The leadership announcement marks JBS' first CEO change in eight years and returns a member of the founding Batista family to the group's top operating role. Shares in US-listed JBS settled down about 5.8% after the CEO swap was revealed late in the session. A Batista back as CEOBatista Filho, 34, currently head of JBS USA, will replace Gilberto Tomazoni, who has been CEO since 2018. Batista Filho is the son of Wesley Batista, who, together with his brother Joesley Batista, controls J&F, the family holding company that controls JBS. The last member of the Batista family to serve as JBS chief executive was Jose Batista Sobrinho, the company's founder and father of Wesley and Joesley Batista.