As a highly respected 22-year veteran of Kellogg and an Executive Committee member of Kellogg since 2003, Gary gained deep knowledge of WK Kellogg's business during his tenure at Kellogg and brings that depth of experience with him as the CEO of WK Kellogg Co. In his prior role as Vice Chairman, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of Kellogg Company, Gary was involved in key decisions across every facet of the business, including most recently as part of the team of executives leading the move to separate Kellogg into two independent companies. Gary was a key architect of Kellogg’s proven Deploy for Growth strategy and was heavily involved in shaping Kellogg’s growth portfolio, spearheading many major strategic initiatives including the acquisition of Pringles and Kellogg’s expansion into Africa. He also oversaw a number of complex operational initiatives at Kellogg, which resulted in demonstrable improvements to its operational efficiency and effectiveness. In addition to his deep understanding of WK Kellogg Co's business, Gary has significant and wide-ranging expertise bridging corporate strategy, M&A, legal, investor relations, and supply chain, amongst other areas. Gary has profound affection for WK Kellogg Co, consistently demonstrating that to those he touches with his engaging and inspiring leadership style. In a career spanning more than three decades, Gary has built substantial experience in the consumer packaged goods sector, his decades at Kellogg having followed leadership roles at Specialty Foods Corporation and Sara Lee Corporation. Norma is a 23-year veteran of Kellogg and brings her substantial knowledge of the WK Kellogg Co business and the ready-to-eat-cereal category to the role of Chief Legal Officer of WK Kellogg Co. In her prior role as Vice President and Chief Counsel, Employment, Ethics & Compliance at Kellogg Company, Norma managed all Kellogg business units in the areas of labor and employment. Norma joined the Keebler Company in November 1999 and became an employee of Kellogg as part of the Kellogg’s 2001 acquisition of the Keebler business. She is an American Bar Association Fellow, and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Judicial College and the LGBT Bar Association. Shannon brings her substantial knowledge of the WK Kellogg Co business to the role of Chief Transformation Officer In her prior position as Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives at Kellogg, Shannon played a leading role in managing the separation of Kellogg into two independent companies, making her the ideal choice to take on the future role of WK Kellogg Co’s Chief Transformation Officer. Shannon has an impressive track record of leading transitions and transformations, including Kellogg’s $1.3 billion sale of the Keebler business and the construction and execution of the related Transition Services Agreement (TSA). Her nearly 10-year career at Kellogg includes having served as the finance and accounting lead within Global Business Services. Sherry brings 20 years of substantial operating experience across the supply chain to her role as Chief Supply Chain Officer of WK Kellogg Co. She had previously been with Kellogg for more than a decade, and in that time, she held a number of leadership roles spanning manufacturing, category operations, and quality and compliance. In her role as Vice President, Global Food Safety and Quality, Sherry led the Company’s quality and compliance processes globally. She joined Kellogg as part of the Pringles acquisition from Procter & Gamble, where she served in a variety of supply chain roles over nearly 14 years. Bruce brings significant, broad-based sales and customer expertise to the role of Chief Customer Officer of WK Kellogg Co. Throughout his nearly 25 years at Kellogg, Bruce held a variety of leadership roles across sales and customer marketing in both cereal and snacks, including as Senior Vice President, Western Customer Teams, and Senior Vice President, National Customer Teams. On top of his prior role as Vice President, Customer Strategy and Planning at Kellogg, he led significant projects to integrate, optimize and position the Company, and his team members, for future growth. Prior to Kellogg, Bruce held sales roles at Mott’s USA and The Dial Corporation. Mike brings significant expertise in human resources and substantial experience supporting the ready-to-eat cereal business to WK Kellogg Co. In his