Antonio Maciel Neto
Board of Directors
Business Management
Marfrig
Brazil
Biography
Mr. Maciel Neto is an independent member of the Company's Board of Directors. He was President of Ford of Brazil and South America, and also Corporate Vice President of Ford (1999 to May 2006). He also served as Chairman of the Itamarati Group (1997 to 1999) and Cecrisa - Revestimentos Cerâmicos (1993 to 1997). Between 1990 and 1993, he held various positions in the Federal Government, in Brasília, and served in the Ministry of Economy as Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Commerce, and Deputy National Secretary of Economy. During the creation of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, he served for eight months as Executive Secretary (Vice Minister). In these three years Maciel was the technical coordinator of the Brazilian Quality and Productivity Program (PBQP). He began his professional career at Petrobras in 1980, where he worked for 10 years. Since 2006, he is President of Suzano Papel e Celulose; he is also currently a member of the global Board of Directors of Archer Daniels Midland Company. Mr. Maciel Neto graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ in 1979.
Research Interest
Mechanical Engineering
