A hint of the future in Kraft top management appointments?

09-12-2011

John Cahill has been named to oversee the financial mechanics of the splitting of Kraft into two separate companies (global snacks and North American grocery) by the end of 2012. Cahill oversaw the separation and hugely profitable resale of PepsiCo's leading bottler back to Pepsi before moving on to slash-and-burn private equity investors Ripplewood Assoicates. His 'surprise' appointment may tell us a great deal about what's coming.

Read the full story and more in the latest number of the Kraft Union Network - click here to download [1] in pdf format.

The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) is an international federation of trade unions representing workers employed in agriculture and plantations; the preparation and manufacture of food and beverages; hotels, restaurants and catering services; all stages of tobacco processing. The IUF is composed of 394 affiliated organizations in 126 countries representing a combined membership of around 2,6 million.

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[1] http://cms.iuf.org/sites/cms.iuf.org/files/Kraft tUnion Network 09122011.pdf