General Mills, Inc. announced several changes to its senior leadership team to further advance the company’s enterprise strategy, Accelerate.
Jon Nudi is appointed to a new role as group president, pet and international, where he will be accountable for the two largest growth areas for the company. Since 2016, Nudi served as group president, North America Retail (NAR). 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, newly promoted to Segment President, International, will report to Nudi, with Fernandez also joining the company's senior leadership team. Fernandez has served as president, US Morning Foods operating unit, since 2021 where he expanded the company's leadership in its important US cereal category. Earlier in his career, Fernandez held leadership roles for General Mills businesses in Europe and Latin America.