Melissa Werneck has sold KHC and made no open-market buys since Jan 2023

Melissa Werneck is a human resources executive and former Executive Vice President & Global Chief People Officer at The Kraft Heinz Company, where she led people and culture initiatives for more than 36,000 employees worldwide.( Over more than a decade in the top HR role at Heinz and later Kraft Heinz, she also oversaw Information Technology and Shared Services for five years, an uncommon combination of corporate functions that broadened her operational scope and strategic impact.( Her work has spanned major organizational transformations, including reengineering HR, embedding data and technology in people practices, and supporting large-scale M&A activity such as acquisitions, mergers, divestitures, and spin‑offs.(

Werneck began her career as a chemical engineer in a manufacturing facility and subsequently built expertise across human resources, marketing, supply chain, business unit leadership, ESG, and IT, reinforcing her reputation as a multidimensional business leader.( She has been recognized as one of Human Resource Executive’s Top 100 HR Tech Influencers (2024) and received HRO Today’s CHRO of the Year – Lifetime Achievement Award (2023) for her contributions to the field.( In her current portfolio career, she serves as an independent director and senior advisor, including board roles at XP Inc. (where she chairs the People & Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees), Krispy Kreme Inc., and Brazil Foundation, and participates on the advisory board of the University of California, Berkeley Transformative CHRO Leadership Program.(

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