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After a retail management career starting in 1968 at Hannaford, a U.S. subsidiary of Delhaize Group, Mr. Farrington served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hannaford from 1992 to 2001. In 2000, he was appointed as Vice Chairman of Delhaize America, and in 2001, he became Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group and member of its Board of Directors. In 2003, Mr. Farrington left the Board of Directors and resigned from his executive functions within the Group. Mr. Farrington holds a Master's degree from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire and a Master of Education from the University of New Hampshire. Mr. Farrington is Chairman of the healthcare system MaineHealth and a former Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Food Marketing Institute (FMI). | 