General Mills names new president of U.S. retail division
General Mills today announced two new senior leadership appointments. Jon Nudi has been named senior vice president, president, U.S. Retail, one of the company's three operating segments. The U.S. Retail role was previously held by Jeff Harmening who was promoted in June to president and chief operating officer of General Mills. Nudi has most recently been located in Europe running the Europe-Australasia business for General Mills.
Nudi joined General Mills in 1993 and has held a number of roles within the company including serving as the president of the U.S. Snacks division. Under Nudi's leadership the division experienced both sales and profit growth. Most recently, Nudi has served as head of the company's Europe-Australasia region where he has delivered outstanding performance including profit growth and top line sales growth. Nudi holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree from Penn State University.