Corporate Strategy

Steve Liedtke played an instrumental role in WhiteWave Foods' spinoff from Dean Foods and eventual integration with Group Danone.

The former Walmart CIO has "a company-wide remit to transform how new technologies are used to improve performance."

Stephen Koven will be responsible for developing digital strategies and leading teams to build sales and marketing plans.

The simplified corporate structure is expected to increase agility and decision-making speed.

Laguarta becomes corporate president while Narasimhan and Popovici take on larger regional roles.

Lain Hancock will work to align commercial strategy and deliver a long-term growth plan for the brand.

The former Mondelez and Amazon executive will be responsible for accelerating supply chain innovation and enabling advanced planning processes and technologies.

Presented at the 2017 Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit, the fourth-annual award honors the critical role of today’s marketing leaders in the increasingly competitive consumer goods industry.