Kraft Heinz Global Government Affairs’ Abby Blunt Appointed Strategic Advisor; Bill Behrens Joining as Global Head of Government Affairs
September 09 2021 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC) today announced that
Abby Blunt, who has led the company’s Washington, D.C.-based
Global Government Affairs team since 2012, has been appointed
Strategic Advisor for Government & ESG Affairs and Advisor to
the Board. After a distinguished 20-year career with Kraft Heinz,
Abby will transition to this new role in a part-time capacity,
allowing her to focus on the two corporate boards she has recently
been asked to join, while still supporting Kraft Heinz initiatives.
Her new role is effective Oct. 4.
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Abby Blunt, who has led Kraft Heinz's
Washington, D.C.-based Global Government Affairs team since 2012,
has been appointed Strategic Advisor for Government & ESG
Affairs and Advisor to the Board. After a distinguished 20-year
career with the company, Abby will transition to this new role in a
part-time capacity. (Photo: Business Wire)
Since 2012, Abby has led the organization through significant
milestones, including the drafting and implementation of new
labeling laws in the United States related to the disclosure of
GMOs, advocating for the most significant changes to the U.S. tax
code in more than a decade, driving the tariff exemption process in
support of Kraft Heinz products, ingredients and packaging, and
providing valuable Government Affairs support to the company’s
factories around the world. Abby also spearheaded the company’s
first Rise Against Hunger meal packaging event in Washington, D.C.,
where senior Kraft Heinz leaders and members of the U.S. Congress
and diplomats representing communities where Kraft Heinz does
business teamed up to pack meals for people in need around the
world. This event supported the Kraft Heinz Company Foundation
mission to fight global hunger, with the ambition of providing 1.5
billion nutritious meals to people in need by 2025.
More recently, Abby has showcased her leadership over the past
18 months as a member of the Kraft Heinz COVID-19 Global Task
Force. In this capacity, Abby has played a critical role working
with U.S., state and local governments, non-governmental
organizations and Kraft Heinz industry peers to secure testing,
COVID-19 vaccines, and other critical government assistance during
the pandemic.
With Abby’s transition, Bill Behrens joins Kraft Heinz as
Vice President, Global Head of Government Affairs, effective Sept.
13. Based in Washington, D.C., he will oversee the company’s Global
Government Affairs team. In this role, he will lead the company's
efforts to advocate on critical issues with key policymakers and
regulators in the United States and across the globe. Bill spent
the last 10 years at General Electric (GE) – most recently as GE’s
Head of Federal Government Affairs & Policy.
Throughout his time at GE, he developed and implemented federal
government affairs advocacy strategies for all GE businesses. He
also designed and successfully launched a corporate-wide initiative
to add an extensive grassroots capacity to the company’s advocacy
toolkit. “GE Voices” expanded the company’s reach to employees,
suppliers, retirees and external stakeholders, and was successfully
deployed during the U.S. export credit and tax debates in 2016 and
2017. Before joining GE, Bill worked as a Special Assistant to the
President at the White House and a Senior Advisor in the U.S. State
Department.
ABOUT THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY
We are driving transformation at The Kraft Heinz Company
(Nasdaq: KHC), inspired by our Purpose, Let’s Make Life Delicious.
Consumers are at the center of everything we do. With 2020 net
sales of approximately $26 billion, we are committed to growing our
iconic and emerging food and beverage brands on a global scale. We
leverage our scale and agility to unleash the full power of Kraft
Heinz across a portfolio of six consumer-driven product platforms.
As global citizens, we’re dedicated to making a sustainable,
ethical impact while helping feed the world in healthy, responsible
ways. Learn more about our journey by visiting
www.kraftheinzcompany.com or following us on LinkedIn and
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