prior position as Senior Director, Human Resources for North America Sales at Kellogg, Mike played a critical role in overseeing Kellogg’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion strategy, and drove talent, organizational effectiveness, and culture at Kellogg, making him the ideal choice to take on the role of Chief Human Resources Officer of WK Kellogg Co. Throughout his more than 11-year career at Kellogg, he held roles supporting the ready-to-eat cereal business, developing significant expertise in organization and change management as well as talent strategy. Prior to joining Kellogg in 2011, Mike held several human resources roles at The Toro Company. Building on her 13-year Kellogg career, Stacy brings significant stakeholder engagement experience to the role of Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of WK Kellogg Co, where she will be responsible for communications, government relations and philanthropy. In her prior role as Senior Director, Corporate Communications at Kellogg Company, Stacy was responsible for external communications, including media relations, crisis communications, supply chain, and labor communications. Prior to joining Kellogg, Stacy was a journalist for 15 years, reporting on business and partnering with an editorial board of staff and community leaders as a Metro Editor and Columnist at the Battle Creek Enquirer. As the former Senior Director of Wellbeing and Regulatory at Kellogg Company, Sarah brings deep experience to the role of Chief Wellbeing and Sustainable Business Officer of WK Kellogg Co, where she will shape the company’s wellbeing and regulatory agenda, and oversee Consumer Affairs. The entire WK Kellogg Co leadership team will work together to create and deliver the company’s ESG strategy, and she will partner with Doug VanDeVelde, Chief Growth Officer, to commercialize ESG. Since joining Kellogg in 2014, Sarah has worked on nutrition marketing and regulatory initiatives that have helped shape the Company’s growth portfolio. Prior to joining Kellogg, Sarah managed the Nutrition Working Group at Del Monte Foods and worked as a clinical dietitian. In her new role, Sarah will report to both Gary Pilnick, Chief Executive Officer, and Doug VanDeVelde, Chief Growth Officer. Dave is a seasoned financial executive who has held multiple operating Chief Financial Officer roles throughout his nearly 15 years at Kellogg. In addition, he has significant experience in global roles across risk management, treasury, and corporate and financial planning. He brings deep financial and analytical expertise to the Chief Financial Officer role of WK Kellogg Co, having served as CFO of the U.S. Snacks business and as CFO of U.S. Retail Sales before moving into his current role as Vice President, Integrated Business Planning. He has played a leading role in several strategic initiatives at Kellogg. His roles prior to Kellogg included positions in commodity risk management and trading. As the former Chief Information Officer of Kellogg North America, Bill is uniquely positioned to step into the role of Chief Information Officer of WK Kellogg Co. Bill brings significant IT expertise and leadership experience to the role, having led several successful IT transformation programs at Kellogg. Prior to joining Kellogg in 2020, Bill held IT positions at Stryker, Mylan, and Rockwell Collins. As the former General Manager of Kellogg’s U.S. Cereal business and one of the industry’s foremost experts on ready-to-eat cereal, Doug brings deep and varied experience to the role of Chief Growth Officer of WK Kellogg Co. Throughout his more than 25-year career at Kellogg he has built deep commercial expertise and has served in a number of leadership roles, including Senior Vice President, Global Breakfast Category, and Senior Vice President, Marketing and Innovation for U.S. Morning Foods. He is highly respected across the Kellogg world for his knowledge of the ready-to-eat cereal category and our strategic playbook. His role as Chief Growth Officer of WK Kellogg Co will encompass Marketing, R&D, Revenue Growth Management, and Insights & Analytics.
FAQs
Who owns WK Kellogg Co.? ›
The ownership structure of WK Kellogg Co (KLG) stock is a mix of institutional, retail and individual investors. Approximately 51.25% of the company's stock is owned by Institutional Investors, 0.81% is owned by Insiders and 47.94% is owned by Public Companies and Individual Investors.
