Mondelēz International Appoints Javier Polit as Chief Information Officer
March 10 2020 - 8:05AM
Mondelēz International today announced that it has named Javier
Polit as Chief Information Officer (CIO). In this role, he will be
responsible for the company’s global information technology
solutions and will report directly to Luca Zaramella, Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 23,
2020.
“We are very pleased to welcome Javier to Mondelēz
International to lead our global team of IT professionals and help
accelerate our enterprise-wide digital transformation,” said
Zaramella. “He has a successful track record of leading large-scale
IT transformations at global companies and extensive experience in
managing all facets of strategic enterprise technology. I look
forward to his contributions in leveraging technology to enable all
three pillars of our long-term growth strategy.”
Polit was most recently Chief Information Officer
of The Procter & Gamble Company, where he led a team of 3,700
IT professionals and was responsible for building the capability of
the company’s information technology function including IT
infrastructure and enterprise architecture, information security,
innovation and data science, cloud strategy and application
development. Prior to P&G, he served as Group Chief Information
Officer for the Bottling Investments Group and Coca-Cola North
America at The Coca-Cola Company, where he had oversight for all
business, technology, cloud, digital and security solutions for all
company-owned bottling operations and the North America business.
Polit also previously served as Vice President of Global Corporate
Systems for Office Depot, Inc.
“I am very excited to join Mondelēz International
and help make technology a competitive advantage. I look forward to
partnering with the leadership team and our partners around the
world to strengthen and expand the impact of IT across the
company,” said Polit.
A passionate champion of the power of diversity and
inclusion, Polit serves on the Board of Directors of Girls Who
Code, a nonprofit that educates young women in computer science. He
also served as national chairman of the Latinos in Information
Sciences and Technology Association, an organization working to
help advance Hispanic technology professionals and businesses.
Polit holds a bachelor’s degree in business
administration management from the University of Miami and an MBA
from Purdue University. He also holds a master’s degrees in
international management from the Budapest University of Economics
and Science, a master’s degree in international business
administration from Tilburg University, and a master’s degree in
information systems from Barry University. He currently serves as
member of the Quinnipiac University Board of Trustees and on the
Board of Directors of Quick Base.
About Mondelēz
InternationalMondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ)
empowers people to snack right in over 150 countries around the
world. With 2019 net revenues of approximately $26 billion, MDLZ is
leading the future of snacking with iconic global and local brands
such as OREO, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka
and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum.
Mondelēz International is a proud member of the Standard and Poor’s
500, Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Visit
www.mondelezinternational.com or follow the company on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/MDLZ.
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