
	Brad Richmond was named Chief Financial Officer of Darden Restaurants&nbsp;

	in December 2006. A member of Darden&rsquo;s Executive Team, Brad leads all&nbsp;

	financial functions for the company including finance and accounting,&nbsp;

	corporate tax, treasury and planning, mergers and acquisitions, investor&nbsp;

	relations, and information technology. Brad has been a key leader in&nbsp;

	helping Darden successfully navigate the recent recessionary environment.&nbsp;

	This has enabled Darden to opportunistically accelerate value creating&nbsp;

	growth, leaving the company strongly positioned for continued growth and&nbsp;

	sustainable top quartile S&amp;P 500 total shareholder returns.&nbsp;

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	Darden owns and operates more than 2,100 Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse,&nbsp;

	Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52, The Capital Grille, Eddie V&rsquo;s and Yard House restaurants in&nbsp;

	North America, employing more than 200,000 people and serving more than 425 million meals&nbsp;

	annually. In fiscal 2013, the company recorded more than $8.5 billion in sales. In 2014, Darden&nbsp;

	was named to the FORTUNE &ldquo;100 Best Companies to Work For&rdquo; list for the fourth year in a row.&nbsp;

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	Brad is a seasoned financial executive with more than 30 years of broad financial and business&nbsp;

	experience. He joined Darden in 1982 as Food and Beverage Analyst for Casa Gallardo, a&nbsp;

	former Darden operating company, and held progressively more responsible positions with&nbsp;

	several operating companies including Red Lobster and Olive Garden.&nbsp;

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	From 1998 to 2003, Brad served as Olive Garden&rsquo;s Senior Vice President, Finance and&nbsp;

	Corporate Controller, where he helped solidify the foundation for Olive Garden&rsquo;s current growth&nbsp;

	and record same-restaurant sales increases. As Red Lobster&rsquo;s Senior Vice President,&nbsp;

	Controller and Strategic Planning from 2003 to 2005, Brad was an integral member of the&nbsp;

	leadership team that strengthened operating discipline and restaurant efficiencies enabling&nbsp;

	renewed growth of the brand.&nbsp;

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	In August 2005, he was appointed Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller for Darden&nbsp;

	before assuming his current duties in December 2006.&nbsp;

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	Brad is a member of the University of Missouri &ndash; School of Accountancy Advisory board.&nbsp;

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	Brad is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public&nbsp;

	Accountants. He received a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Business Administration from the University of&nbsp;

	Missouri.
