Alexandre Zyngier

About Alexandre Zyngier

Independent director (Class I) at Beyond Meat since October 15, 2025; age 56. Appointed pursuant to the Transaction Support Agreement tied to BYND’s 2025 exchange offer and designated to the Audit Committee. Founder/Managing Director of Batuta Capital Advisors (since 2013) with a background in special situations, restructurings, and boards; MBA (Finance & Accounting) from the University of Chicago and BSc Chemical Engineering from University of Campinas (Unicamp) .

Past Roles

External Roles

Board Governance

• Appointment and independence: Appointed Oct 15, 2025 as Class I director; board determined he is independent under SEC and Nasdaq standards .
• Committee assignment: Member, Audit Committee (appointed upon joining) .
• Term: Current term expires at 2026 annual meeting; service began Oct 15, 2025 .
• Attendance: Not yet applicable (appointed after FY2024; 2024 attendance disclosure pertains to then-seated directors) .
• Lead independent director and committee structures remain in place; risk oversight delineated across Audit, Risk, and other committees .

Fixed Compensation

Performance Compensation

• None disclosed for directors; non-employee director compensation is cash retainers and (ordinarily) time-based RSUs, with equity suspended in 2025. No performance metrics or bonus plans apply to directors .

Other Directorships & Interlocks

• Current public boards include GORV, ULY, NRDE, SLAMF, PONGF; additional roles at Unifin and COFINA .
• Beyond Meat disclosed no compensation committee interlocks or insider participation for its 2024 compensation committee (not specific to Zyngier, who joined later) .
• No related-party transactions involving directors were disclosed in the 2025 special proxy materials reviewed (no Item 404 disclosure naming Zyngier) (table of contents coverage), (interlocks statement).

Expertise & Qualifications

• Finance/restructuring, capital allocation, public company governance; extensive multi-board experience across industries; graduate training in finance/accounting and engineering. Audit Committee membership indicates financial literacy suitable for audit oversight (board did not label him an “audit committee financial expert” in available table) .

Equity Ownership

Additional alignment policies:

• Director stock ownership guidelines: At least 5x annual cash retainer within five years (adopted Oct 2024). New directors are expected to meet within the five-year period .
• Anti-hedging/anti-pledging: Directors prohibited from hedging or pledging BYND stock .

Governance Assessment

• Strengths/positives:
  • Independent director with deep restructuring and special-situations background; added to Audit Committee during a period of balance sheet restructuring, enhancing financial oversight .
  • Appointment accompanied broader governance actions, including formal stockholder votes on significant capital structure changes and reinforcement of stockholder-alignment policies (ownership guidelines; anti-hedging/pledging) .
• Watch items/risks:
  • Board load: Multiple current public company boards (five+) raise time-commitment and overboarding considerations; BYND’s guidelines generally limit directors to four public boards unless otherwise determined (policy context shown in proxy governance) .
  • Ownership alignment: No beneficial ownership reported as of Oct 15, 2025; expected to build holdings under the five-year guideline .
  • Appointment context: Added pursuant to the Transaction Support Agreement tied to the 2025 exchange offer; while the board deemed him independent, the circumstances and contemporaneous voting agreements with noteholders may create perception of creditor influence in board composition and capital decisions .

Net takeaway: Zyngier brings creditor/restructuring expertise and audit oversight at a critical juncture; monitor board load, equity accumulation against ownership guidelines, and any evolution of audit responsibilities and independence posture as capital structure actions progress.

Appendices

Board Transition Context

• Two directors resigned and two new directors (including Zyngier) were appointed on Oct 15, 2025 per the Transaction Support Agreement. Zyngier (Class I) joined the Audit Committee; Wallander (Class III) joined the Human Capital Management & Compensation Committee. Board confirmed independence for both appointees .

Voting Agreements & Capital Structure Proposals

• Early settlement of the exchange offer (Oct 15, 2025) led to 316,150,176 new shares and $208.7M of new notes; supporting noteholders (96.92% of old notes) entered voting agreements. The special meeting sought approvals for additional share issuance, plan restatement, and authorized share increase; reverse split authority also proposed. Board recommended FOR all items .