General Mills Announces Leadership Changes in Pet, International Segments

General Mills has announced several changes to its senior leadership team to further advance the company’s enterprise strategy, Accelerate.

Two new appointments are in its pet and international segments, the largest growth areas for the company, General Mills stated:

Jon Nudi, previously group president of North America Retail, was appointed group president, Pet and International. Since 2016, Nudi has been group president, North America Retail. Under Nudi’s leadership, NAR significantly accelerated its growth in organic net sales and segment operating profit, while driving consistent market share gains across its priority businesses.

Ricardo Fernandez was promoted to segment president, International. He previously served as president of US Morning Foods since 2021, where he expanded the company's leadership in its US cereal category. Fernandez will report to Nudi.

Additional leadership role changes include:

All senior leadership changes are effective Jan. 1, 2024.

"We are making these strategic changes to best position General Mills for today’s dynamic landscape,” said Jeff Harmening, chairman and CEO, General Mills. “These moves enable us to best match our deep bench of senior talent to fast-growing and important consumer areas and occasions. I am confident this will help us advance our next chapter in our Accelerate enterprise strategy.”

General Mills also shared that Sean Walker, the current group president, International, will retire after more than three decades of service, effective Feb. 28, 2024.

In early November, the CPG giant acquired Fera Pets Inc., a pet supplement company.