Jaime Pereira

Jaime Pereira was elected to serve as a director of the general partner and a member of the audit, compensation, and conflicts committees of the board of directors in October 2021. Mr. Pereira has over 40 years of experience working with a wide variety of domestic and international companies, particularly in Europe and South America, aiding with IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and various financing transactions. Mr. Pereira was a partner at Ernst & Young LLP (EY) for 20 years where he was responsible for EY’s Consumer Products practice in the Northeast Region and served as the coordinating partner for clients such as Global Partners LP, Bruker Corp., PAREXEL International, Dunkin Donuts, Au Bon Pain and Tom's of Maine. Mr. Pereira currently serves as a director on the Boards of Roche Bros. Supermarkets Co. and Civic Capital Group LLC and serves on the Business Advisory Council for the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Mr. Pereira has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Pereira's broad accounting and financial experience, as well as his extensive board advisory and consumer products experience, make him a valuable member of the board of directors.