 1990, Maple Leaf Mills Limited merged with Canada Packers Inc. to form Maple Leaf Foods Inc. and Mr. Cappuccitti was appointed the Vice President and Corporate Secretary. He assumed his current role in 2001 where his responsibilities include corporate secretarial, legal, taxation, insurance, real estate, as well as merger and acquisition transactions.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Cappuccitti spent seven years at Arthur Andersen & Co. in their Toronto and Calgary offices, mostly in the tax group.

Mr. Cappuccitti graduated from the University of Toronto in 1980 with Bachelor of Commerce degree and is Chartered Accountant. He is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation and Tax Executives Institute as well as other organizations.

(January 2011)