Anheuser-Busch InBev Board of Directors
Anheuser-Busch InBev's board structure is composed of four members nominated by EPS SCA, a Luxembourg company that represents Interbrew's founding families; four members nominated by BRC S.à.r.l., a Luxembourg company that represents AmBev's founders and four independent directors.
Peter Harf
Mr. Harf is an independent Board member (Chairman). Born in 1946, he is a German citizen and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He also holds both a diploma and a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Cologne. Since 1988, Mr. Harf has been Chief Executive Officer of Joh. A. Benckiser SE, Vienna, Austria, a privately held financial holding company, as well as Chairman of Coty Inc., a worldwide fragrance and cosmetics company; Chairman of Labelux, a luxury goods company; Deputy Chairman of the Board of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, which is a leading household and personal care products company; and Director of Burger King Worldwide Holdings. In addition, he is co-founder and Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the non-profit DKMS German Bone Marrow Donor Center in Tübingen, Germany, the largest institution of its kind in the world. Previously, Mr. Harf was Senior Vice President of Corporate Planning at AEG - Telefunken, Frankfurt, Germany. He began his career at the Boston Consulting Group.
Olivier Goudet
Mr. Goudet is an independent Board member. Born in 1964, Mr. Goudet is a French citizen and holds a Degree in Engineering from l’Ecole Centrale de Paris and graduated from the ESSEC Business School in Paris with a major in Finance. He joined Mars, Inc in 1990, serving on the finance team of the French business. After six years, he left Mars to join the VALEO Group, where he held several senior executive positions. In 1998, he returned to Mars, where he became Chief Financial Officer in 2004. In 2008, his role was broadened to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Goudet is a Director of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Mars’ gum and confections subsidiary, where Berkshire Hathaway is a minority investor. He is also an active board member of the Washington Performing Arts Society, having served as Chairman of its finance committee.
Mark Winkelman
Mr. Winkelman is an independent Board member. Born in 1946, he is a citizen of the Netherlands and holds a Degree in Economics from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is a trustee. He served as a Management Committee member of Goldman Sachs & Co. from 1988 to 1994, where he is now a Senior Director. Before joining Goldman Sachs & Co. in 1978, he served at the World Bank for four years as a senior investment officer.
Kees J. Storm
Mr. Storm is an independent Board member. Born in 1942, he is a Dutch citizen and received an MA in Business Economics from the University of Rotterdam in 1969. His first role after graduating was as an assistant accountant at Moret & Limperg. After six successful years there, he was appointed to the Executive Board of Kon Scholten-Honig in 1976. He was then Chairman of the Executive Board of AEGON, the life insurance group, where he subsequently took responsibility for regions including the USA, the Netherlands and Europe. He is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of KLM, the airline carrier of the Netherlands, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PON Holdings, a member of the Supervisory Board of AEGON and a member of the Board of Directors of Baxter International (including member of the audit committee) and Unilever (Chairman of the audit committee). His interest in improving healthcare has also led him to active involvement with the Amsterdam Cancer Center and the Health Insurance Fund.
Paul Cornet de Ways Ruart
Mr. Cornet de Ways Ruart is a representative of the main shareholders (nominated by Eugénie Patri Sébastien S.A., the holder of the class A Stichting certificates). Born in 1968, he is a Belgian citizen and holds a Master's Degree in Commercial Engineering from the Catholic University of Louvain and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Paul spent the last 5 years working with Yahoo! successively as Chief of Staff, Senior Financial Director in charge of Audience and Director of Corporate Development. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Mr. Cornet was Director of Strategy for Orange (UK mobile operator) and spent seven years with McKinsey&Company in London and Palo Alto, California. He is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Eugenie Patri Sebastien S.A., Rayvax, Sparflex and several venture capital backed technology companies.
Grégoire de Spoelberch
Mr. de Spoelberch is a representative of the main shareholders (nominated by Eugénie Patri Sébastien S.A., the holder of the class A Stichting certificates). Born in 1966, he is a Belgian citizen and holds an MBA from INSEAD. Mr. de Spoelberch is an active private equity shareholder and his recent activities include shared Chief Executive Officer responsibilities for Lunch Garden, the leading Belgian self-service restaurant chain. He is a member of the board of several family-owned companies, such as Eugénie Patri Sébastien S.A., Verlinvest and Cobehold (Cobepa). He is also an administrator of the InBev Baillet-Latour Fund, a foundation that encourages social, cultural, artistic, technical, sporting, educational and philanthrophic achievements.
