19. Professional Qualifications and Other Relevant Curricular Information of Each Member of the Board of Directors
Pedro Soares dos Santos is a Portuguese national, and joined the Operating Division of Pingo Doce in 1983. In 1985, he joined the Sales and Marketing department of Iglo/Unilever, and five years later, assumed the post of Assistant Director of Recheio Operations. In 1995, he was named General Manager of the latter Company. Between 1999 and 2000 he accepted responsibility for operations in Poland and in Brazil. In 2001 he also assumed responsibility for the operations area for Food Distribution in Portugal. He has been a Director of Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A. since 31st March 1995, and has been Chief Executive Officer since 9th April 2010 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since 18th December 2013.
Agnieszka Słomka-Gołębiowska is a Polish national and has a PhD in Economics from the Warsaw School of Economics and a Master’s degree in International Business from the Copenhagen Business School. She is a professor at the Warsaw School of Economics and at the IE University.
She has extensive consulting experience, having worked at Accenture and Arthur Andersen. She chairs the Board of Directors of mBank and serves on Supervisory Boards of CD PROJEKT, PTE PZU, and Grupa Pracuj. A corporate governance expert, she is an advisor to the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance and to the Sustainable Investment Forum Poland (POLSIF), is a mentor at the Hertie School and a Vital Voices global ambassador. She was named Corporate Governance Personality of the Year 2019 in Poland by Konferencja Rada Nadzorcza (Supervisory Board Conference). She is a Non-executive Director of the Company since 24th April 2025.
António Domingues is a Portuguese national with more than 40 years of experience in banking, risk management and corporate governance. He holds a degree in Economics from ISEG and began his career in the Portuguese public sector before working in Macau and later at Banco de Portugal, the Portuguese central bank. He joined BPI in 1989, where he worked for almost three decades, including as Deputy CEO and CFO. In 2016, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Caixa Geral de Depósitos. He has held board positions in leading institutions such as Allianz Portugal, SIBS, Unicre and NOS. He currently sits on the Boards of Directors of Haitong Investment Bank, Banco CTT and UniCredit SpA, where he is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. He is a Non-executive Director of the Company since 24th April 2025.
Elizabeth Ann Bastoni is an American national and holds a BA degree with a concentration in Accounting from Providence College and a degree in French civilization studies from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She started her career in Paris with KPMG in 1989 in the International Tax Practice where she served in various roles, including senior manager of Business Development. From 1998 to 2000, she served as Director of Global Compensation, Benefits and Expatriate Programs for Lyonnaise des Eaux worldwide. Prior to joining The Coca-Cola Company in 2005, she held senior human resources positions with the Paris-based Thales Group. She joined Carlson from The Coca-Cola Company where she served as Chief Human Resources and Communications Officer. She served as Director of Carlson Wagonlit Travel and as a Director of The Rezidor Hotel Group, President of Bastoni Consulting Group LLC, Director of Société BIC and Chair of the Board of Directors and of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee of Limeade Inc. Currently, she is Director of Euroapi, S.A., of CNH Industrial, Coca Cola HBC A.G. and Qorium B.V.. She Chaired the Remuneration Committee of the Jerónimo Martins Group between 2016 and 2018. She is a Non-executive Director of the Company since 11th April 2019.
Fabio Villegas Ramírez is a Colombian national, who holds a degree in Economics from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University and a Masters from the London School of Economics. He has served as Chief of Staff to the President of Colombia, Minister of the Interior, and held executive roles at Deutsche Bank and the Rothschild Group. From 2005 to 2016, he was CEO of Avianca, leading its modernisation and listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Since 2016, he has been President of the Decameron Organization, a hotel chain in Latin America and the Caribbean. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Carvajal S.A., an industrial conglomerate focused on packaging, paper, and technology services. He is a Non-executive Director of the Company since 24th April 2025.
Francisco Sá Carneiro is a Portuguese national: He possesses over 35 years of experience in corporate law, M&A, capital markets, banking and finance. He holds a law degree from the Lisbon Law School of the Catholic University of Lisbon.
