Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today announced the election
of Antonio Maciel Neto as a director, thereby increasing the size of its
Board of Directors to ten.
Mr. Maciel is President of Ford South America Operations and a Ford
Motor Company Vice President. He joined Ford Motor Company in 1999 as
President of Ford Brazil. Prior to joining Ford Motor Company, he
previously served as President of Grupo Itamarati, Ferronorte
Participações S.A. and Cecrisa Revestimentos Cerâmicos S. A. He also
served on the Board of Directors of Gradiente Eletrônica S.A.
Additionally, he worked ten years for Petrobras S.A. and three years at
the Industry and Trade Ministry of the Brazilian government.
Mr. Maciel is a native of Apucarana, in the State of Paraná, Brazil. He
holds a mechanical engineering degree from the Federal University of Rio
de Janeiro (UFRJ), and has also completed specialized studies in
Petroleum Industry Equipment at UFRJ-Petrobras. Archer Daniels Midland
Company (ADM) is a world leader in agricultural processing.
About ADM
ADM is one of the world's largest processors of soybeans, corn, wheat
and cocoa. ADM is also a leader in the production of soy meal and oil,
ethanol, corn sweeteners and flour. In addition, ADM produces
value-added food and feed ingredients. Headquartered in Decatur,
Illinois, ADM has over 25,000 employees, more than 250 processing plants
and net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 of $35.9 billion.
Additional information can be found on ADM's Web site at www.adm.com.
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