Patricia from Craft Heinz will add chair duties

PITTSBURG – Board of Directors of Kraft Heinz Co. announced its intention to promote Miguel Patricio to the position of chairman subject to his re-election at the company’s annual shareholders meeting in 2022. He will replace Alexander Bering, who will retire after serving as chairman since July 2015.

Mr. Patricia has been the CEO of Kraft Heinz since July 2019. He joined the company from Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), where he spent two decades in various positions, including Marketing Director, President of the Asia-Pacific Zone, President of the North American Zone and Vice President of Marketing for the North American Zone. Prior to AB InBev Mr. Patricia was Chief Marketing Officer at Cervejaria Ambev and Vice President of Marketing at Philip Morris International. Earlier in his career, he was director of global marketing for The Coca-Cola Co. and Director of Global Marketing at Johnson & Johnson.

“We are very pleased with the progress made by the company in advancing its strategic plan over the past few years under Miguel’s leadership, and view his promotion as chairman as a natural development that ensures continued strong and consistent leadership to lead the campaign. the future, ”Mr Bering said. “I enjoyed working with Miguel, the management and leadership of Kraft Heinz.”

In addition to introducing Mr. Patricio as chairman, Kraft Heinz announced the nomination of James Park to the board. Mr. Park is a technology entrepreneur, co-founder of Fitbit, Inc. Fitbit was acquired by Google in January 2021, and now Mr. Park is vice president and general manager of Fitbit at Google.