Alexandre Van Damme
Mr. Van Damme is a representative of the main shareholders (nominated by Eugénie Patri Sébastien S.A., the holder of the class A Stichting certificates). Born in 1962, he is a Belgian citizen and graduated from Solvay Business School, Brussels. Mr. Van Damme joined the beer industry early in his career and held various operational positions within Interbrew until 1991, including Head of Corporate Planning and Strategy. He has managed several private venture holding companies and is currently a director of Patri S.A. (Luxembourg). He is also a Board member of UCB, the Belgian pharmaceutical company; an administrator of the InBev Baillet-Latour Fund, a foundation that encourages social, cultural, artistic, technical, sporting, educational and philanthrophic achievements.
Jorge Paulo Lemann
Mr. Lemann is a representative of the main shareholders (nominated by BRC S.à.R.L., the holder of the class B Stichting certificates). Born in Brazil in 1939, he received a Bachelors Degree from Harvard University in 1961. Mr. Lemann founded and was senior partner of Banco de Investimentos Garantia S.A. in Brazil from 1971 through June 1998, when it was sold to Credit Suisse First Boston. Until early 2005, he was a Director of The Gillette Company in Boston, Swiss Re in Zurich and of Lojas Americanas in São Paulo. He was also Chairman of the Latin American Advisory Committee of the NYSE. He is a co-founder and Board member of Fundação Estudar, a non-profit organization that provides scholarships for Brazilians and Endeavour, an international non-profit organization that supports entrepreneurs in emerging markets. He has also supported educational institutions including Harvard and the University of Illinois with leadership and endowment gifts over the years.
Carlos Alberto da Veiga Sicupira
Mr. Sicupira is a representative of the main shareholders (nominated by BRC S.à.R.L., the holder of the class B Stichting certificates). Born in 1948, he is a Brazilian citizen and received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and attended the Owners/Presidents Management Program at Harvard Business School. He has been Chairman of Lojas Americanas since 1981, where he also served as Chief Executive Officer until 1992. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Burger King Worldwide Holdings; the Harvard Business School’s Board of Dean’s Advisors; and a co-founder and Board member of Fundação Estudar, a non-profit organization that provides scholarships for Brazilians.
Roberto Moses Thompson Motta
Mr. Thompson Motta is a representative of the main shareholders (nominated by BRC S.à.R.L., the holder of the class B Stichting certificates). Born in 1957, he is a Brazilian citizen and holds a Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. From 1993 to 2004, he was a managing partner of GP Investimentos., the largest private equity group in Brazil, and a Board member until 2010. Mr. Thompson Motta is also a Board member of AmBev S.A., Lojas Americanas; and São Carlos Empreendimentos e Participações S.A.
Marcel Herrmann Telles
Mr. Herrmann Telles is a representative of the main shareholders (nominated by BRC S.à.R.L., the holder of the class B Stichting certificates). Born in 1950, he is a Brazilian citizen and holds a Degree in Economics from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and attended the Owners/Presidents Management Program at Harvard Business School. He was Chief Executive Officer of Brahma and AmBev and has been a member of the Board of Directors of AmBev since 2000. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Burger King Worldwide Holdings; a member of the Advisory Board of Itau/Unibanco; a member of the Harvard Business School’s Board of Dean’s Advisors; co-founder and Board member of Fundação Estudar, a non-profit organization that provides scholarships for Brazilians; and a founder and Chairman of Ismart, a non-profit organization that provides scholarship to low-income students.
Stéfan Descheemaeker
Mr. Descheemaeker is a representative of the main shareholders (nominated by Eugénie Patri Sébastien S.A., the holder of the class A Stichting certificates). Born in 1960, he is a Belgian citizen and holds a Masters Degree in Commercial Engineering from Solvay Business School. He began his professional career with the Belgian Ministry of Finance and then moved to Cobepa, the Benelux investment company of BNP-Paribas. He later joined the holding company Defi as Chief Executive Officer of its financial subsidiary Definance, of which he led the initial public offering process. In 1996, he joined Interbrew as head of Strategy & External Growth, managing its M&A activities, culminating with the combination of Interbrew and AmBev. In 2004, he transitioned to operational management, in charge of Interbrew's operations in the U.S. and Mexico, and then as InBev's Zone President Central and Eastern Europe, and, eventually, Western Europe. In 2008, Mr. Descheemaeker ended his operational responsibilities at Anheuser-Busch InBev and joined the company’s Board as a non-executive Director. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Delhaize Group in January 2009 and is also a member of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Foundation.
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