Between January and May 2009 the Company reduced the number of its executive officers by eliminating twelve. The duties and responsibilities of seven of such positions were absorbed by other officers. Below is a short résumé of the key members of Sadia's executive management team as of May 14, 2009:
Name Birth Date Position
Gilberto Tomazoni 08/28/1958 Chief Executive Officer
Alfredo Felipe da Luz Sobrinho
08/31/1945
Corporate Relations and Legal Affairs Officer
Amaury Magalhães Maciel Filho
05/06/1964
Production Officer
Antonio Paulo Lazzaretti
07/24/1947
Quality R&D Sustainability Officer
Eduardo Bernstein
04/17/1965
Marketing Officer
Ely David Mizrahi
11/28/1963
Food Services Business Unit Officer
Flávio Luis Fávero
12/11/1963
Production Technology Officer
Guillermo Henderson Larrobla
03/11/1956
External Market Business Unit Officer
Hélio Rubens Mendes dos Santos Junior
06/28/1963
Industrial Operations Officer
Hugo Frederico Gauer
11/10/1958
International Sales Officer
José Eduardo Cabral Mauro
06/18/1963
Domestic Market Business Unit Officer
José Luis Magalhães Salazar
09/16/1967
Chief Financial Officer, Administrative, Investor Relations and Information Technology Officer
Nelson Ricardo Teixeira
10/12/1965
National Sales Officer
Osório Dal Bello
07/01/1956
Agribusiness Technology Officer
Ralf Piper
09/18/1968
Human Resources and Management Officer
Ricardo Fernando Thomas Fernandes
10/25/1963
Grain Purchase Officer
Ricardo Lobato Faucon
09/30/1971
Procurement Officer
Ronaldo Kobarg Müller
11/11/1959
Production Officer
Gilberto Tomazoni. Mr. Tomazoni is the Chief Executive Officer. His previous experience within the Company includes industrial, sales (local and foreign markets) and marketing areas. Mr. Tomazoni holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and a graduate degree in Management Development from Fundação de Ensino do Desenvolvimento.
Alfredo Felipe da Luz Sobrinho. Mr. da Luz Sobrinho is the Corporate Relations and Legal Affairs Officer. He previously was a member of the board of directors and was Vice President of Marketing, Sales and Services of Transbrasil. Mr. da Luz Sobrinho was a President of ABIPECS and President of the Attílio Francisco Xavier Fontana Foundation. He holds an undergraduate degree in Law from Centro de Ensino Universidade Brasília.
Amaury Magalhães Maciel Filho. Mr. Maciel is the Production Officer. Entering Sadia in 1985 as Veterinary Doctor, from 1990 to 1993 he held the position of Head of the Swine Breeder Farms and from 1993 to 1997, he was appointed Head of the Agricultural Production Department. In 1997, he assumed the position of Swine Production Manager and, in 1999, the position of Poultry Production Manager in Dois Vizinhos, becoming the Unit Leader. From 2002 to 2004, he was appointed to the