Michael A. Clarke joined Kraft Foods in January 2009. In his role as Executive Vice President and President, Kraft Foods Europe, he leads the company’s European business, based in Zurich, Switzerland.
Mike comes to Kraft Foods from The Coca-Cola Company, where he served most recently as President of the Northwest Europe (Great Britain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland) and Nordics (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland) business unit. He joined Coca-Cola in 1996 as Group Director, Europe, for The Minute Maid Company, and through his career has moved to positions of increasing responsibility, including Vice President, International, The Minute Maid Company (1996), Senior Vice President, International, The Minute Maid Company (1998), President of Coca-Cola South Pacific and Korea division (2000). Mike was appointed to the role of Division President, Northwest Europe in 2005 and assumed the additional responsibility for the Nordics region in 2007.
Before joining Coca-Cola, Mike had an extensive career with Reebok International in finance and operations in the Asia Pacific region, then as Managing Director of Reebok South Africa. He took on responsibility for managing the Africa and Middle East region and later was appointed Vice President of the South Asia/Pacific region. Mike began his career in accountancy with Deloitte.
Mike earned his bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Cape Town in his native South Africa. He has lived and worked in Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa and the United States.
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