Retired Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, H.J. Heinz, Director since 2008
Mr. Winkleblack retired in June 2013 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the HJ Heinz Company, a global packaged food manufacturer, where he had served in such capacity since January 2002. From 1999 through 2001, Mr. Winkleblack was Acting Chief Operating Officer, Perform.com, and Chief Executive Officer, Freeride.com, at Indigo Capital. Earlier in his career, Mr. Winkleblack held senior finance positions at the C. Dean Metropoulos Group, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, AlliedSignal, Inc., and PepsiCo, Inc. Mr. Winkleblack also provided financial and capital markets consulting services to Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers (RBA), an industrial auctioneer, from 2014 to 2019. He served as the senior advisor to the RBA CEO, Ravichandra K. Saligram, who also serves on our Board.
Mr. Winkleblack currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The Wendy’s Company, a global quick service restaurant company, and Aramark, a customer service business across food, facilities and uniforms. He was a member of the Board of Directors of RTI International Metals, Inc., an NYSE-listed company specializing in advanced titanium products for the aerospace, defense and medical device markets and Performance Food Group, a company specializing in the distribution of food and food-related products to customers throughout the United States, from 2013 to 2015 and 2015 to 2019, respectively.
