Ambev S.A. announced that, effective January 1, 2016, Nelson Jos Jamel will assume the position of Vice-President of Finance at the North America Zone of Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A./N.V. He will be succeeded in his position as Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer of Ambev by Ricardo Rittes de Oliveira Silva, currently the Shared Services and Information Technology Officer of Ambev. Since 2012, Mr. Rittes is Ambev's Shared Services and Information Technology Officer.
Ambev SA, formerly Inbev Participacoes Societarias SA, is a Brazil-based company engaged in the brewing sector. The Company produces, distributes and sells beer, carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) and other non-alcoholic and non-carbonated (NANC) beverages across the Americas. The Company's activities are divided into three segments: Latin America North, including sell of beer, CSD and NANC drinks in Brazil, as well as operations in the Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent, Antigua, Dominica, Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Barbados and Panama; Latin America South, distributing products in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile; and Canada, represented by Labattâs operations, which comprises sales in Canada and some exports to the U.S. market. The Company markets products under various brand names, such as Adriatica, Brahma, Leffe, Budweiser, Corona, PepsiCo and Lipton. It is a subsidiary of Interbrew International BV.