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Board of Directors

The Board of Directors (BD) is a collegiate body formed by 6 to 12 members elected at the General Shareholders' Meeting, for a common one-year term of office, reelection being permitted. The duty of the Board of Directors is to establish long-term strategies for the Company.

Name Title
José Júlio Cardoso de Lucena Chairman
Cassio Casseb Lima Member
Manoel Ferraz Whitaker Salles Member
Marcelo Canguçu de Almeida Member
Martus Antonio Rodrigues Tavares Member
Roberto Faldini Member

Sadia’s current Board of Directors comprises seven independent members.

Executive Bios


José Júlio Cardoso de Lucena – Bachelor's Degree in Law from the University of São Paulo and in Marketing & Advertising from ESPM. He has participated in various courses and seminars from Harvard Business School, Wharton, Columbia University, and others. He has had his own consulting company since 2005 named Assertive Consultoria e Administração and serves as a member of various Boards of Directors and as a consultant in the area of food. Some of his clients are as follows: Molinos Rio de La Plata and Mar & Terra Ind. e Comércio de Pescados Ltda. He built a solid career in the areas of Marketing, Sales, and Distribution at Kibon from 1970 to 1989. He was CEO at Kibon S.A. from 1986 to 1993. He was CEO of Tintas Coral and of ICI Paints Mercosur from 1994 to 1997. He was CEO of Santista Alimentos and member of the Management Council of Bunge Ltd from 1997 to 2002. He was CEO of Seara Alimentos (at the same time of being CEO of Santista Alimentos) from 1998 to 2005. He was chairman of ABEF (Brazilian Association of Farmers and Exporters) from 2005 to 2007. Brazilian, divorced, born in São Paulo – SP on Feb/28/1948.

Cássio Casseb Lima – Mr. Lima has been a member of the board of directors since April 2008. He graduated in Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (1978), he started his career at Bank Boston. In 2003 he was appointed President of Banco do Brasil S.A. He was also a member of the Boards of Brasilprev, Aliança do Brasil, Localiza S.A. At present, he is a Member of the Coca-Cola Retail Research Board and an Advisor to the Board of Principal Financial Group.

Manoel Ferraz Whitaker Salles – A lawyer, managing owner of the firm Whitaker Salles Advogados since 1985. He was managing owner of the firm Carvalhosa & Whitaker Salles Advogados from 1971 to 1985, Associated Lawyer at Pinheiro Neto, Gomes de Souza Advogados from 1968 to 1971, internal lawyer at Inds. Reunidas São Jorge S.A. from 1964 to 1967. Life member of the board of directors of Fundação Bienal de São Paulo since 1977; Member of the board of directors of Sigvaris do Brasil (Ganzoni A.G., Suíça) since 2000; member of the board of directors of Casa Anglo Brasileira S.A. from 1992 to 1994.

Marcelo Canguçu de Almeida – Director of Banco Auxiliar from 1981 to 1985. In 1986, he started his activities at Concordia S.A. CVMCC as general manager; from 1995 to April/2009, he was responsible for Variable Income and Futures Markets. He was director of the Brazilian Association of Capital Markets / São Paulo Chapter - ABAMEC/SP from 1981 to 1984 and member of the board of CBLC from 2004 to 2007. Member of the board of ethics of the Commodities and Futures Exchange - BM&F from 2004 to 2006. Member of the variable income committee of the São Paulo Stock Exchange - Bovespa, of Futures and ADR Markets Committee of BM&F, Member of the Operational Matters of BM&F from 2002 to 2007.

Martus Antonio Rodrigues Tavares – An Economist, he has been the CEO of BRVias S.A. since November 2006 and independent member of REDE Energia S.A. since September 2006. He was member of the board of the private companies PPE Fios Esmaltados S.A. and CTIS Tecnologia S.A., member of the board of directors of Cia. de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo (SABESP), Companhia Energética Paulista (CESP), Empresa Metropolitana de Água e Energia S.A. (EMAE) and Companhia Paulista de Parcerias (CPP). He was chairman of the board of directors of Banco do Nordeste do Brasil and member of the board of directors of Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES). He was Vice President of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo - FIESP from April to November 2006; Secretary of Economy and Planning of the State of São Paulo from February 2005 to March 2006, executive director for Brazil and Suriname at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) from July 2002 to August 2004. He was Minister of Planning, Budget and Management in the Government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso from July 1999 to April 2002; Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management in the period from 1996 to June 1999.

Roberto Faldini – Mr. Faldini has been a member of the board of directors since April 2008. Graduated in Business Administration from EASP-FGV (1972), with specialization in Advanced Management from Fundação Dom Cabral and INSEAD and in Entrepreneurship from Babson College. In 1992, he was President of CVM – the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission. Presently, he is member of several Boards of Directors.