Food manufacturing
10 General Mills finance leaders
These ten General Mills finance leaders, including CFOs of General Mills business units and country operations, hold or have held vice president of finance, CFO, treasury, controller and finance director roles. A reader can learn how CFOs and finance leaders approach planning, reporting and capital decisions in food manufacturing businesses.
Professionals to explore
01—10David Brodowska
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Finance, International · General Mills
Vice President, Finance, International at General Mills since February 2025. Former General Mills roles include Senior Finance Director - Brazil (2023–2025), Finance Director - Europe & Australia (2021–2023), Finance Director - France (2018–2021) and Finance Director - Australasia (2015–2018).
JD Reyes
LinkedInExperience: Business Unit CFO, Finance Director - Int'l Developed Markets (Europe, Australia & North Asia) · General Mills
Business Unit CFO, Finance Director - Int'l Developed Markets (Europe, Australia & North Asia) at General Mills since June 2025. Former Business Unit CFO, Finance Director - Global Emerging Markets (2021–2025) and Region Finance Director - Asia, Middle East & Africa (AMEA) (2019–2021) at General Mills.
Jeremy Reese
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Finance, Meals & Baking Solutions · General Mills
Vice President Finance, Meals & Baking Solutions at General Mills since November 2025, a business the profile puts at $4B+ in sales. Former Assistant Treasurer at General Mills (2023–2025); the profile also lists global corporate controller experience among Jeremy Reese's finance roles.
Keith Woodward
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, U.S. Finance CFO · General Mills
Former Senior Vice President, U.S. Finance CFO (2008–2015) and Senior Vice President, Global Treasurer (2015–2017) at General Mills. Keith Woodward was also Chief Financial Officer at Tennant Company (2018–2020) and has been a Board Member at Seneca Foods Corporation since 2018 and at Phillips Distilling Company since 2017.
Kyle Cruickshank
LinkedInExperience: Director, Corporate Controller · General Mills
Director, Corporate Controller at General Mills since January 2025, a director-level role in the Finance & Accounting department. Former Managing Director Audit (2023–2025), Senior Audit Manager (2018–2023), Audit Manager (2016–2018) and Audit Senior Associate (2014–2016) at KPMG US.
Michael Schuurmans, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Finance, Big G Cereal and Canada · General Mills
Vice President Finance, Big G Cereal and Canada at General Mills since July 2025. Former General Mills roles include Vice President Finance, U.S. Morning Foods (2024–2025), Finance Director, Investor Relations (2023–2024), Finance Director, International FP&A (2021–2023) and Finance Director, Northern Europe (2019–2021).
Paul Boyer
LinkedInExperience: VP Finance, North America · General Mills
VP Finance, North America at General Mills since February 2024. Former General Mills roles include VP Finance, U.S. Meals & Baking (2020–2024), VP Finance, U.S. Cereal (2017–2020), Senior Finance Director, Global Internal Audit (2015–2017) and Senior Finance Director, Corporate Planning & Strategy (2012–2015).
Shahar Levin
LinkedInExperience: CFO · General Mills
CFO at General Mills since April 2018, a C-level finance role the profile ties to General Mills Israel and places in Ramla. Former Financial Planning and Analysis Manager at Cal (Israel Credit Cards) (2016–2018) and Head of Financial Department at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (2012–2016).
Stephanie Spence
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Finance - Pet · General Mills
Vice President Finance - Pet at General Mills since July 2024. Former General Mills roles include Vice President Finance - Morning Foods (2023–2024), Senior Finance Director - Enterprise Planning & Analysis (2020–2022) and Finance Director - Investor Relations (2018–2020).
Zachary Shafer
LinkedInExperience: Global Controller, Cereal Partners Worldwide · General Mills
Global Controller, Cereal Partners Worldwide at General Mills since September 2023, a director-level role. Former Director of Finance, Blue Buffalo North America (2021–2023), Global Lead, Finance Transformation (2019–2021) and Senior Finance Manager, Meals & Baking Solutions (2017–2019) at General Mills.
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- 01How does a food company's segment finance team work with brand leaders on pricing, promotion and margin decisions?
- 02What does the controller's team need to close the books across many countries and joint ventures?
- 03How should finance leaders for international business units balance local reporting with corporate planning?
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