Gary Chan
Senior Vice President, Finance Transformation, Kraft Foods
Mr. Chan was appointed to his current position in June 2011. His responsibilities encompass leading the transformation of financial activities for all of Kraft's businesses globally to a world class level. From March 2008 to May 2011, he was the Senior Vice President of Finance, Kraft Foods International. He is a 31-year veteran of the Kraft Foods companies. Previous positions have included Senior Vice President, Finance & Strategy, Kraft Foods, Global Supply Chain, Vice President, Finance for Kraft Foods European Union; Vice President, Finance for Kraft Foods North America Operations; Controller of the Kraft North America Cheese Division; Director of Worldwide Food Strategy for Philip Morris; and financial positions supporting the marketing and sales organizations. He began his career at Kraft as an engineer at the Kraft Houston coffee manufacturing plant.
In October of 2000, Mr. Chan was awarded the Asian American Corporate Achievement Award by the Organization of Chinese Americans in recognition of both his outstanding career accomplishments and his contributions towards enhancing opportunities for Asian Americans in the corporate world. He was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States in 1967. He was elected to the Board of Directors of Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in 2008.
BS, Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University
MBA, Finance, University of Houston
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