Executive team

Brian A. Deck has been our Chief Executive Officer since December 2020 and served as President of JBT from December 2020 to January 2025. He was previously our interim Chief Executive Officer from June 2020 to December 2020. Mr. Deck served as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from February 2014 until December 2020.

Prior to joining JBT, he served as Chief Financial Officer (since May 2011) of National Material L.P., a private diversified industrial holding company. Mr. Deck served as Vice President of Finance and Treasury (November 2007 to May 2011) and as Director, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (August 2005 to November 2007) of Ryerson Inc., a metals distributor and processor. Prior to his service with Ryerson, Mr. Deck held various positions with General Electric Capital, Bank One (now JPMorgan Chase & Co.), and Cole Taylor Bank.

Mr. Deck holds an MBA with a concentration in finance from DePaul University in Chicago, and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois.

Arni Sigurdsson was appointed as President of JBT Marel upon the closing of the Marel Transaction in January 2025.

Prior to that, Mr. Sigurdsson was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Marel in December 2023 , after leading Marel as Interim Chief Executive Officer since November of the same year. He took over the role of Chief Business Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Marel in November 2022, where he was responsible for Marel's business divisions, in addition to the overall business growth and the strategic direction of Marel. Mr. Sigurdsson joined Marel in 2014 as Head of Strategy, before transitioning to the role of Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President of Strategic Business Units from 2020 to 2022. Before joining Marel, Mr. Sigurdsson worked at AGC Partners and Landsbanki islands, where he supported Marel in the acquisition of Stork Food Systems.

Mr. Sigurdsson holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Iceland.

Matthew J. Meister was appointed as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2025, after serving as Chief Financial Officer since December 2020 for JBT Corporation. Prior to that, he served as interim Chief Financial Officer since October 2020. Mr. Meister joined JBT in May 2019 as Vice President and CFO for JBT Protein, with responsibility for all accounting and finance activity for the Protein Division within the FoodTech segment. He joined the Company with extensive experience in global manufacturing across various industries including automotive, medical devices, and general industrial applications, including his prior roles at IDEX Corporation, where he held several finance leadership roles within the operations, ending with the Group Vice President, Health and Science Technologies role. Prior to joining IDEX in January 2013, he held various roles of increasing responsibility within the business units and in the corporate office at Navistar International Corporation.

Mr. Meister holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and completed a post undergraduate Certificate of Accountancy at DePaul University. His undergraduate education in Finance and Operations Management was received from Washington University in St. Louis.

Shelley Bridarolli was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer following the combination of JBT and Marel in January 2025, after serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for JBT Corporation since September 2021. Prior to that, Ms. Bridarolli was the Senior Vice President Human Resources of Dana Incorporated from November 2018 until April 2020. Before joining Dana Incorporated, she was the Vice President Human Resources for the PowerDrive Systems Division of BorgWarner, Inc. from August 2014 to November 2018, and also served as Borg Warner’s Interim Chief Human Resources Officer from July to November 2018. Prior to that, Ms. Bridarolli held progressive senior HR leadership roles at Eaton Corporation between May 2001 and August 2014. Ms. Bridarolli began her professional career in 1998 with National Fuel Exploration Company in Calgary, Canada.

Ms. Bridarolli holds an MBA from Royal Roads University and her Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of Lethbridge.

Luiz "Augusto" Rizzolo became the Executive Vice President, Regions and Integration in January 2025 after serving as the Executive Vice President and President, Diversified Food and Health since October 2022 for JBT Corporation. Previously, Mr. Rizzolo served as a President, Protein North America from 2020 through 2024, and as the Vice President, General Manager of Protein North America Customer Care from 2019 to 2020. Prior to joining JBT, Mr. Rizzolo was the Group President, Specialty Retail Business at Marmon Holdings, Inc. from 2018 to 2019. Prior to that, he worked at Illinois Tool Works from 2014 to 2018 as VP/GM at various times of each of the Global Weight & Wrap Division and the North America Service Division, and at Whirlpool Corporation from 2003 to 2014 in positions of increasing responsibility.

