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10 Mars IT leaders
These ten Mars IT leaders hold or have held CIO, chief digital and information officer, CTO or director-level IT roles across Mars Snacking, Mars Food and Nutrition, Mars Wrigley, Royal Canin, regional IT and global IT services. A reader can learn how IT leaders lead technology organizations in food manufacturing businesses.
Professionals to explore
01—10Abhishek Kumar Dhama
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Digital & Information Officer · Mars
Global Chief Digital & Information Officer at Mars since January 2026, a role the profile headline ties to Royal Canin. Former Deputy Chief Information Officer (2025–2026), CIO Europe & Global Opex Senior Director - Royal Canin (2023–2025), CIO Royal Canin Europe (2018–2022) and Mars Food - CIO Europe, Russia & South Africa (2016–2018) at Mars.
Balakrishnan Subramanian
LinkedInExperience: Chief Digital and Information Officer, CDIO, Mars Food and Nutrition · Mars
Chief Digital and Information Officer, CDIO, Mars Food and Nutrition at Mars since August 2023; the profile says the role is responsible for digital and IT strategy, IT and digital execution, data platforms and products, automation and AI. Former Vice President, Digital Demand (2021–2023) and Sr. Digital Director (2019–2021) at Mars, and AVP, Head of Digital and Product Platforms - Consumer, Retail and Logistics at Infosys (2015–2019).
Ernie Teoh
LinkedInExperience: CIO - Asia · Mars
CIO - Asia at Mars since September 2022; the profile describes work across cultural and business unit teams using data and analytics, automation and AI. Former Senior Manager - Program Management at GE Aerospace (2017–2022), and M&A Integration IT Infrastructure Manager (2015–2017) and Asia IT Infrastructure Manager (2009–2015) at Sensata Technologies.
Fabio Freitas
LinkedInExperience: Global IT Director · Mars
Global IT Director at Mars since January 2023, a role the profile lists in the Engineering and Technical department at Director level. Former Enterprise Collaboration Sr Deployment Lead (2021–2022), Corporate Systems Products Service Manager (2019–2021) and Regional Infrastructure IT Manager - Argentina, Brazil and Chile (2016–2019) at Mars.
Jeff Northrop
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer, Mars Wrigley NA · Mars
Former Chief Information Officer, Mars Wrigley NA (2024–2025), Chief Information Security Officer, Petcare (2022–2024) and Senior Director, Security Center of Excellence (Global) (2019–2022) at Mars. Digital Integration Lead at Mars since February 2025; the profile says this work leads digital services integration for a Mars Incorporated acquisition.
Johnny Zheng
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, IT Operations and MGS Hub Leader · Mars
Senior Director, IT Operations and MGS Hub Leader at Mars since 2016; the profile describes leading an IT team of over 70 associates across the AP regions. Former Technology Service Director (2015), Business Partnership Director (2012–2015) and IT Manager - China & Taiwan and Application Lead - APAC (2009–2011) at Mars, and APAC Infrastructure Manager at Wrigley (2001–2009).
Jorge Sakaguchi
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Mars Wrigley · Mars
Former Global Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Mars Wrigley (2022–2024) and Global IT Director (2021–2022) at Mars; the profile says the Global IT Director role was responsible for end user services in 80+ countries and all Mars segments. Sr. Director, Integration Lead for Mars Snacking Kellanova at Mars since April 2026, and Global Director, Data Strategy and A.I. there from 2024 to 2026.
Rafael Motta Saraiva Granjeiro
LinkedInExperience: Global IT Director - Enterprise Networks · Mars
Global IT Director - Enterprise Networks at Mars since November 2022; the profile describes managing and developing a global team of 30+ associates based in different regions. Former Senior Leader - Global InfoSec Governance (2021–2022), IT Manager - Regional Service Delivery (2019–2020) and IT Manager - Global Service Owner (2018–2019) at Mars.
Wendy J Rosploch
LinkedInExperience: VP CDIO for Mars Global Services and Corporate Functions · Mars
VP CDIO for Mars Global Services and Corporate Functions at Mars since April 2025. Former VP Digital Transformation at Mars (2023–2025), Division Chief Information and Digital Officer at Kimberly-Clark (2018–2023) and Sr. Director Customer Relationship Management Technologies at McDonald's (2017–2018).
Will Beery
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Information Officer at Mars Snacking · Mars
Global Chief Information Officer at Mars Snacking at Mars since January 2022; the profile says the role drives the digital transformation agenda in support of the Mars Snacking multi-GBU enterprise strategy. Former Vice President, Global Digital Supply Chain Transformation (2019–2021), Vice President, Mars Wrigley Merger and Acquisition Global Lead (2016–2019) and CIO Wrigley, Americas Region (2014–2016) at Mars.
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- 01How does a multi-segment consumer goods company split IT ownership between segment CIOs and shared global IT services?
- 02What does it take to integrate the technology of a large acquired business into an existing IT organization?
- 03How do you run enterprise networks and end user services for staff in dozens of countries?
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