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.

Albert Abderhalden joined Alfred Hiestand, when it was a sole proprietorship in 1972. From 1984 to 1999 he was Managing Director of Hiestand Schweiz AG. From 1994 to 1998 he served as Chief Financial Officer of Hiestand Group. From 1997 to 2003, he served as Vice-Chairman of the Hiestand Group, and from 2003 to 2007 he served as full-time Chairman of the Hiestand Board of Directors. During 2007 and 2008, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Hiestand Group, before becoming a member of the ARYZTA Board of Directors in August 2008.

Denis Buckley has been a full time farmer throughout his working life. His involvement in farming brought him into the agricultural cooperative movement in Ireland and he served on the board of Kerry Co-op from 1977 to 2003. Since 2003, he has served as Chairman of Kerry Group plc. He joined the Board of IAWS Group plc as a non-executive director in June 1997 and held office until the establishment of ARYZTA. He became a member of the ARYZTA Board of Directors in August 2008. He ia also Chairman of One51 plc.

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.

Noreen Hynes joined Irish Distillers Group plc in 1981 and worked in various roles, including as Internal Auditor and Financial Controller until 1991. From 1991 to 1995, she worked as Managing Director of Coal Distributors Limited and since then she has been engaged in the property and business advisory services sector. She joined the Board of IAWS Group plc in March 2004 and became a member of the ARYZTA Board of Directors in August 2008.

Hugo Kane joined Cuisine de France, a subsidiary of ARYZTA, in 1993 as Operations Director. He was appointed Managing Director of Cuisine de France in 2001, a position which he held until 2004. In September 2004 he was appointed to the Board of Directors and Head of Food for IAWS Group plc. In 2007 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer for IAWS Group plc. He has been COO and a member of the Board of ARYZTA since its admission to trading. He is also fulfilling a leadership role in the ARYZTA Technology Initiative.

Owen Killian joined IAWS in 1977, and worked in various managerial functions until 1988. Upon the public flotation of the Company to form IAWS Group plc in 1988, he held various senior management functions. In October 1999 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of IAWS Group plc as COO and from 2001 to 2003 he was Head of Food. In 2003 he was appointed CEO of IAWS Group plc. He has been CEO and a member of the Board of ARYZTA since its admission to trading. Owen Killian is also Chairman of Origin Enterprises plc, the Irish domiciled listed company, of which ARYZTA has a controlling 71.4% stake.

Patrick McEniff joined IAWS Group plc in 1989. In the period 1989 to 1997, he worked as a financial controller in IAWS focusing on financial reporting and systems development. In 1997 he became Director of Finance in the Food Distribution business and Flour Milling businesses of IAWS Group plc. In 2000 he was appointed Finance Director in the Bakery Business of IAWS Group plc. In 2004 he became Finance Director of IAWS Group plc. In 2008 upon the formation of ARYZTA AG, he was also appointed as CFO and member of the Board of Directors. Patrick McEniff is also a member of the Board of Origin Enterprises plc, the Irish domiciled listed company, of which ARYZTA has a controlling 71.4% stake.

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 2004, and from 1981 until the present date has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors. From 1981 to date he has been a member of the Board of Management of Würth Group International. He is Executive Vice President of the Würth Executive Board, responsible for South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. 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 Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kisling AG.

Maurice Zufferey worked as a banker in UBS from 1987 to 1998. From 1998 to 2001 he was CEO of Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne. From 2001 to date, he has been an Executive Search Partner at Spencer Stuart. He is Co-Head of the Spencer Stuart Financial Services Practice for Europe, and Head of the Board & CEO Practice in Switzerland. From 2001 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.

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.