| Roger K. Deromedi is the former Chief
Executive Officer of Kraft Foods Inc., a position he held from
December 2003 to June 2006. Prior to that, he was Co-CEO,
Kraft Foods Inc., and President and Chief Executive Officer,
Kraft Foods International since 2001. He was President and
Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods International from 1999
to 2001. Deromedi has nearly 30 years of experience in the
food industry in North America and globally. Previously, Deromedi was Group Vice President Kraft Foods
International and President, Asia Pacific. Before that, he
served as Executive Vice President, Kraft Foods International
and President, Western Europe, Kraft Jacobs Suchard, based in
Zurich, Switzerland. Earlier, he had been Executive Vice
President and Area Director, France, Iberia and Benelux, based
in Paris, France.
Prior to moving to Europe, Deromedi held a variety of
management positions in Kraft USA including Executive Vice
President and General Manager of Kraft's Cheese Division and
Executive Vice President and General Manager of the company's
Specialty Products Division.
Deromedi joined General Foods
in 1977 and held various marketing positions in the Beverage
Division and Maxwell House Coffee Division. In 1988 he moved
to Kraft as Vice President Corporate Development, where he
also served as Vice President of Marketing for Kraft USA's
Grocery Products Division and Retail Cheese Division.
He earned a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics at Vanderbilt
University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He is a
member of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Advisory Council, the Board of Trustees of the Chicago Field
Museum of Natural History, and the Chicago Commercial Club. He
previously was on the Board of Directors of Gillette and
served as Vice-Chairman of GMA, the food, beverage and
consumer goods trade association. |
