Heinz Announces New Geographic Assignments for Two EVPs; Joe Jimenez to EVP, President and CEO for Asia Pacific/ROW; Scott O'Hara to EVP, President and CEO of Heinz Europe

Joseph Jimenez (46) will become Executive Vice President,President and CEO for Heinz's operations in Asia Pacific and Rest ofWorld, with responsibility for business units in Asia, Australia, NewZealand, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.

Mr. Jimenez has been President and CEO of Heinz Europe since 2002.Most recently, he led the successful initiative to focus Heinz Europeon the three core categories of Ketchup & Sauces, Meals & Snacks, andInfant Nutrition. This strategy involved the company's largest-everacquisition, that of HP Foods with the HP(R) and Lea & Perrins(R)brands and a license for the Amoy(R) brand. Additionally, hespearheaded the acquisition of Petrosoyuz, one of Russia's leadingketchup and sauces companies, and oversaw the successful divesture ofHeinz's European Seafood business for approximately US$500 million.

Additionally, Christopher Warmoth (47) is promoted into the newlycreated position of Senior Vice President for Heinz Asia. Mr. Warmoth,who will relocate to Shanghai, assumes responsibility for Heinzoperations in China, Indonesia, India and Japan. Mr. Warmoth willreport to Joe Jimenez. He began his Heinz career in 2003, afterserving as Director of Central European & Middle East markets for TheCoca-Cola Company. In previous senior management roles at Proctor &Gamble Co., Mr. Warmoth ran businesses in Europe, the Middle East andthe United States.

C. Scott O'Hara, currently Executive Vice President (EVP) forHeinz Asia Pacific and Canada, will become EVP, President and CEO forHeinz Europe.

Mr. O'Hara (44) joined Heinz on January 1, 2006, after holdingexecutive positions in Europe with Gillette Group International formore than five years. He had served as Gillette's Senior VicePresident - Europe, managing units with $3.7 billion in revenue andachieving double-digit profit increases in the wake of significantproduct innovation. Prior to that, Mr. O'Hara was General Manager ofGillette's UK & Netherlands businesses.

As part of Heinz's continued drive to leverage geographicsynergies, Heinz Canada now will report to David C. Moran (48), EVP,President and CEO for Heinz North American Consumer Products.

Michael D. Milone (49), will continue as Senior Vice President -Heinz Rest of World (which includes Latin America, Africa and theMiddle East) and will add responsibility for Heinz Australia and NewZealand. He will report to Mr. Jimenez.

Commenting on the executive assignments, Heinz Chairman, Presidentand CEO William R. Johnson said: "With the sustained success of ourNorth American businesses, the repositioning of Heinz Europe, andfaster growth in the Asia Pacific markets, this strong leadership teamwill drive the Heinz Growth Strategy to increase sales and profits inthe three categories of Ketchup & Sauces, Meals & Snacks, and InfantNutrition."

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ABOUT HEINZ: H.J. Heinz Company, offering "Good Food, EveryDay(TM)," is one of the world's leading marketers and producers ofbranded foods in ketchup, condiments, sauces, meals, soups, seafood,snacks, and infant foods. Heinz satisfies hungry consumers in everyoutlet, from supermarkets to restaurants to convenience stores andkiosks. Heinz is a global family of leading brands, including Heinz(R)Ketchup, sauces, soups, beans, pasta and infant foods (representingnearly one-third of total sales), HP(R), Lea & Perrins(R), Ore-Ida(R)french fries and roasted potatoes, and Smart Ones(R) meals, andPlasmon(R) baby food. Heinz has number-one or number-two brands in itsthree categories of Ketchup & Sauces, Meals & Snacks, and InfantNutrition. Information on Heinz is available at www.heinz.com/news.