He was a founding partner at Vasconcelos, F. Sá Carneiro, Fontes & Associados and co-founder of Campos Ferreira Sá Carneiro & Associados. He joined Vieira de Almeida in 2022 as a partner in the Corporate and M&A practice. He is currently a member of the Boards of Directors of Sociedade Francisco Manuel dos Santos B.V., Arica – Investimentos, Participações e Gestão, S.A. and Sociedade Francisco Manuel dos Santos II, S.A., and a manager of Alnilam – Sociedade Imobiliária Lda. He is a Non-executive Director of the Company since 24th April 2025.
João Vale de Almeida is a Portuguese national, and is a diplomat. He holds a degree in History from the University of Lisbon. Over his 40-year career, he served in various high-profile roles within the European Commission, including Director-General for External Relations and Chief of Staff to President José Manuel Durão Barroso. He was the EU Ambassador to the US, the UN and the UK. After retiring, he was invited to teach at Columbia University and at the University of Cambridge. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Oceano Azul Foundation, Chairman of ODI Europe, and a member of the Strategic Council of the European Policy Center. He is an active participant in debates on international relations and European affairs. He is a Non-executive Director of the Company since 24th April 2025.
José Soares dos Santos is a Portuguese national, has a degree in Marine Biology from Lisbon Classic University, in 1986, with executive education at IMD (1995) and Harvard (1997), and alumni Member of Stanford (2000). Member of the Board of Directors of Sociedade Francisco Manuel dos Santos Holding N.V., since 2001. Executive President of Sociedade Francisco Manuel dos Santos B.V. since its establishment. Member of the Board of Directors of Jerónimo Martins SGPS, S.A., from 1995 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2015. Since 1995, he has been Chairman of Unilever Fima, Lda., Gallo Worldwide, Lda. and JMDB Representação e Distribuição de Marcas Lda.. Executive Board Member and Trustee of Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, since 2009. Since September 2015, he has been Chairman of Oceanário de Lisboa, S.A. and, since December 2016, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors of the Oceano Azul Foundation. Chairman of Movendo Capital B.V., since 2017. He has been a Non-executive Director of the Company, appointed by Sociedade Francisco Manuel dos Santos, since 11th April 2019.
María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar is a Colombian national, has a degree in Political Sciences from Universidad de los Andes. She also holds a specialization in Public Administration at the Andes University, and a specialization in Diplomacy and Strategy from the Centre d’ Études Diplomatiques et Stratégie. With over two decades of public and private sector experience, she held high positions in the Colombian government, including at the Office of the President of Republic, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and at the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation. As part of her broad professional experience in the diplomatic field, María Ángela Holguín Cuellár has held, among others, the positions of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia (2010-2018) and Deputy Minister (1998), Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Colombian Mission to the United Nations (2004-2006) and Ambassador of Colombia to Venezuela (2002-2004). She was also Regional Director for Latin America of the Worldview International Foundation (2000-2002) and Representative in Argentina of the CAF Development Bank of Latin America (2008-2010). In addition, she was Coordinator for Colombia of the IADB Assembly and Inter-American Investment Corporation (1997), and Executive Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Conference on Early Childhood (1997). She is a Non-executive Director of Hoteles Estelar S.A., of Gases del Pacifico S.A.C., of Gases del Norte del Perú S.A.C., of Procafecol S.A., and of TESICOL – Tejidos Sintéticos de Colombia S.A. She is a Non-executive Director of the Company since 11th April 2019.
Nigyar Makhmudova is a British national with global leadership experience in the consumer goods and retail sectors. She holds an MSc in Biochemistry from Moscow State University and has studied at top institutions including Harvard and IMD. Formerly Chief Growth Officer at Danone, she also held senior executive roles at MARS Petcare, including Global CEO of Pet Nutrition, and served on the board of Jungbunzlauer, a Swiss company that is a global leader in the biotechnology of biodegradable ingredients.
She currently serves on the boards of directors of ISDIN and C&A. She is also a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees at C&A. She is also a member of the European Advisory Board at the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science. A strong advocate of inclusion and talent development, she mentors emerging leaders and is recognised for her strategic insights on business transformation and innovation. She is a Non-executive Director of the Company since 24th April 2025.
