People: Embraer SA (EMBR3.SA)

Mr. Hermann Heinemann Wever has served as Independent Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Embraer SA since April 29, 2009. He has been Independent Member of the Board of Directors of the Company since 2006. He started his career at the industrial division of General Electric, where he successively spearheaded the lighting, domestic appliances and heavy equipment divisions. In 1979, he implemented a joint venture between General Electric and Villares (Vigesa). In 1980, he joined Siemens do Brasil as Vice-President of the Energy Division. In 1987, he was appointed Siemens' Chief Executive Officer, a position he held until his retirement in 2001. He was President of the Consulting Board of Siemens Ltda from 2001 to 2009. He is President of Wever Assessoria Empresarial. He has been awarded Ordem do Rio Branco from the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cross of the Order of Merit from the Federal Republic of Germany. He earned degrees in Civil and Electrical engineering from Mackenzie University and a postgraduate degree in Business Administration from Fundacao Getulio Vargas.