Mr. Rizzolo holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering from Politecnico di Torino (Torino, Italy) and an Executive MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Robert “Bob” Petrie was appointed as our Executive Vice President and President, Meat & Prepared Foods in January 2025, following the combination of JBT and Marel, after serving as Executive Vice President and President, Protein since September of 2021 for JBT Corporation. Mr. Petrie previously led JBT’s Protein EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) business, with additional responsibility for JBT’s Protein business in Asia. Mr. Petrie joined the Company in 2009 when Double D Food Engineering Ltd, where he was Managing Director and a shareholder, was acquired by JBT. During his tenure at JBT, Mr. Petrie has progressed through several general management and commercial leadership roles with increasingly complex responsibilities. Before joining Double D, Mr. Petrie held various engineering, quality, and operational positions at NCR Corporation.

Mr. Petrie holds a BSc in Engineering and Manufacturing and a post-graduate degree in Business Studies from Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland.

James Pelletier was appointed to the role of Executive Vice President and General Counsel of JBT Marel Corporation in June 2025.

Mr. Pelletier joined the company with extensive legal and compliance experience across a variety of global industrial and manufacturing businesses. Prior to joining JBT Marel, he served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Kymera International (a portfolio company of Palladium) from 2024 to 2025. Before Kymera International, Mr. Pelletier was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Masonite International Corporation from 2022 to 2024. Before that, he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Barnes Group Inc., where he served from 2015 to 2022. Earlier in his career, Mr. Pelletier held in-house counsel roles at United Technologies Corporation and GE Aviation. He began his legal career at the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in Washington, D.C., and served as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Mr. Pelletier holds a J.D. and LL.M. from Duke University School of Law and a B.S. in International Politics from Georgetown University.

Jack Martin was appointed as our Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer in January 2025, following the combination of JBT and Marel, after serving as Executive Vice President, Supply Chain since April 2022 for JBT Corporation. Prior to joining JBT, Mr. Martin was employed by Marmon Holdings as Vice President, Supply Chain from August 2019 to April 2022. Before joining Marmon Holdings, he provided full time supply chain consulting services to Standex International and International Equipment Solutions in 2018 and 2019. Mr. Martin served in several group leadership roles with Dover Corporation from 2008 to 2017 with his last role being Vice President, Global Sourcing. Mr. Martin started and advanced his career in progressive purchasing and supply chain roles for companies like John Crane International, SKF / Chicago Rawhide, and Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Mr. Martin Holds an MBA from Loyola University in Chicago and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing at Elmhurst College.

Roger Claessens became our Executive Vice President and President, Poultry in January 2025, following the close of the Marel Transaction. He had previously served as the Executive Vice President Poultry at Marel since September 2019. Mr. Claessens joined Marel in 2001 and has held various leadership positions, including Director of Innovation for Marel Poultry, Manager of Technological Support, and Technological Product Specialist, where he played a key role in product innovation and customer solutions. Before joining Marel, Mr. Claessens worked at Nutreco/Hendrix UTD as a Construction and Environmental Advisor from 2000 to 2001.

Mr. Claessens holds an MSc degree in Agricultural Engineering from Wageningen University and Research.

Mary Beth Siddons became our Executive Vice President and President of Diversified Food & Health in January 2025, following the close of the Marel Transaction. Previously, Ms. Siddons served as President of JBT Diversified Food & Health North America from January 2024 to January 2025 and President of JBT Processing Group from October 2022 to January 2024. Prior to joining JBT, Ms. Siddons was President of the Industrial Solutions Division at Spectris plc, a supplier of precision instrumentation and controls, from February 2021 to October 2022 and Sector President of Retail Solutions at Marmon Holdings from 2017 to 2019. She also held various executive roles at Spatz Laboratories, ITW, and Snap-on Incorporated.