JAB Holding Company

Joachim Creus is Managing Partner and CEO of JAB Holding Company, a privately held group that makes long-term investments in companies with premium brands. Its investment focus includes businesses with growth potential and strong cash flow characteristics.

José Cil is a Senior Partner and Global Head of Consumer at JAB Holding Company, where he oversees the firm's consumer goods and services investments and serves as Chairman of its restaurant business. He previously served as CEO of Restaurant Brands International, the parent company of Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeyes, and Firehouse Subs. Cil sits on the boards of JAB portfolio companies including Panera Bread, Bagel Brands, Pret A Manger, and National Veterinary Associates, as well as Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, and is a member of the Florida Council of 100, the Orange Bowl Committee, and the Belen Jesuit Preparatory School Board of Advisors.

Patricia Capel is a Senior Partner at JAB Partners LLP and Global Head of Human Capital at JAB Holding Company LLC, roles she has held since joining JAB in 2021. She previously spent 25 years at AB InBev and Ambev, where her positions included VP of Finance for Europe, VP of Global People, and President of the Andina Business Unit covering Chile, Bolivia, and Paraguay, and she earlier worked at PwC and Cargill Agricola S.A. At JAB, she leads the People agenda and serves on the boards of the firm's portfolio companies.

Andrew Taktajian is Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer of JAB Insurance at JAB Holding Company LLC. He has more than two decades of legal experience in the insurance and reinsurance sector, having advised private-equity-backed insurance platforms, Fortune 500 insurance companies, and a boutique insurance regulatory law firm. His work has covered insurance and reinsurance matters, private asset structuring, acquisitions and partnerships, and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions.

David Serre is Managing Director and Co-head of Business Development and Portfolio Management at JAB Holding Company LLC. His work spans mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, private equity, and capital markets, with sector focus across consumer goods, luxury, wines and spirits, food and beverages, hospitality, and healthcare.

Guillaume Briere-Giroux is a Managing Director at JAB Holding Company LLC, working within JAB Insurance. His work focuses on the annuity sector, including variable annuities, fixed indexed annuities, income annuities, fixed deferred annuities, and retirement products, with expertise in product development, pricing, financial modeling, financial reporting, hedging, and asset-liability management. His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, model building and validation, experience studies incorporating predictive modeling, peer review of pricing and valuation, and U.S. Statutory and U.S. GAAP methodology and forecasting.

Yoana Nenova Boneva is Managing Director at JAB Partners LLP. She has more than ten years of experience in the consumer goods and services sector, working across sourcing, due diligence, strategy, value creation, and governance. Her work involves collaborating with founders and management teams on growth and business transformation.