The Kraft Heinz Company announced the appointment of Andre Maciel as Global Chief Financial Officer, effective March 2, 2022. Maciel will succeed Paulo Basilio, who will step down on March 1, 2022, as part of a planned transition and will remain with the Company as a strategic advisor through August 2022. Basilio remains a partner at 3G Capital.

Basilio has been with the Company since 2013, serving two terms as CFO and in between as the President of the U.S. Zone. The Company accepted his request to step down from the Global CFO role on Jan. 19, 2022.

For the next six months, Basilio will continue in an advisory role at Kraft Heinz, supporting Maciel during his transition. Maciel has been with Kraft Heinz since 2013 and has held several leadership roles, including VP of Global Financial Planning and Analysis for the H.J. Heinz Company. He was also Managing Director of Continental Europe responsible for the Kraft Heinz business in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland, and his current position of SVP, U.S. CFO and Head of Digital Transformation.