About ARYZTA

Denis Lucey has a background in the agricultural cooperative movement in Ireland. In 1982 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Mitchelstown Co-operative Agricultural Society Limited, a position he held until the merger of that Co-Operative with the Ballyclough Co-Operative Creamery Limited in 1990 and the formation of Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited until March 2003. He joined the Board of IAWS Group plc as a non-executive director in September 2000, and was elected Chairman of the Board in 2005. He has served as Chairman of ARYZTA, since its admission to trading on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the Irish Stock Exchange in August, 2008. He is also currently Chairman of the Milk Quota Appeals Tribunal for the Irish Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Foods. He is also a member of the Governing Body of Cork Institute of Technology.

He is Vice Chairman of BMO Capital Markets, a full service investment bank headquartered in Toronto, Canada. He began his career in the agricultural commodity trading and transportation industry in the U.S. and joined BMO Capital Markets in 1984 in Chicago. He was a leader in BMO’s initial formation of its U.S. investment banking effort as one of the senior members of the Chicago investment banking platform in 1995. In addition he started and continues to lead BMO’s Food & Agribusiness Mergers & Acquisitions practice from Chicago. With over 30 years of experience in the food and agribusiness industries, he continues to focus on advising public and private companies on financing and mergers & acquisitions.

Hugh Cooney is a Certified Accountant with more than 35 years experience working with a number of major professional advisory firms including NCB Corporate Finance, Arthur Andersen and BDO in Ireland. He retired from practice in 2008 and is now a consultant with KPMG, Ireland, and a non-executive director of Aon MacDonagh Boland Group (since 2008), Swip Private Equity Fund of Funds plc (since 2006), Origin Enterprises plc (since 2007) and Siteserv Plc (Chairman, since 2006), all Irish Companies. In addition, he is Chairman of Enterprise Ireland (the Irish government organisation responsible for Ireland’s development of international trade) and a member of the Advisory Committee of the (Irish) National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) and Chairman of its Audit Committee, all Dublin, Ireland.

Brian Davy is Chairman of Davy, Ireland’s leading provider of stockbroking, wealth management and financial advisory services, and the sponsor of ARYZTA on the Irish Stock Exchange. He graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and has spent his entire working career in building up the business and executive team of Davy, where he has worked since 1965. He is a former director of the Irish Stock Exchange and Arnotts plc. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the (Irish) National Maternity Hospital Holles Street. He joined the Board of IAWS Group plc as a non-executive director in December 1995. He became a member of the ARYZTA Board of Directors in August 2008.

Shaun B. Higgins qualified as a Certified Public Accountant while training and working with Ernst & Young, New York, USA, from 1972 to 1977. He worked in the liquid non-alcoholic refreshment industry from 1977 to 2008 holding various senior finance and operating positions in the Coca-Cola and Seven-Up bottling enterprises in North America and Europe, culminating in the position of Executive Vice President and European President of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. Shaun B. Higgins is a member of the Advisory Boards of Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd. and Carmine Labriola Contracting Corp.

Owen Killian is CEO of ARYZTA AG and has been since its admission to trading in 2008. He was previously CEO of IAWS Group plc since 2003. Prior to this he held several executive positions within IAWS Group plc since it was listed in 1988.

Patrick McEniff joined IAWS Group plc after its listing on the Irish Stock Exchange in 1988 and has fulfilled various senior management roles, focused on finance and systems development. In 2004, he was appointed to the board of IAWS Group plc as its Group Finance Director. In 2008, upon the formation of ARYZTA AG, he was also appointed as CFO and member of the Board of Directors.

Götz-Michael Müller has 30 years experience working in fast moving consumer goods companies in Germany. He worked from 1975 - 1996 with Kraft Foods (formerly Kraft Jacobs Suchard) in various marketing and management positions, culminating in the role of Executive Vice President and Area Director for Kraft Jacobs Suchard, Germany. From 1997 to 2001, he served as member of the executive management (Vice President of marketing & sales) with Brauerei Beck & Co, Bremen, Germany, and from 2001 to 2003 as Managing Director Germany, Coca-Cola GmbH, Berlin, Germany. From 2006 to 2007, Götz-Michael Müller served as a member of the Board of SIG Combibloc AG (previously SIG Holding AG), Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He is a member of the “Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Marketing und Unternehmensführung” (Academic Society for Marketing and Business Leadership) at the University of Münster, Germany, and the Advisory Board of the Bremen branch of Deutsche Bank, Germany. He is also Senior Consultant to the President of JACOBS University in an honorary capacity and Managing Director of JCBS Holding GmbH, both Bremen, Germany.

William Murphy began his career with the Irish Forestry Department in 1963. He worked with a number of companies before joining Avonmore Creameries Limited in 1977, becoming a member of the Board of Directors thereof in 1989. He served as Deputy Managing Director of Glanbia plc (the successor to Avonmore Creameries Limited) from 2001 to 2005. He remains a non-executive Director of Glanbia plc. He became a member of the ARYZTA Board of Directors in August 2008. He is also Chairman of Grassland Fertilisers (Kilkenny) Ltd and Chairman of the National University of Ireland Maynooth Outreach Program.

Hans Sigrist worked as Managing Director of Würth Schweiz AG from 1974 to 2005, and has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1981. From 1981 to 2009, he served as a member of the Board of Management of Würth Group International. From 1997 to 2008, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Hiestand Holding AG. He became a member of the ARYZTA Board of Directors in August 2008. Hans Sigrist is also member of the Board of Directors of Kisling AG, Würth AG Arlesheim and consultant for Würth Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

From 1988 to 1998, Pat Morrissey spent his career with Irish law firm LK Shields, where he was admitted as a partner in 1995. In 2000, he joined IAWS Group plc as Group General Counsel and was appointed General Counsel and Company Secretary in 2005. He has served as Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of ARYZTA since its establishment. He is also Company Secretary of Origin Enterprises plc.