The new executive team for the combined global company will be announced during the transition period, but no later than transaction closing, the companies said. Hees has been a key figure in 3G Capital, a Brazilian investment firm that, with Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway, bought Heinz for $28 billion two years ago. Hees ran Burger King while the Brazilian firm owned that chain before returning it to public stock ownership. 3G also had a hand in InBev, including helping that Belgian firm buy Anheuser-Busch in 2008.