Effie D. Silva has served as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary since 2022. In this role, Effie leads the Companyโs legal, risk management, food safety, government affairs, and corporate reporting functions.ย ย ย
Effie D. Silvaย is an experienced public company leader who has a stellar track record advising the board of directors and seniorย management on aย broad range of issues, including transactional, litigation, corporate governance, compliance, and DEI matters. ย
Previously, she had a successful tenure as the Ethics and Compliance Leader for Cargill, Inc., $165B private global food and agriculture company.ย ย As the most senior compliance officer at Cargillโs $50B Protein and Salt division, she advised the Board of Directors on major compliance matters and led a team that was responsible for identifying and mitigating risks and developing business-sensitive solutions to complex problems. Prior to joining Cargill, Ms. Silva was a Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN), a $40B public food company, Ms. Silva wasย responsible forย all legal matters impacting Tysonโs $10B Prepared Foodsโ business unit and the enterprise-wide Sustainabilityย department.ย
In addition to her in-house experience at Fresh Del Monte, Cargill, and Tyson Foods, Ms. Silva brings 20 yearsย of complex business law practice at prominent global law firms.ย ย She served as a Partnerย at McDermott Will & Emery and Duane Morris, and as aย Seniorย Attorney at Baker & McKenzie, where she regularly advised corporate leaders and Boards of Directors of multinational companies on corporate governance, regulatory compliance and investigations, M&A, complex business litigation and international arbitration matters.ย ย
Ms. Silva is bilingual and has global experience across LATAM, APAC, and EMEA. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute ofย International Arbitrationย (FCIArb)ย and a Qualifiedย Arbitrator forย theย American Arbitration Association (AAA),ย Conflictย Prevention Resolution (CPR), andย Financialย Industry Regulatoryย Authority (FINRA).ย Sheย isย also Board Certified in International Litigation andย Arbitration with the Florida Bar and has extensive cross-border experience advising and strategizing multi-jurisdictional disputes across venues, both nationally and internationally.ย ย ย
Ms. Silva earned her Juris Doctor degree in Law from University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she currently serves on the Board of Directors, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from Wellesley College.ย
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