David (Dave) Brearton is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since May 2011. He leads the company's financial operations, including accounting and reporting, financial planning and analysis, treasury, tax, audit and investor relations.

Prior to becoming CFO, Dave was Executive Vice President, Operations and Business Services, a position he held since 2008. In this role, he led the company's procurement, manufacturing, information systems and customer service and logistics functions. Dave also led our North American "Catalyst" Enterprise Resource Planning project, building a common process and information platform across the business.

Dave joined Kraft Canada in 1984 as a Financial Analyst and then progressed through a series of finance roles of increasing responsibility in Canada, Switzerland, the UK and the US.

Dave was named Senior Vice President, Finance, Kraft Foods International, in 2002. In 2004, he was appointed Senior Vice President, Business Process Simplification and served as Corporate Controller from 2004 to 2006.

In 2006, Dave became Executive Vice President, Global Business Services and Strategy, where he led the Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy and Information Systems functions and initiated the Catalyst project.

Dave is chairman of the board of Feeding America, the leading domestic hunger-relief charity in the US.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and is a Certified Management Accountant.

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