Laura Stein will become EVP, General Counsel, Corporate & Legal Affairs of Mondelēz International

AK&M 18 December 2020 16:48 Laura Stein will become EVP, General Counsel, Corporate & Legal Affairs of Mondelēz International, effective January 11,2021 as it was informed by company.

Stein will be responsible for the oversight of the company’s global legal, compliance, corporate reputation and ESG agendas, including public and government affairs, internal and external corporate communications, sustainability, community and foundation efforts. She will report directly to Dirk Van de Put, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and will be a member of the Mondelēz International Leadership Team. Stein will replace Gerd Pleuhs, who will retire at the end of April following a transition period, and after more than 35 years with the company.

Stein brings 20 years of public company experience to the role. She joins Mondelēz International fr om The Clorox Company, a global CPG leader with iconic brands sold in more than 100 countries, where she served as EVP, General Counsel & Corporate Affairs. Since 2005, Laura has successfully led Clorox’s global Legal and Corporate Affairs functions, including compliance, enterprise risk, audit, communications, government affairs, ESG and community affairs. Passionate about community volunteering, pro bono service and diversity and inclusion, she has served as President of The Clorox Company Foundation and sponsored the Clorox Women’s Employee Resource Group. Prior to her time at Clorox, Laura served as SVP, General Counsel at the H.J. Heinz Company, leading a legal department with colleagues across Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Stein currently is a director of Franklin Resources Inc. (a global investment organization known as Franklin Templeton Investments) and Canadian National Railway Company (CN, a North American transportation company). She is co-chair of the Corporate Pro Bono Advisory Board and is on the board of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, the Pro Bono Institute, the Harvard Law School Program on the Future of the Legal Profession and the CEELI Institute. Stein received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and is a graduate of Dartmouth College, wh ere she earned undergraduate and master’s degrees.