Sérgio Tavares Rebelo is a Portuguese national, has a degree in Economics from Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He also has a M.Sc. in Operations Research from Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon, as well as a M.A. and a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Rochester. He began his academic career as an instructor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in 1981. In 1988, he joined Northwestern University as Assistant Professor of Finance and became Associated Professor of Finance, in 1991. Between 1992 and 1997, he was Associated Professor of the Department of Economics of the University of Rochester and, since 1997, he has been Tokai Bank Distinguished Professor of International Finance, in Kellogg School of Management, of Northwestern University. Since 1982, he has published numerous articles and books on economics and finance. He has been a Member of the Advisory Council to the Global Markets Institute at Goldman Sachs, since April 2012, and was appointed Non-executive Director of Integrated DNA Technologies, from 2015 to 2018. He was Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee between 2016 and 2022. He has been a Non-executive Director of the Company, since 10th April 2013.
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Andrzej Szlęzak is a Polish national and has a Master degree in English philology and in law from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. In 1981, he passed the judicial exam and in 1994, he was admitted to the Chamber of Legal Advisors (Poznan Chapter). In 1979, he started his academic career at said university where he was awarded his doctorate and post-doctorate degrees in Law (“Habilitated Doctor”) in 1985 and in 1992, respectively. In 1994, he was awarded a professorship at Adam Mickiewicz University (Law School), which he held until 1996. At present, he is a professor at Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities. In 1991, he joined the law firm of Soltysinski, Kawecki & Szlęzak (SK&S) where he became Partner in 1993 and Senior Partner in 1996. During his practice at SK&S he has provided legal advice in numerous privatization and restructuring transactions in many sectors of Polish economy (mostly in M&A, corporate and greenfield projects). Since 1999, he has been an arbitrator of the Arbitration Court at the Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG) in Warsaw, being at the moment Deputy Chairman of the Arbitration Board of this Court. He has also been appointed an arbitrator in several proceedings (national and international) before the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris and in ad hoc proceedings conducted according to the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. He is also the author of several publications, including foreign-language publications, in the fields of civil, commercial and arbitration law. He was a Non-executive Director of the Company from 10th April 2013 to 24th April 2025.
António Viana-Baptista is a Portuguese national, holds a Degree in Economics from Universidade Católica Portuguesa (1980), has a postgraduate diploma in European Economics from Universidade Católica Portuguesa (1981) and an MBA from INSEAD (Fontainebleau, 1983). Between 1985 and 1991, he was Principal Partner of Mckinsey & Co. in the Madrid and Lisbon offices. He held the post of Director in the Banco Português de Investimento, between 1991 and 1998. From 1998 to 2002, he was Chairman and CEO of Telefónica International. From 2002 to 2006 he was Chairman and CEO of Telefónica Móviles S.A. From 2006 to 2008, he was Chairman and CEO of Telefónica España. Between 2000 and 2008, he was a Non-executive Director of the Board of Directors of Portugal Telecom. He was CEO of Crédit Suisse AG for Spain and Portugal, from 2011 to 2016, acting currently as a consultant of that company. Between 2018 and 2022 he was a Non-executive Director of Atento, S.A.. He is a Non-executive Director of Semapa, SGPS, S.A. and of Azora Capital, S.L., and is also Director of Alter Venture Partners G.P., SARL. He was a member of the Audit Committee of the Company during the terms 2010-2012, and 2013-2015. He was a Non-executive Director of the Company from 9th April 2010 to 24th April 2025.
Artur Stefan Kirsten is a German national and took his master degree in Business Economics and Informatics, from 1981 to 1986, at the FernUniversität Hagen and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. In 1991, he has taken his Doctorate Degree followed later by the Stanford Executive Program with the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University in California. Since 1995 he has been teaching at different universities in Germany and abroad. Dr. Kirsten has been appointed to a professorship with the Westfaelische University in Gelsenkirchen since 2001. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Vonovia SE (former “Deutsche Annington SE”) between 2011 and 2018, where he was a member of the Management Board since 1st January 2011. Currently he has various non-executive directorships and is a Co-Founder of Monarch, a British/German specialized service company. He was Member of the Board of Directors of the Company, from April 2010 to February 2011, and he is currently a Board member at Sociedade Francisco Manuel dos Santos BV. His previous positions were as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Majid Al Futtaiim Group LLC, a real estate development company focusing mainly on property, retail and ventures in the Emirates, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Metro AG and ThyssenKrupp AG in Germany, and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Vonovia Finance B.V.. He was a Non-executive Director of the Company, from 9th April 2015 to 24th April 2025.
