Michael Waller (1953) is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and General Secretary of Delhaize Group, as well as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Delhaize America. Mr. Waller has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Delhaize America since July 2000. Previously, Mr. Waller was a partner in the international law firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. In the years prior to joining Delhaize America, Mr. Waller served as Managing Partner of Akin Gump's Moscow and London offices, and maintained an international corporate practice. Mr. Waller earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Auburn University and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Houston, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Houston Law Review. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Waller served as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Robert O'Conor, Jr. in the Southern District of Texas. |