September 13, 2012

Andre Nogueira to become President, CEO of JBS USA

Press release

As part of a scheduled succession plan, Andre Nogueira, current CEO of JBS Australia, will become president and CEO of JBS USA, effective January 1, 2013 as Don Jackson will retire year end 2012.

Jackson will gradually transition his roles and responsibilities to Nogueira through the end of this year. Jackson will remain with the company in an advisory capacity and retain his seat on the board of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation.

Nogueira, in his new role as JBS USA CEO, will have responsibility for all US and Australia operations and will report directly to Wesley Batista, president and CEO of JBS global operations. He assumes the position of JBS USA CEO with more than 25 years of leadership experience in corporate business in both the US and Brazil.

JBS South America is the world's largest meat company with 301 production facilities worldwide and over 135,000 employees. It processes, prepares, packages and delivers fresh, further processed and value-added beef, pork, lamb and poultry products in over 150 countries on 5 continents. 

JBS USA, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of JBS S.A., is a leading processor of beef and pork in the US and leading processor of beef and lamb in Australia. It processes, prepares, packages and delivers fresh, further processed and value-added beef and pork products for sale to customers in over 60 countries on 5 continents.

In the US, Mexico and Puerto Rico, JBS USA and Pilgrim's Pride conducts its operations through eight beef processing plants, three pork processing plants, 31 poultry processing plants, 31 poultry hatcheries, one lamb processing plant, one hide tannery, 31 distribution centres, and 12 feedlots operated by JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding.  In Australia, the company operates 15 beef and small animal processing plants, seven feedlots, one hide tannery and seven distribution centres.