Clara Christina Streit is both a US and German citizen and holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. She serves as an independent Non-executive Director of several European corporations. She began her career as a Consultant at McKinsey & Company where she retired as Senior Partner in 2012, after more than 20 years of experience as an advisor to financial institutions. From 2011 to 2024 she served as a Director and member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee of Vontobel Holding AG. Since 2013, she has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the German property company Vonovia SE (former “Deutsche Annington SE”). From May 2015 to April 2018, she was a Member of the Board of Directors and of the Internal Controls & Risks and Corporate Governance, HR & Nomination Committees at Unicredit S.p.A, Milan. In NN Group, NV, she was appointed, in 2017, as member of the Supervisory Board (until 2022), and of the Risk Committee and the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee (until 2021) and became a member, in 2021, of the Remuneration Committee. In 2019, she was appointed Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG, currently serving on the Nomination Committee. She currently is Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee. She was a Non-executive Director of the Company, from 9th April 2015 to 24th April 2025.
Francisco Seixas da Costa is a Portuguese national, has a degree in Political and Social Sciences from the Universidade Técnica of Lisbon. He started his diplomatic career in 1975 as a diplomat in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 1995 and 2001, he was Secretary of State for European Affairs, where he had several official functions, amongst others, Portuguese chief negotiator of the EU Amsterdam treaty, from 1995 to 1997, Portuguese coordinator for the negotiation of the EU financial framework, from 1997 to 1999, and President of the Council of Ministers of the EU Internal Market in 2000. From 2001 until 2002, he was Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, in New York, and, from 2002 until 2004, he was Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), in Vienna. Between 2004 and 2008, he was Ambassador to Brazil, in Brasília, and, between 2009 and 2013, he was Ambassador to France and Permanent Representative to UNESCO (since 2012), in Paris. He was a member of the Consultative Council of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and member of the Strategic Consultative Council of Mota-Engil, SGPS, S.A.. Since 2014, he is a professor in Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. In April 2016, he was appointed Director and member of the Nominations and Remunerations Committee of EDP Renováveis and, on 2017 he was appointed Member of the Independent General Council of RTP – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, S.A.. He is a Director of Mota-Engil, SGPS, S.A., Chairman of the Fiscal Council of Tabaqueira II, S.A. and of the Advisory Council of Kearney Portugal. He is a columnist and cooperates with several publications, also being the author of several works on international issues and security. He was a Non-executive Director of the Company, from 10th April 2013 to 24th April 2025.
Natalia Anna Olynec is a US and Canadian citizen residing in Switzerland. She holds a Honors Bachelor Degree in Political Science from McGill University of Canada, a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Singapore, and has completed executive education programs in high-performance leadership and sustainability strategies from IMD Business School in Switzerland. Speaking four languages, she has worked for over 20 years in management, consulting and sustainability education. She started her career as a journalist at Bloomberg in Eastern Europe and Singapore, has published several books, contributed to the World Economic Forum’s Global Redesign Initiative report and served as editor of Global-is-Asian magazine at National University of Singapore. Between 2011 and 2014, she was Damco’s (Maersk Group) Global Head of Sustainability, where she increased supply chain transparency and accountability resulting in risk mitigation and value creation in energy, green and humanitarian logistics, and responsible procurement. In 2015, she served as an adjunct professor of Sustainability in the graduate programme at S.P. Jain School of Global Management, Singapore, responsible for teaching sustainability megatrends. She joined the CEO Learning Center at IMD Business School in 2016. She took over as Sustainability Partner in 2018 and Head of Sustainability in 2020 at IMD, where she is responsible for sustainability strategy and develops sustainability executive education programs and advisory. She publishes articles and award-winning case studies on sustainability and is member of the executive committee of the IMD Global Center for Sustainable and Inclusive Business. She was a Non-executive Director of the Company from 21st April 2022 to 24th April 2025.