Kraft Foods International Appoints Polk To Head Asia/Pacific Business

Business Wire, Jan 14, 2000

Business Editors

RYE BROOK, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2000

Kraft Foods International has named Michael Polk, 39, President, Asia/Pacific. He will report to Roger Deromedi, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kraft Foods International. Polk will relocate to the Kraft Foods Asia/Pacific headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. He was previously Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Post Cereals Division for Kraft Foods North America.

In making the announcement, Deromedi said: "Mike has consistently delivered superior business results throughout his career with Kraft Foods, displaying strong leadership skills and business acumen. We look forward to the continued growth of our Asia/Pacific business under Mike's capable direction."

Polk joined Kraft Foods in 1987 in marketing with the Maxwell House Division. He advanced through increasingly responsible positions, becoming a Category Business Director in the coffee and beverage businesses. In 1997, he was named Vice President Sales Management & Strategy and a year later he moved to his present position in the Post Cereals Division.

Polk holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and an MBA degree from Harvard University.

Kraft Foods International is a unit of Philip Morris Companies Inc., the world's largest producer and marketer of consumer packaged goods.