Bunge Limited is an American agribusiness and food company, incorporated in Bermuda, and headquartered in White Plains, New York, United States.

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Ms. Aleixo Lustosa most recently served as Managing Director at the Brazilian Development Bank (“BNDES”), National Bank for Economic and Social Development, where she was responsible for capital markets and the execution of the Brazilian Privatization Program. Earlier in her career, she was the Chief Financial Officer of LLX Logística S.A. (currently Prumo Logística S.A.), Vice President of Finance and Control of Grupo Abril S.A., Executive Director of Globex Utilidades S.A. and Chief Investment Officer of the Petrobras’ Employee Pension Fund. Ms. Aleixo Lustosa currently serves as a non-executive director of the following companies: Grupo CCR S.A., BrasilAgro S.A., and Aegea Saneamento S.A. She has been a referee of the Brazilian Arbitration Chamber of Novo Mercado Bovespa - B3 - Brazilian Stock Market, since 2004, and is member of the Bluebell Index advisory board. Aleixo Lustosa has a Ph.D in Finance and Master’s of Arts and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she later served as a professor of microeconomics and international relations.

Eliane Aleixo Lustosa de Andrade

Aaron Buettner assumed his current role in May 2019, after having started his career at [Bunge](/org/bunge) in 2015 as the Vice President - Global Oils segment.

Prior to joining [Bunge](/org/bunge), he worked at [Cargill](/org/cargill) for 19 years in a variety of commercial, finance and general management leadership roles in the US, Russia, and Asia Pacific refined oils businesses.  He holds a  Bachelors degree in Accounting and Computer Science from the [University of Northern Iowa](/org/university-of-northern-iowa) and earned a MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Aaron Buettner

Hees served as Chief Executive Officer of The KraftHeinz Company from 2015 to June 2019. He served as Chief Executive Officer of H.J. Heinz Holding Corporation since 2013. From 2010 to 2013 Mr. Hees served as Chief Executive Officer of Burger King Worldwide Holdings, Inc., a global fast food restaurant chain. From 2005 to 2010 he was Chief Executive Officer of América Latina Logística ("ALL"), a Brazilian logistics company. Mr. Hees was also a partner at 3G Capital from 2010 to 2019.

Bernardo Hees

Mark Zenuk is a director at [Bunge](/org/bunge), a global agribusiness and food company. Mark has over 20 years of experience in the private equity and commodities industries. Prior to joining [Bunge](/org/bunge), Mark was a partner and managing director at NGP Global Agribusiness Partners, where they led investments in the agribusiness sector. Mark has also worked at Tillridge Global Agribusiness Partners, where they focused on investments in the food and agriculture industries. Mark has a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at [Northwestern University](/org/northwestern-university).

Mark Zenuk received their BSA from the [University of Saskatchewan](/org/university-of-saskatchewan) in Agriculture Economics. Mark then completed an Agribusiness program at [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school), where they studied Business Administration and Management, General. Finally, they attended the [National Association of Corporate Directors](/org/national-association-of-corporate-directors).

Mark Zenuk

Robert Coviello assumed his current role in May 2019.

As a member of the [Bunge](/org/bunge) team for more than 15 years, he has held a variety of commercial leadership positions in Asia, Europe and the U.S. Prior to [Bunge](/org/bunge), he served in trading roles at [Cargill](/org/cargill) in the U.S. He holds a B.A. from [Dartmouth College](/org/dartmouth) and an M.B.A. from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school). He also serves on the board of directors of the SOLEVO Group, which is a leading provider of innovative and sustainable solutions for agricultural and industrial growth in Africa.

Robert Coviello

Prior to joining [Bunge](/org/bunge), she worked in leadership positions in a variety of legal, finance, and commercial roles at [Tyson Foods](/org/tyson-foods) and ADM, among others. She holds Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from [Hendrix College](/org/hendrix-college) and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas School of Law.

Ruth Ann Wisener

Julio Garros assumed his current role in March 2021.

He joined [Bunge](/org/bunge) in 2002 as a Financial Analyst in Argentina and has held a number of roles across Finance, Commercial and Business Development in Argentina and Brazil.  He has been instrumental in driving our digital initiatives, business development and origination strategy in South America. Most recently, he has led our global Agribusiness transformation ensuring we have the systems, financial reporting and transparency to support our one [Bunge](/org/bunge) operating model.  Prior to joining [Bunge](/org/bunge), he worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers and as an auditor for Argentina’s Foreign Affairs Office. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the Universidad National dd Mar del Plata and has masters degrees in Finance & Accounting and Economics from the Palermo University.

Julio Garros

oseph A. Podwika assumed his current role in November 2019.

He joined [Bunge](/org/bunge) from Nutrien Ltd. where he was Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. He was previously Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary with PotashCorp, where he was responsible for delivery of legal services and the corporate compliance program, in addition to corporate governance processes in his role as corporate secretary. Before joining PotashCorp, Mr. Podwika worked in the legal department of International Paper Company in Memphis, Tennessee and was in private practice with Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel in Buffalo, New York. He earned an English degree with highest honors at State University of New York at Buffalo and a Juris Doctorate from Northwestern University School of Law. He is a member of the American and Canadian bar associations, the Association of Corporate Counsel and the U.S. and Canadian societies of corporate secretaries and governance professionals.

Joseph A. Podwika

Kelly Rocha

Phil Monauni

John W. Neppl assumed his current role in May 2019.

