GREIF, INC.

POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
FORMS 3, 4, AND 5 FILINGS


      The undersigned, an officer and/or director of Greif, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gary R. Martz and Kenneth B. Andre III, and each
of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for me and in my name, place, and stead, in
any and all of my capacities for the Company, to sign all Forms 3, 4, or 5 required to be filed by
me with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
including any and all amendments to any of the foregoing, relating to the Company, and to file
the same with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them
or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

	The undersigned has executed and delivered this Power of Attorney on the date set forth
below.


Dated: 08/21/2012						/s/ Nadeem S. Ali
							Signature of Officer/Director


							Nadeem S. Ali, Vice President, Treasurer
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