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UNIVERSAL CORP /VA/

Canonical company identity and public leadership record.

https://registry.alpha.ac/companies/universal-corp-va

Entity: Public listing published
Primary listing: NYSE: UVV
Verification: Partially verified
Last reviewed: 2026-09-20T04:46:07.325097+00:00

Overview

Alpha's canonical identity and public leadership record for UNIVERSAL CORP.

Canonical AEGIS identity graph

Executive leadership

Current, confirmed roles are shown only when both the person Profile and supporting source record satisfy the public projection boundary. A missing role is not evidence that it does not exist.

Executive team

8 public records

A. L. Hentschke

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: From May 30, 2025
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: UVV 10-K executive officersMay 30, 2025

C. H. Claiborne

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

State: confirmed
Effective: From May 30, 2025
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: UVV 10-K executive officersMay 30, 2025

J. C. Kroner

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: From May 30, 2025
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: UVV 10-K executive officersMay 30, 2025

J. Patrick O'Keefe

Vice President, Ingredients

State: confirmed
Effective: From May 30, 2025
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: UVV 10-K executive officersMay 30, 2025

M. Starke

Senior Vice President and Sales Director

State: confirmed
Effective: From May 30, 2025
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: UVV 10-K executive officersMay 30, 2025

P. D. Wigner

Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer

State: confirmed
Effective: From May 30, 2025
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: UVV 10-K executive officersMay 30, 2025

S. J. Bleicher

Vice President and Controller

State: confirmed
Effective: From May 30, 2025
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: UVV 10-K executive officersMay 30, 2025

S. S. Diel

Vice President, Business Development

State: confirmed
Effective: From May 30, 2025
Confidence: 94%
Evidence: UVV 10-K executive officersMay 30, 2025

Governance leadership

Boards & Committees

Board and committee assignments appear only when the canonical public projection retains a current role and supporting source. Unpublished records are not interpreted as absence.

Record as of Sep 20, 2026. Chair, executive office, Lead Independent Director and committee appointments retain their separate source roles. A complete board composition denominator and committee charters are not established by a partial roster.