He joined [Bunge](/org/bunge) from [Green Plains](/org/green-plains) Inc., where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to [Green Plains](/org/green-plains), Mr. Neppl served as chief financial officer of The Gavilon Group, LLC, an agriculture and energy commodities management firm with an extensive global footprint. Mr. Neppl held senior financial management positions at ConAgra Foods, Inc., including senior financial officer of ConAgra Trade Group and Commercial Products division as well as assistant corporate controller. Prior to ConAgra, Mr. Neppl was corporate controller at Guarantee Life Companies. He began his career as an auditor with Deloitte & Touche. He is a member of the [Creighton University](/org/creighton-university) Heider College of Business Dean's Advisory Board, as well as its Accounting Department Advisory Board. In addition, he is on the Board of Directors of Marian High School and Chair of its Finance Committee. Mr. Neppl earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with a major in accounting from [Creighton University](/org/creighton-university) in Omaha, Nebraska. He is also a certified public accountant (inactive status).

John W. Neppl

Robert Wagner assumed his current role in June 2019.

Robert Wagner was most recently based in Houston as Chief Risk Officer at Tricon International, Ltd., with global responsibility and leadership of the company’s risk management team. Prior to Tricon, he was Group Chief Risk Officer at [COFCO](/org/cofco) Agri Ltd in Geneva, Switzerland, where he was responsible for leading a team to build and provide world-class risk oversight across the company’s global operations. Prior to [COFCO](/org/cofco), he held the Chief Risk Officer position for The Gavilon Group, LLC, where he was member of the firm’s Executive Committee and had responsibility for both the market risk management and credit departments. Mr. Wagner earned his B.S. degree in international business from Minnesota State University at Moorhead and a Master of Science degree in agricultural economics from North Dakota State University. He also holds an MBA from [Creighton University](/org/creighton-university). He is a member of the Board of Trustees and prior Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee at The Brownell Talbot School in Omaha, Nebraska.

Robert Wagner

Gregory A. Heckman has been our CEO since 2019 and also serves on [Bunge](/org/bunge)'s board of directors.

He is Founding Partner of Flatwater Partners and has over 30 years of experience in the agriculture, energy and food processing industries. Most recently, Greg was CEO of The Gavilon Group. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer of ConAgra Foods Commercial Products and President and COO of ConAgra Trade Group. He holds a B.S. in agriculture economics and marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Gregory A. Heckman

Pierre Mauger assumed his current role in May 2019. He started his career at [Bunge](/org/bunge) in 2013 as Chief Development Officer, having previously been a partner at [McKinsey & Company](/org/mckinsey-company), where from 2009 to 2013 he led the firm’s agriculture service line in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

His work included managing client relationships with leading global companies in the commodity processing and trading, agrochemicals and fertilizer sectors, as well as with governments. He previously was a partner in the firm’s consumer goods practice, having joined McKinsey as an associate in 2000. Prior to that, he worked as an auditor at Nestlé and [KPMG](/org/kpmg). He has a BSc in economics and business finance from Brunel University in the UK and an MBA from [INSEAD](/org/insead).

Pierre Mauger

Michael Kobori

Kenneth Simril

She served as Chief Executive Officer of Britannia Industries, a publicly listed food company in India, from 2005 to 2014. Prior to that, she was Head of the Business Strategy practice in the U.S. at The Zyman Group, a consulting firm. She started her career in India at a [Tata Group](/org/tata-group) company in 1977, and joined Cadbury India in 1980, subsequently working for Cadbury in the United Kingdom, Nigeria and South Africa until 1994. From 1994 to 2003, she held senior positions in marketing and general management at [The Coca-Cola Company](/org/the-coca-cola-company) in the U.S. and Latin America, becoming Global Head of Corporate Strategy in 2001. She is a non-executive director on the board of Cognizant Technology Solutions as well as Indian companies, including CRISIL Ltd. and Syngene International Limited. She is a former non-executive director of Smith & Nephew plc and Syngenta International AG. She also chaired the Board of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) from 2015-2018.

Vinita Bali

Bair was Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from 2006 to 2011. She left the [FDIC](/org/federal-deposit-insurance-company) in June 2011 to join the Pew Charitable Trust as a senior advisor, a role she held from 2011 through 2015. Bair also served as president of [Washington College](/org/washington-college) from 2015 to 2017, and senior advisor to international law firm [DLA Piper](/org/dla-piper), from 2014 to 2015. Earlier in her career, Bair was assistant secretary for financial institutions at the Department of the Treasury, senior vice president for government relations of the New York Stock Exchange, commissioner and Acting Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. 

Sheila Bair

Susan Brown

Brian Zachman assumed his current role in January 2019.

He joined [Bunge](/org/bunge) from Millennium Limited Partners where he traded agricultural commodity derivatives as a portfolio manager since 2014.  Prior to that he was a Portfolio Manager with SAC Capital from 2012 to 2014, and has served in various commercial, merchant and trading roles with [Cargill](/org/cargill), ConAgra and [Bunge](/org/bunge). He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

Brian Zachman

Christos Dimopoulos assumed his current role in May 2019.

He joined [Bunge](/org/bunge) in 2004 and most recently served as senior vice president global grains and oilseeds. Prior to joining [Bunge](/org/bunge), he held roles of increasing responsibility in Europe and the United States with Tradigrain and Intrade Risk Management. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from HEC Lausanne in Business Management & Marketing.

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