ASK US ABOUT OUR FOOD CHANGE COUNTRY Welcome to Global Site COMPANY BRANDS CAREERS RESPONSIBILITY HEALTH INVESTORS NEWS INVESTORS Corporate Governance MANAGEMENT TEAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS COMMITTEE COMPOSITION CONTACT THE BOARD Management Team Jeffrey L. HarmeningChairman of the Board and CEO Education DePauw University, bachelor's degree, 1989 Harvard University, MBA, 1994 Boards Trustee, DePauw University Consumer Brands Association The Toro Company Jeff Harmening was named chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of General Mills on June 1, 2017. He was elected to serve as chairman of the board of directors effective January 1, 2018. Harmening joined General Mills in 1994 and has held leadership positions for the company in the United States and Europe. Harmening previously served as president and chief operating officer for General Mills, where he shaped strategies for the company’s four global operating segments and had oversight of Global Supply Chain, and Innovation, Technology and Quality. He assumed his role as president and chief operating officer in July of 2016. In the U.S., he served in various marketing roles before being named vice president of marketing for Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW) in 2003. Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, CPW is a 50-50 joint venture between General Mills and Nestle that manufactures and markets ready-to-eat cereal products in more than 130 countries outside of North America. In June 2007, Harmening returned to the U.S. and was named president of the General Mills Big G cereal division. He was promoted to senior vice president in April 2011. In 2012, Harmening returned to Europe as CEO of Cereal Partners Worldwide and held that role from 2012 to 2014. Returning to the U.S. in 2014, Harmening was named executive vice president, chief operating officer of the largest division of General Mills, the U.S. Retail segment. In this role he had corporate oversight of the Baking Products, Big G Cereals, Meals, Pillsbury USA, Small Planet Foods, Snacks, and Yoplait divisions. During Harmening's leadership of the U.S. Retail business, the company greatly expanded its position in the natural and organic segment, including the acquisition of Annie's and EPIC Provisions. That made General Mills the fourth largest maker of natural and organic foods in the U.S. A graduate of DePauw University, Harmening began his career as a financial analyst at Eli Lilly and Company from 1989 to 1992. He received his MBA from Harvard in 1994, is a Trustee at DePauw University, and serves on the board of the Grocery Manufacturers Association and The Toro Company. Richard C. AllendorfGeneral Counsel and Secretary Education Iowa State University, bachelor's degree University of Minnesota, Juris Doctor, 1989 Jodi BensonChief Innovation, Technology and Quality Officer Education University of Minnesota, B.S. Boards Advisory Board, 301 INC General Mills Foundation Board of Trustees Cereal Partners Worldwide Board of Advisors World Food Programme Kofi BruceChief Financial Officer Education Stanford University, B.A. University of Michigan Ross School of Business, MBA Boards Lifeworks Aspen Ideas Fellow, Finance Leaders Fellowship John R. ChurchChief Transformation and Enterprise Services Officer Education University of Wisconsin, bachelor's degree Boards Cereal Partners Worldwide Yoplait S.A. Paul GallagherChief Supply Chain Officer Education Trinity College Dublin Dana M. McNabbChief Strategy & Growth Officer Education University of Ottawa, Bachelor of Commerce. London School of Business, MBA Jaime MontemayorChief Digital and Technology Officer Education ITESM (Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico), Bachelor of Science degree, 1984 Stanford University, Master of Science in Computer Science, 1988 Boards Northwestern Mutual Jonathon J. NudiGroup President, North America Retail Education Penn State University, bachelor's degree, 1993 Kellogg School of Management, MBA, 2005 Shawn P. O'GradyGroup President, Convenience Stores & Foodservice Education Notre Dame, bachelor's degree, chemical engineering Harvard Business School, MBA, 1990 Bethany C. QuamGroup President, Pet Education Indiana University, B.A. University of Minnesota, MBA Boards Network of Executive Women Women in Foodservice Forum Sean N. WalkerGroup President, Asia & Latin America and Europe & Australia Education York University, bachelor’s degree Jacqueline R. 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