Debra Crew
Debra Crew | |
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 Crew in 2022 | |
| Born | December 20, 1970 |
| Alma mater | University of Denver(BA) University of Chicago Booth School of Business(MBA) |
| Occupation(s) | President and CEO ofDiageo Board member ofMondelez International |
| Term | 2018–present |
Debra Ann Crew(born December 20, 1970)[1][2]is the president and CEO ofDiageo.[3]She is also a board member ofMondelez International,and the former president andchief executive officerofR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.[4]She previously held senior management positions atPepsiCo,Mars, Incorporated,andDreyer's.[5][6]
Education and military service
[edit]Crew earned her bachelor's degree from theUniversity of Denver,and herMBAfrom theUniversity of Chicago Booth School of Business.[2]
She served in theUnited States Armyfrom 1993 to 1997 in the field ofmilitary intelligence,achieving the rank ofcaptain.[5]
Business career
[edit]Crew began her business career atKraft Foodsin 1997, where she filled a number of management positions. After seven years at Kraft, she moved toDreyer's,a subsidiary ofNestlé,where she worked from 2004 to 2008, rising to Senior Vice President of Marketing, Frozen Snacks. From 2008 to 2010 she was the General Manager andchief marketing officerof Petcare US, atMars, Incorporated.[5]
Crew joinedPepsiCoin April 2010 as president, Western European Region,[5]headquartered inGeneva.[7]In August 2012 she was named to the newly created position of President of Pepsico Americas Beverages, which incorporated responsibility for the North American operations of theGatoradeandTropicanabrands, the Latin America Beverages operation, the North America warehouse sales operation, and the Beverage Growth Ventures Group.[7]In August 2014 she was named president and General Manager of PepsiCo North America Nutrition.[5]
In October 2014 Crew departed PepsiCo to become president and Chief Commercial Officer of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.[6]She had been a director of the company since December 2013.[5]The switch from the food to cigarette industry surprised observers,[8]as well as the timing, since she had headed PepsiCo's North America Nutrition for only two months.[2]In September 2015 her title changed to president and COO.[9]As COO she oversaw $8.6 billion of the company's estimated $10.7 billion in post-merger sales.[8]
On January 1, 2017 Crew became the CEO ofReynolds American,taking over from former CEOSusan Cameron.[10]She is one of the few women CEOs of a major Americantobacco company.[11]
In April 2019, Crew was appointed a non-executive director to Diageo's board. In July 2020, she replaced Deirdre Mahlan as president of Diageo North America.[3]
On July 1, 2023 Crew was appointed CEO ofDiageo,[12][13]it is the first time in the company's history to appoint a female CEO.[14]
Memberships
[edit]In 2013, Crew was named to theboard of directorsofStanley Black & Decker.[15]
Honors and recognition
[edit]She was named to theFortunelist of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2014 and 2015. Crew has been named four times toFortunemagazine's list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business, ranking No. 44 in 2014,[16]No. 46 in 2015, No. 47 in 2016 and No. 34 in 2017.[8]
In 2023, she ranked 79th in the Forbes list of "World's 100 most powerful women"[17]and 65th onFortune's list of Most Powerful Women.[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Stanley Black & Decker Reports Acquisition by Director Crew (Connecticut".US Fed News Service.24 September 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2016.Retrieved15 October2015.
- ^abc"Debra Crew".CNBC.2015.Retrieved15 October2015.
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- ^"Reynolds American".Fortune.Archived fromthe originalon 2017-07-09.Retrieved2017-06-18.
- ^abcdef"Debra A. Crew, Independent Director".Morningstar, Inc.2015. Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved15 October2015.
- ^abSutter, Mark (19 September 2014)."R.J. Reynolds Tobacco names Debra A. Crew as its president".Triad Business Journal.Retrieved15 October2015.
- ^abZmuda, Natalie (16 August 2012)."PepsiCo Taps Debra Crew for New President-Americas Beverages Role".Advertising Age.Retrieved15 October2015.
- ^abc"Debra Crew, 45".Fortune.2016. Archived fromthe originalon 4 June 2017.Retrieved18 June2017.
- ^Covington, Owen (14 September 2015)."R.J. Reynolds Tobacco's Debra Crew adding COO to title".Triad Business Journal.Retrieved15 October2015.
- ^Arcieri, Katie (20 October 2016)."Meet Debra Crew, soon to be Reynolds American's CEO".www.bizjournals.com.Retrieved2017-06-18.
- ^Yuk, Pan Kwan (19 October 2016)."Reynolds American names Debra Crew as new CEO".Financial Times.Retrieved2017-06-18.
- ^"Sir Ivan Menezes to retire from Diageo; Debra Crew to be appointed Chief Executive Officer".www.diageo.com.Retrieved2023-09-20.
- ^Shah, Oliver (2024-06-16)."I worked in military intelligence — now I'm determined to fix Diageo's problems".www.thetimes.com.Retrieved2024-06-16.
- ^Vardon, Elena; Susin, Michael (2023-03-28)."Guinness Maker Diageo Appoints Its First Female CEO".Wall Street Journal.ISSN0099-9660.Retrieved2023-09-20.
- ^Migoya, David (12 June 2013)."DU alum Debra Crew named to Black & Decker board".The Denver Post.Retrieved15 October2015.
- ^Fairchild, Caroline; Kowitt, Beth; Leahey, Colleen; VanderMey, Anne (2014)."The Most Powerful Women in Business".Fortune.Retrieved15 October2015.
- ^"The World's Most Powerful Women 2023".Forbes.
- ^"Most Powerful Women".Fortune.
- R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company people
- PepsiCo people
- Women corporate directors
- American corporate directors
- American women business executives
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- 20th-century American businesswomen
- 21st-century American businesspeople
- 21st-century American businesswomen
- University of Denver alumni
- University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni
- 1970 births
- Living people
- United States Army officers
- American chief operating officers
- American chief executives of Fortune 500 companies
- American women chief executives
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