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Bernardo Hees

Bernardo Hees, Operating Partner, The Cranemere Holdings Group


Bernardo Hees has served as a member of our Board since June 2025. Mr. Hees is currently an Operating Partner at The Cranemere Holdings Group, a long-term industrial holdings firm, since March 2024, and a Senior Advisor to JAB with respect to its investment in Krispy Kreme, Inc. since April 2025. Prior to this, he has held numerous leadership roles at global companies, serving as Executive Chairman of Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR), a global mobility company, from 2020 until 2024, Chief Executive Officer of The Kraft Heinz Company from 2015 until 2019, and as Chief Executive Officer of H.J. Heinz Holding Corporation from 2013 until 2015. From 2010 to 2013, Mr. Hees served as Chief Executive Officer of Burger King Worldwide, Inc. and its predecessor entity. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Hees served as Chief Executive Officer of América Latina Logistica (ALL Logistics), a Brazilian logistics company. Mr. Hees was a Partner at 3G Capital, a global investment firm, from 2010 until 2019. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAR) and, from 2019 to 2025, he served as a member of the board of directors of Bunge Global SA (NYSE: BG), a global agribusiness and food company. Mr. Hees holds a B.A. in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil and an M.B.A. from Warwick Business School in the United Kingdom. He also completed the Owners/President Management program at the Harvard Business School.


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