Jose Aurelio Drummond Jr.

Biography

Mr. Jose Aurelio Drummond, Jr., has been Global Chief Executive Officer and Member of Executive Board at BRF S.A. since November 22, 2017. Mr. Drummond served as an Advisor of Victoria Capital Partners. Mr. Drummond served as the Chief Executive Officer at Eneva S.A. since January 20, 2016 until April 5, 2017 and served as its President Director and Member of executive Board until April 5, 2017. He served as the President of Transportation and Construction Solutions Group at Arconic Inc. until February 15, 2016. Mr. Drummond has extensive experience in business management in companies from several sectors of the economy, in Brazil and abroad. He served as an Executive Vice President of Whirlpool Corporation since September 2008 and President of EMEA Operations since March 15, 2012. He served as the President of Whirlpool Latin America Home Appliances at Whirlpool Corporation from September 2008 to March 15, 2012. He served as President of Whirlpool Europe, Middle East and Africa since March 15, 2012 at Whirlpool Corporation and served as its Director of procurement- Latin America since 1999 , Vice President of sales and marketing - Latin America, Vice President of supply chain - Europe and President of Board of Directors - Whirlpool S.A. He served as the President of Whirlpool S.A of Whirlpool Corporation. He joined Whirlpool in 1999 as Director of Procurement at Whirlpool Latin America and held a number of managerial positions, including Vice President of Sales at Whirlpool Latin America and Vice President of Supply Chain at Whirlpool Europe. He worked for Alcoa Aluminio from 1995 to 1999, Samello from 1993 to 1995, Accenture from 1988 to 1993 and Transbrasil Airlines from 1986 to 1988. He served as Chairman at Technos S.A. He served as the Chairman of Whirlpool S.A. He served as the President of Board of Directors of Whirlpool S.A. He has been a Director at BRF S.A. since April 26, 2017. He serves as Director at Eneva S.A. He served as a Director at Technos S.A. He served as a Director of Brasmotor S.A. He has worked and leaded operations outside Brazil in different occasions. Mr. Drummond holds a Bachelors Degree in Production Engineering, Industrial and Metallurgy from FEI, Industrial Engineering College (Sao Bernardo do Campo-SP, Brazil) and has participated in the Executive Development Program at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a post-graduate degree from the Wharton Business School.

Research Interest

Production Engineering, Industrial and Metallurgy