Who runs the WK Kellogg Foundation? ›Holder | Shares | Date Reported |
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Kellogg W K Foundation Trust | 13.51M | Jun 30, 2024 |
Blackrock Inc. | 8.31M | Mar 31, 2024 |
Vanguard Group Inc | 5.3M | Mar 31, 2024 |
Keybank National Association | 5M | Jun 30, 2024 |
Name | Position | Compensation |
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Gary Pilnick | Chairman & CEO | US$9.02m |
David McKinstray | Chief Financial Officer | US$2.27m |
Bruce Brown | Chief Customer Officer | US$2.02m |
Doug Vandevelde | Chief Growth Officer | US$2.42m |
Born in 1860, Kellogg was one of 14 children of a strict Seventh-day Adventist family. They observed the Sabbath on Saturday, and abstained entirely from alcohol, tobacco, coffee, tea, and meat.
Why are people boycotting Kellogg's? ›Many families are boycotting Kellogg's after they promote cereal for dinner in response to inflation.
Who is the executive director of the Kellogg Foundation? ›La June Montgomery Tabron is a nonprofit executive who serves as president and CEO of the Kellogg Foundation.
How did W.K. Kellogg make his money? ›W.K. Kellogg bought out his brother's interest and in 1906 established the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company. Through innovative advertising and improvements in the quality of the cereals, the company prospered. The name Kellogg's was adopted in 1922 after the company began making cereals other than corn flakes.
What parent company owns Kellogg's? ›Kellanova (K). Representing approximately 82% of the original company's portfolio, this new company owns all of Kellogg's snack food and cracker brands, international cereals and noodles, and North American frozen foods.
What are the 3 companies Kellogg is splitting into? ›- Global Snacking Co.
- North America Cereal Co.
- Plant Co.
Does BlackRock own Kellogg's? ›
ownership in KLG / WK Kellogg Co. 2024-01-08 - BlackRock Inc. has filed an SC 13G form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing ownership of 8,662,164 shares of WK Kellogg Co (US:KLG). This represents 10.1 percent ownership of the company.
Who is the largest investor in Kellogg's? ›Largest shareholders include Kellogg W K Foundation Trust, BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc, Keybank National Association/oh, IJR - iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, American Century Companies Inc, State Street Corp, VTSMX - Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares, Arrowstreet Capital, Limited ...
What is the organizational structure of Kellogg's? ›In order to keep up with leadership development requirements, Kellogg follows a broad-banded, flat organisational structure and a functionally organised leadership system. Technically, there are levels in the organisation, divided as per experience and an individual's way of contributing to the organisation.
What religion are the Kellogg brothers? ›He believed that he would “never be a wealthy man,” but never gave up, determined to keep his family afloat. The ideals of living put forth by the Seventh Day Adventist religion had a profound impact on the Kellogg children, most notably Will Keith and his older brother, John Harvey.
Who is the CFO at Kellogg's? ›Dave McKinstray , Chief Financial Officer
Dave is a seasoned financial executive who has held multiple operating Chief Financial Officer roles throughout his nearly 15 years at Kellogg. In addition, he has significant experience in global roles across risk management, treasury, and corporate and financial planning.
Kellogg's was split into two companies on October 2, 2023, with WK Kellogg Co owning the North American cereal division, and the existing company being rebranded to "Kellanova", owning snack brands such as Pop-Tarts and Pringles alongside the international cereal division.
Who owns the most Kellogg stock? ›Largest shareholders include Kellogg W K Foundation Trust, BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc, Keybank National Association/oh, IJR - iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, American Century Companies Inc, State Street Corp, VTSMX - Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares, Arrowstreet Capital, Limited ...
Why did Kellogg change to Kellanova? ›The name “Kellanova” signals the company's ambition for the future, building on the strong brand equity and legacy built over the previous 117 years as Kellogg Company. Click on the arrows below to learn more about our name.
Who owns Kellogg Garden Organics? ›Clay “Hap” Kellogg IV, the grandson of our founder H. Clay Kellogg, became the third generation Kellogg to lead the company as CEO. His sister, Kathy Kellogg Johnson is business partner and co-owner.