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Joseph Bartolacci is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Matthews International Corporation. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company in 2006.

Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since 2005. Joseph was elected to the Board of Directors in 2005.

Prior thereto, he held various positions within Matthews, including President, Casket Division; Executive Vice President of Matthews; President, Matthews Europe; President, Caggiati, S.p.A. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Matthews) and General Counsel of Matthews. As the only Matthews employee on the Board of Directors, Joseph provides management’s perspective in Board decisions about the business and strategic direction of the Company.

He has first-hand operating experience in many of the Company’s diverse global businesses, and brings a well-developed understanding of the industries in which the Company operates, and the opportunities within those industries to drive shareholder value.

Joseph received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Saint Vincent College and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh.

Joseph serves on the Company’s Pension Board, the Board of the Jas. H. Matthews & Co. Educational and Charitable Trust, and on the boards of various subsidiaries of Matthews. Joseph is a member of the Board of Directors of Saint Vincent College and Liquid X™.