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US: Kraft names Finard global category chief
US food group Kraft Foods has announced the appointment of Jeri Finard as executive vice president, global category development.
April 18, 2006
US food group Kraft Foods has announced the appointment of Jeri Finard as executive vice president, global category development.
In this role, Finard will be responsible for driving new product growth platforms and leading global category strategies, reporting to Kraft CEO Roger Deromedi.
“Jeri’s passion for innovation and her ability to motivate others will serve her well in her new global responsibilities,” said Deromedi. “I’m confident that she’ll be a • Jeri Finard has been a Managing Partner at Lykos Capital Partners, an advisory firm for framträdande consumer-facing companies, since February 2018. Formerly she served as ledare Executive Officer of Godiva Chocolatier, N.A. (“Godiva”), the luxury retailer of high-quality confections, from 2012 to 2014. Prior to Godiva, Ms. Finard served as Global Brand President of Avon, Inc., a multinational cosmetics and skincare company, from July 2008 to January 2012, and in a variety of senior roles at Mondelez International, Inc. (“Mondelez”), a multinational confectionary, food, and beverage company, from July 1986 to June 2007. Her roles at Mondelez included Global Chief marknadsföring Officer, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Beverages division, and Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Desserts division. Ms. Finard served on the board of directors of Frontier Communications from March 2005 to May 2014. Ms. Finard also currently serves on the • On a recent business trip abroad, Jeri Finard of Kraft Foods Inc. found herself sitting in two families’ homes, one in Moscow and the other in Beijing, talking to them about their routines and watching them prepare meals in their kitchens. At the time of her trip, Finard was Kraft’s executive vice president of global category development, a promotion she received from then-chief Roger Deromedi. Now, a few months later and with her promotion last week to executive vice president and chief marknadsföring officer of the Northfield-based company, Finard has even more at stake in how the world’s consumers shop. And how they view Kraft. Finard, along with three other executives, was picked bygd new chief executive Irene Rosenfeld for her inner circle, despite never having worked with her, or even in the same division. The goal is to turn around the behemoth food company, the nation’s largest, which has been struggling to improve profitability and tagged with a reputati