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Kellogg CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Steven A. Cahillane is the Kellogg's CEO. Kellogg has 34,000 employees, of which 49 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Kellogg executive team is 35% female and 65% male.
  • 53% of the management team is White.
  • 11% of Kellogg management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 8% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Steven A. Cahillane

Chairman of The Board & Chief Executive Officer

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Steve Cahillane joined NBTY in September 2014 as President & CEO. Since that time, he has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of NBTY. Prior to joining NBTY, Steve served as President of Coca-Cola Americas, which consists of both the North American and Latin American operations. Before assuming that role, he held positions as President and CEO of Coca-Cola Refreshments (CCR), an operating unit of the North American business of The Coca Cola Company, and President of Coca-Cola Enterprise’s (CCE) North American business. Mr. Steven A. Cahillane, also known as Steve, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President at Kellogg Company since October 2, 2017 and has been its Chairman since March 16, 2018. Mr. Cahillane possesses particular knowledge and experience in a variety of areas, including accounting and financial acumen, risk management, innovation and research and development, branded consumer products and consumer dynamics, regulatory and government that strengthens the Board's

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Gary H. Pilnick

Vice Chairman

Gary Pilnick has been Vice Chairman, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, Kellogg Company, since 2016. He is a member of Kellogg Company’s executive committee.

Mr. Pilnick assumed the role of Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in 2003 and assumed the responsibility of Corporate Development in 2004. He joined Kellogg Company in 2000 as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary.

Prior to joining Kellogg, Mr. Pilnick was affiliated with the Chicago law firm of Jenner and Block from 1989 to 1995, which included corporate legal assignments in Chicago and Tokyo, Japan. He served as Vice President and Chief Corporate Counsel for Specialty Foods Corporation from 1995 to 1997, when he joined Sara Lee Corporation as Chief Counsel, Corporate Development and Finance. He was named Vice President and Chief Counsel, Sara Lee Branded Apparel, North and South America in February 1999.

Amit Banati

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

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Amit Banati has been Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Principal Financial Officer, Kellogg Company, since July 2019. He is a member of Kellogg Company’s executive committee.

Mr. Banati joined Kellogg in March 2012 as President, Asia Pacific, and his responsibilities were expanded to President, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa in July 2018.

Before joining Kellogg Company, Mr. Banati served in a variety of finance, general management and board roles at Kraft Foods, Cadbury Schweppes and Procter & Gamble. He has worked extensively across the Asia Pacific and Africa region.

At Kraft Foods he was President, North Asia and Asia Pacific Strategy.

Prior to that, Mr. Banati served as President, Pacific, for Cadbury Schweppes and Chairman of Cadbury Schweppes Australia. He was a member of the company’s Chief Executive Committee. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer for Cadbury Schweppes Asia Pacific.

Mr. Banati serves on the boards of the Kellogg-Wilmar Joint Venture in China and the Kellogg-Tolaram Joint Ventures in Nigeria.

Melissa A. Howell

Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

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Melissa Howell has been Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Kellogg Company, since June 2016. She is a member of Kellogg Company’s executive committee.

Prior to joining Kellogg, Ms. Howell was Chief Human Resources Officer for Rockford, Michigan-based Wolverine since 2014. Prior to Wolverine, Ms. Howell spent 24 years with General Motors where she led a team of 2,800 Human Resources professionals worldwide, supporting a global business at one of the top automotive companies in the world, and also among the largest public corporations.

Ms. Howell joined General Motors as a Labor Relations Representative at its Ypsilanti, Michigan, assembly plant in 1990. Over the following years, Ms. Howell served in a series of key human resources leadership roles in Europe, Asia and U.S. leading teams on six continents across an array of functional areas. She was promoted to Executive Director of North American Human Resources in 2011 and subsequently promoted to Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources.

Ms. Howell received a Master of Arts degree in Industrial Relations from Wayne State University and a bachelor’s degree in Employee Relations from Michigan State University.

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Board Member

Christopher Hood

Senior Vice President

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David Lawlor

President

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Kris Charles Bahner

Senior Vice President

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Lesley Salmon

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

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Lesley Salmon is a SVP and Global Chief Information Officer at KELLOGG CO and is based in Wigan, Wigan, United Kingdom. She has worked as Applications Controller at United Biscuits; Head of Applications at Premier Foods; and IT Director at Galaxy Optical Co.,Ltd.

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Steven A. Cahillane

Chairman of The Board & Chief Executive Officer

Steven A. Cahillane's LinkedIn

Steve Cahillane joined NBTY in September 2014 as President & CEO. Since that time, he has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of NBTY. Prior to joining NBTY, Steve served as President of Coca-Cola Americas, which consists of both the North American and Latin American operations. Before assuming that role, he held positions as President and CEO of Coca-Cola Refreshments (CCR), an operating unit of the North American business of The Coca Cola Company, and President of Coca-Cola Enterprise’s (CCE) North American business. Mr. Steven A. Cahillane, also known as Steve, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President at Kellogg Company since October 2, 2017 and has been its Chairman since March 16, 2018. Mr. Cahillane possesses particular knowledge and experience in a variety of areas, including accounting and financial acumen, risk management, innovation and research and development, branded consumer products and consumer dynamics, regulatory and government that strengthens the Board's

Gary H. Pilnick

Vice Chairman

Gary Pilnick has been Vice Chairman, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, Kellogg Company, since 2016. He is a member of Kellogg Company’s executive committee.

Mr. Pilnick assumed the role of Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in 2003 and assumed the responsibility of Corporate Development in 2004. He joined Kellogg Company in 2000 as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary.

Prior to joining Kellogg, Mr. Pilnick was affiliated with the Chicago law firm of Jenner and Block from 1989 to 1995, which included corporate legal assignments in Chicago and Tokyo, Japan. He served as Vice President and Chief Corporate Counsel for Specialty Foods Corporation from 1995 to 1997, when he joined Sara Lee Corporation as Chief Counsel, Corporate Development and Finance. He was named Vice President and Chief Counsel, Sara Lee Branded Apparel, North and South America in February 1999.

Carter Cast

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Mary A. Laschinger

Board Member

Stephanie A. Burns

Board Member

Carolyn M. Tastad

Board Member

Donald R. Knauss

Board Member

Erica L. Mann

Board Member

Richard W. Dreiling

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Roderick D. Gillum

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Kellogg leadership demographics

Kellogg gender distribution in management team

  • The Kellogg executive team is 35% female and 65% male.
  • Kellogg is 38% female and 62% male company-wide.
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Male
65%
Company-wide: 62%
Female
Female
35%
Company-wide: 38%

Kellogg executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Kellogg executive officers is White.
  • 53% of the management team is White.
  • 19% of Kellogg's management is Asian.
  • 11% of the management team is Hispanic or Latino.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 64% of employees are White.
  • 13% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 12% of employees are Black or African American.
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A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2023
Pros of working at Kellogg

The pay and benefits are good the way management treat their employees how unfair they are and some so racist that it is obvious like a slap in the face it's unbelievable they really need to change that part of it if nothing else and they also need to stop working people to exhaustion to where they barely have energy to drive home or eat it's so unhealthy and unsafe and they don't care

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A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2022
Pros of working at Kellogg

never got the chance to work thekre

Cons of working at Kellogg

management and responsiblities

Kellogg benefits

there are no such thing over there

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