Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board
Investiture Date: 08/27/2021 / Term 2 years
Heike Paulmann Koepfer holds a bachelor’s degree in commercial engineering from Universidad de Chile, and an MBA from Universidade Adolfo Ibáñez. Since 1999, she has been serving as our executive, having joined us more than 22 years ago. Over the years, she had a number of different responsibilities as executive officer until 2021, when she was appointed the chairman of our board of directors.
Board Member
Investiture Date: 08/27/2021 / Term 2 years
Mr. Longo holds a bachelor’s degree in commercial engineering from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Since 2016, he has been serving as our executive. Since 2019, he has been working as general manager at Easy, in Chile and, in the three previous years, he worked as commercial and marketing manager at Easy. Before joining us, Mr. Longo worked as general manager at British American Tobacco, in Chile, and as business strategy and development manager at British American Tobacco, in London. He also worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Co for five years, specializing in marketing and sales.
Board Member and Audit Committee Member
Investiture Date: 08/27/2021 / Term 2 years
Fernando de Castro Rodrigues holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from FGV. From 1980 to 2010, he studied and worked abroad, including in Spain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and China, mainly focused on the retail industry. From 2000 to 2020, he attended international congresses and forums on retail, including the NRF, the International Retail Summit, and World Retail, among others. From 1979 to 1993, he served as chief executive officer, chief commercial officer and chief financial officer at companies of the Saint-Gobain group. From 1983 to 2000, he served as chief business strategy and development for South America at the Saint-Goban group. From 2000 to 2010, he served as chief executive officer at Telhanorte Ltda. Mr. Rodrigues serves as director and is a partner of Tag Investimentos Ltda., a company he joined in 2012; director at ABRAFATI – Brazilian Paints Association; and member of the executive board of IDV – Instituto de Desenvolvimento do Varejo.
Board Member
Investiture Date: 08/27/2021 / Term 2 years
Júlio Moura Neto holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ), with specialization in nuclear engineering, and a master’s degree from the MIT, Sloan School of Management. He serves as member of the board of directors of Cencosud Chile, Brinox S.A. and Exact Sales. He is a founding partner and serves as chairman of Vesper-Ventures. In Switzerland, he served as member of the boards of directors of Messerli AG and Aliva AG; chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer at Amanco and Grupo Nueva; chief executive officer at Elevadores Schindler Europa; and member of the global executive committee of Sika S.A. He also served as chairman of the boards of directors of Chilean multinational companies, including Terranova and Masisa. Mr. Moura Neto served as member of the boards of directors of Amata Brasil, Adecoagro and Natura Cosméticos, where he also served as chairman of the strategic committee.
Board Member and Audit Committee Member
Investiture Date: 08/27/2021 / Term 2 years
Reynaldo Awad Saad holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Universidade Mackenzie and a bachelor’s degree in accounting sciences from Universidade Paulista. He attended a number of programs, including the Innovation and Disruption of the Industries and Environmental Impacts Program at Yale University, and the Executive Program Innovation at Singularity University Brazil. Mr. Saad worked for 31 years at Deloitte, developing his experience in consulting and audit services, mainly focused on the retail and consumer goods industry, advising Brazilian and multinational large and medium-sized companies. From 2011 to 2019, he served as head of retail and consumption industry for Brazil. From 2013 to 2018, he served as head of retail and consumption industry for Latin America. From 2014 to 2018, he served as member of the executive committee of industry global leaders. He led audit and consulting services provided to Walmart, the Pão de Açúcar group, the Carrefour group, the DPSP group and Nestlé. He also led audit services provided to Cencosud for the issuance of negative working capital appraisal reports in the acquisitions of Supermercados Irmãos Bretas and Supermercados Prezunic. He was the advisory partner in the consulting services provided to us from 2008 to 2015; and co-head for Latin America in the services provided to us from 2016 to 2018.