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Mr. Hoover joined Ball Corporation in 1970 as assistant to the treasurer. He served in various corporate planning and development and finance positions until 1980 when he relocated to Colorado 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, Ind., 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 and elected to the company's board of directors in 1996. In 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 became president of Ball Corporation on Jan. 1, 2000, with the company's packaging operations reporting to him. He was named chief operating officer in April 2000, and was elected president and CEO in January 2001. On April 24, 2002, he was elected chairman of the board.
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 Ball Corporation, Energizer Holdings, Inc., Irwin Financial Corporation and Qwest Communications. He is past chairman of the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and a member of its board of governors. Mr. Hoover is a member of the boards of the Food Products Association (FPA); National Association of Manufacturers; DePauw University Board of Trustees; Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Dean's Advisory Council; and the University of Colorado at Denver Business School Board of Advisors. He is also a director of Boulder Community Hospital and a member of the Colorado Forum.
Born June 21, 1945, in Straughn, Ind., Mr. Hoover received a bachelor's degree in economics from DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., in 1967. He was awarded an M.B.A. in finance and real estate from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1970, and completed the Advanced Management Program of the Harvard University Graduate School of Business, Boston, in 1988. | 