MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- General Mills
today announced that Sean Walker has been
named Group President of General Mills'
Asia & Latin America segment effective
February 1, 2019. Walker will report to Jeff
Harmening, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, and will join the company's
global senior leadership team. Walker was most recently Senior Vice
President, Strategy for the company, and has been responsible for
transitioning the Blue Buffalo Pet Food business into General
Mills.
Christina Law, current Group President,
Asia & Latin America will be leaving General
Mills at the end of February 2019.
"I would like to thank Christina for her strong contribution to
General Mills since she joined in 2012 and especially for her
significant leadership over the last two years to establish our
Asia & Latin America segment for growth through the
consolidation of three historically separate regions of
Greater China, Asia, Middle
East and Africa, and
Latin America. She has built a
great organization with elevated capabilities and put in place
robust strategies and business foundations to enable the segment
for accelerated growth," said Harmening.
Walker is a twenty-nine-year veteran of General
Mills with extensive experience building businesses and
organizations across multiple countries and served
as President of General Mills Latin
America from 2009 to 2015. Prior to joining General
Mills, Walker worked for the Hershey Company and
Nestle.
About General Mills
General Mills is a leading global
food company that serves the world by making food people love. Its
brands include Cheerios, Annie's, Yoplait, Nature Valley,
Häagen-Dazs, Betty Crocker,
Pillsbury, Old El Paso, Wanchai
Ferry, Yoki, Blue and more. Headquartered in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA,
General Mills generated fiscal 2018 proforma net sales of U.S.
$17.0 billion, including $1.3 billion from Blue Buffalo. In addition,
General Mills' share of non-consolidated joint venture net sales
totaled U.S. $1.1 billion.
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