Michiel Herkemij - executive vice president and chief executive officer of Sara Lee’s International Beverage business

Michiel Herkemij is executive vice president and chief executive officer of Sara Lee’s International Beverage business.

Herkemij joined Sara Lee from Heineken N.V., one of the world’s leading beer companies.  There, he most recently served as president and chief executive officer of Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma – a leading beer manufacturer in Mexico with six breweries and 18,000 employees, acquired by Heineken in 2010.  Previously, he was chief executive officer of Heineken’s Nigerian subsidiary, a publicly-listed company.  Prior to Heineken, he held multiple managerial positions with Royal Friesland Campina N.V., a leading dairy company, where he worked in the Benelux region, China and Nigeria.  He began his business career with British American Tobacco in the UK and Iberia (Spain & Portugal) and ABN AMRO Bank N.V.  Prior to joining ABN AMRO, Herkemij served as a lieutenant in the Dutch Royal Navy.

Herkemij earned a Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in International Business Law from the University of Amsterdam and achieved executive degrees in Marketing (CIM, UK) and Business Administration (IBO, NL).

About Sara Lee Corporation
Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) and its leading portfolio of food and beverage brands, including Ball Park, Douwe Egberts, Hillshire Farm, Jimmy Dean, Pickwick Teas, Sara Lee and Senseo, generate nearly $8 billion in annual net sales from continuing operations and employ approximately 20,000 people worldwide.  In January, 2011, Sara Lee Corp. announced that it will divide the company into two pure -play publicly-traded companies, one focused on the international coffee and tea market and the other on North American meats.  For more information on the company, please visit www.saralee.com.