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10 Walmart executives
These ten Walmart executives, including the company's CFO, lead finance, operations, technology, merchandising, people and growth teams across Walmart Inc., Walmart U.S. and Walmart International. Readers can learn how the Walmart leadership team approaches store, ecommerce, supply chain and merchandising decisions.
Professionals to explore
01—10Chris Nicholas
LinkedInExperience: President and CEO, Walmart International · Walmart
President and CEO, Walmart International since February 2026, and former President and CEO of Sam's Club (2023–2026). At Walmart he was also EVP & Chief Operating Officer, Walmart U.S. (2021–2023), EVP & CFO, Walmart U.S. (2021) and EVP & CFO, Walmart International (2020–2021).
David Guggina
LinkedInExperience: President and CEO, Walmart U.S. · Walmart
President and CEO, Walmart U.S. since February 2026. At Walmart he was also EVP & Chief eCommerce Officer, Walmart U.S. (2025–2026), EVP, Supply Chain (2022–2025), SVP Innovation and Automation (2021–2022) and SVP Product and Engineering (2019–2021).
Donna Morris
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer · Walmart
Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer at Walmart since February 2020, a role her profile places in Human Resources at the C-Level. She was Chief Human Resources Officer & Executive Vice President, Employee Experience at Adobe (2018–2020), and she has been a Board Member at UKG since 2025 and at PhonePe since 2024.
Hari Vasudev
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Walmart U.S. · Walmart
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Walmart U.S. since July 2024; his profile says he leads development and deployment of tech platforms, features and capabilities for the Walmart U.S. business. He was Executive Vice President - Global Tech Platforms at Walmart Global Tech (2023–2024) and Senior Vice President - Country Head, Walmart Global Tech India & Retail Tech Platforms (2017–2023).
John David Rainey
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Walmart
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Walmart since May 2022. His profile says he is responsible for accounting and controls, corporate strategy and development, business planning and analysis, global procurement, internal audit, treasury, tax and investor relations. He was Chief Financial Officer and EVP, Global Customer Operations at PayPal (2015–2022).
John Furner
LinkedInExperience: President and Chief Executive Officer, Walmart Inc. · Walmart
President and Chief Executive Officer, Walmart Inc. since February 2026, and former President and Chief Executive Officer, Walmart U.S. (2019–2026). He was also President and Chief Executive Officer of Sam's Club (2017–2019) and Senior Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer and Chief Marketing Officer, Walmart China (2013–2015).
Julie Barber
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Chief Merchant · Walmart
EVP, Chief Merchant at Walmart since February 2026, and former EVP, Chief Merchant at Sam's Club (2025–2026). At Walmart she was also EVP, General Merchandise (2022–2025), Senior Vice President Merchandising, Hardlines (2022) and Senior Vice President Merchandising, OTC, Health & Wellness (2019–2022).
Kieran Shanahan
LinkedInExperience: EVP & Chief Operating Officer, Walmart U.S. · Walmart
EVP & Chief Operating Officer, Walmart U.S. since August 2023. He was also EVP International Operations & Regional CEO at Walmart (2023), EVP & Chief Growth Officer at Sam's Club (2022–2023), Chief Merchandising Officer at Walmart (2020–2022) and SVP eCommerce Merchandising at Walmart (2018–2020).
Seth Dallaire
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer · Walmart
Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer at Walmart, a title his profile lists for January 2024 to January 2026 and again from February 2026, in General Management. He was Chief Revenue Officer at Walmart (2021–2024) and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Instacart (2019–2021).
Todd Sears
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Walmart US · Walmart
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Walmart US since October 2025. At Walmart he was also Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Sam's Club (2024–2025), Senior Vice President, International Finance (2022–2024), Senior Vice President, Chief Audit Executive (2019–2022) and Vice President, Assistant Corporate Controller (2017–2019).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Walmart decide which store, ecommerce and supply chain investments get funded?
- 02What does Walmart's merchandising organization look for when adding or expanding a supplier?
- 03How does Walmart roll out technology and operating changes across its stores and business segments?
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