People: Pilgrims Pride Corp (PPC.O)

PPC.O on Nasdaq

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24 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Wesley Batista

42 2009 Chairman of the Board

William Lovette

53 2011 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Fabio Sandri

41 2011 Chief Financial Officer

Joesley Batista

41 2009 Director

Don Jackson

62 2011 Director

David Bell

63 2012 Independent Director

Michael Cooper

63 2009 Independent Director

Charles Macaluso

69 2009 Independent Director

Marcus Vinicius Pratini de Moraes

73 2009 Independent Director

Wallim Vasconcellos

55 2009 Independent Director

Rosemary Geelan

IR Contact Officer

Biographies

Name Description

Wesley Batista

Mr. Wesley Mendonca Batista is Chairman of the Board of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation. Mr. Batista became President and Chief Executive Officer of JBS S.A. in February 2011. Mr. Batista previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of JBS USA for approximately four years. Mr. Batista also serves as Chairman of the Board of JBS USA and is the Vice President of JBS S.A.’s board of directors. Mr. Batista has served in various capacities at JBS S.A. since 1987.

William Lovette

Mr. William W. Lovette is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Pilgrim's Pride Corp. He brings more than 30 years of industry leadership experience to Pilgrim’s. He previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Case Foods, Inc. from October 2008 to December 2010. Before joining Case Foods, Inc., Mr. Lovette spent 25 years with Tyson Foods in various roles in senior management, including President of its International Business Unit, President of its Foodservice Business Unit and Senior Group Vice President of Poultry and Prepared Foods. Mr. Lovette earned a B.S. degree from Texas A&M University. In addition, he is a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.

Fabio Sandri

Mr. Fabio Sandri is Chief Financial Officer of Pilgrims Pride Corporation. Prior to his appointment to the Company, Mr. Sandri served as the chief financial officer of Estacio Participações, the private post-secondary educational institution in Brazil since April 2010. From November 2008 until April 2010, Mr. Sandri was the chief financial officer of Imbra SA, a provider of dental services based in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Commencing in 2005 through October 2008, Mr. Sandri was employed by Braskem S.A., a New York Stock Exchange-listed petrochemical company headquartered in Camaçari, Brazil, first from 2005 to 2007 as its strategy director and from 2007 until his departure as its corporate controller. Mr. Sandri earned his Masters in Business Administration in 2001 from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a degree in electrical engineering in 1993 from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo.

Joesley Batista

Mr. Joesley Mendonça Batista is Director of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation. He is currently the President of the Board of Directors of JBS S.A. and served as the Chief Executive Officer of JBS S.A. from March 2006 until January 2011. Mr. Batista has served as a Director of the Company since December 2009. Mr. Batista has served in various capacities at JBS S.A. since 1988.

Don Jackson

Dr. Don Jackson is Director of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation. Previously, Dr. Jackson served as President of Foster Farms' poultry division, based in Livingston, California. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President for foodservice of the former ConAgra Poultry Company in Duluth, Georgia. Before that, he worked for 22 years for Seaboard Farms of Athens, Georgia, including four years as President and CEO of their poultry division. In addition to his 34 years of leadership and experience in various executive positions at five different companies as detailed above, Dr. Jackson brings invaluable industry-specific to the Board. After earning his PhD in Animal Science from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, Dr. Jackson advanced through the Seaboard Farms organization and led Live Production there before serving as Seaboard's President and CEO. Accordingly, Dr. Jackson brings unparalleled industry insight to the Board.

David Bell

Dr. David E. Bell is Independent Director of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation. Mr. Bell has in a number of areas including risk management, marketing and agribusiness. He is currently the George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business at Harvard Business School. At Harvard Business School he leads the annual Agribusiness executive seminar and has been chairman of the school's marketing faculty and Senior Associate Dean with responsibility for faculty recruiting. He has degrees from Oxford and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Bell, with his 35 years on the faculty of Harvard Business School, has experience in marketing, retailing, risk management and economics.

Michael Cooper

Mr. Michael L. Cooper is Independent Director of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation. He is the Executive Vice President, Managing Partner, Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Kincannon & Reed, an executive search firm for the food and agribusiness sectors, where he has been employed since July 2004. He also currently serves on the National Chicken Council's Allied Leader Board. From September 2002 to July 2004, Mr. Cooper served as the Chief Executive Officer of Meyer Natural Angus. From January 1996 to July 2002, Mr. Cooper was employed by Perdue Farms, Inc., where he served in various roles, including as President, Retail Products, from February 2000 to July 2002, and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 1996 through February 2000. From August 1992 to January 1996, he served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of Rocco Enterprises. Mr. Cooper also served in various senior financial roles with Dial Corporation over a 14 year career with that company.

Charles Macaluso

Mr. Charles Macaluso is Independent Director of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation. He has been a principal of Dorchester Capital, LLC, a management consulting and corporate advisory service firm focusing on operational assessment, strategic planning and workouts since 1998. From 1996 to 1998, he was a partner at Miller Associates, Inc., a workout, turnaround partnership, focusing on operational assessment, strategic planning and crisis management. Mr. Macaluso currently serves as a director of the following public companies: Lazy Days RV SuperCenters, Inc., where he is also a member of the audit committee; and Darling International, as Lead Director. He also serves as a Chairman of the Board of three private companies. Mr. Macaluso previously served as a director of Global Crossing Ltd., where he was also a member of the audit committee.

Marcus Vinicius Pratini de Moraes

Dr. Marcus Vinicius Pratini de Moraes is Independent Director of is Pilgrim's Pride Corporation. He is currently President of the Business Strategy Committee of JBS Friboi, Vice Chairman of the Board of COSAN Ltd., a member of the Board of COSCEX - Superior Council of Foreign Trade at FIESP (Foreign Trade Board of the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo), and Director of DEAGRO Division - Agrobusiness Department for Products of Animal Origin at FIESP (Foreign Trade Board of the Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo). Dr. Pratini de Moraes was a former Chairman of the Advisory Board of Solvay and Cie., Brazil, former Chairman of the Brazilian Chapter of CEAL (Business Council of Latin America), and a former member of the Advisory Council of BM&F (Brazilian Mercantile & Futures Exchange). Dr. Pratini de Moraes was a member of the Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO Bank from 2003 to 2007. He also had a long career in Brazil's public sector.

Wallim Vasconcellos

Mr. Wallim Cruz De Vasconcellos, Jr., is Independent Director of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation. He has served as a Partner of Iposeira Partners Ltd, a provider of advisory services for mergers and acquisitions and restructuring transactions since 2003. Mr. Vasconcellos served as a Consultant to IFC/World Bank from 2003 to 2008. He is currently a Member of the Board of Santos Brasil S.A. and served as a Member of the Board of Cremer S.A. from 2006 to 2008.

Rosemary Geelan

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