Mondelez: announces EVP and President, North America

Deerfield / IL. (mdlz) Mondelez International Inc. announced that Roberto Marques, 49, will join the company in mid-March and become Executive Vice President and President, North America. Marques will report to Chairman and CEO Irene Rosenfeld and be based in East Hanover, NJ. In this role, he will be responsible for leading the company´s seven billion USD business in the United States and Canada. Marques succeeds Mark Clouse, who became the company´s Chief Growth Officer in July 2014. «I am delighted to welcome Roberto to the Mondelez International family», said Rosenfeld. «His knowledge of consumer brands, strong leadership capabilities and extensive global experience make him a terrific addition to our North America region and my leadership team. He will play a critical role in driving our growth and margin-expansion agendas». In this role, Marques will also become a business sponsor on the company´s Supply Chain Reinvention Steering Committee and Sales + Marketing Optimization team as well as a member of Mondelez International´s newly formed Growth Council. Marques joins Mondelez International after a successful career at Johnson + Johnson, where he most recently served as Company Group Chairman, Consumer North America, overseeing all aspects the six billion USD business, including beauty, baby and personal products and over-the-counter medicines. Prior to that, he held several senior management roles at J+J, including Company Group Chairman Consumer Health Care Global Business Unit, Worldwide President for the Vision Care Division, and President of Europe, Africa, Middle East and Latin America for Vision Care. His track record includes driving growth through global platforms and leading multiple businesses and functions, including start-ups, turnarounds, effective repositioning and growth of leading household brands.