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Mars Names Daniel Calderoni CEO of Kind North America

Sept. 17, 2024

He moves up from Mars Pet Nutrition in Canada, where he’s been general manager since November 2022.

Mars today (Sept. 17) reached inside its own sprawling organization to name Daniel Calderoni CEO of its Kind North America Snacks business. He replaces Russell Stokes.

Calderoni brings more than 20 years of global experience leading consumer brands, including about 10 in two different stints with Mars, mostly at its pet food business. For this promotion, he comes from Mars Pet Nutrition in Canada, where he’s been general manager since November 2022.

Before that he was vice president of emerging markets for Pet Nutrition and earlier general manager of Pet Nutrition in the “Southern Cone,” which includes most of South America. He earlier worked at Unilever. He will report to Blas Maquivar, global president of health and wellness at Mars Snacking – which will be greatly expanded once the acquisition of Kellanova is completed.

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Dave Fusaro has served as editor in chief of Food Processing magazine since 2003. Dave has 30 years experience in food & beverage industry journalism and has won several national ASBPE writing awards for his Food Processing stories. Dave has been interviewed on CNN, quoted in national newspapers and he authored a 200-page market research report on the milk industry. Formerly an award-winning newspaper reporter who specialized in business writing, he holds a BA in journalism from Marquette University. Prior to joining Food Processing, Dave was Editor-In-Chief of Dairy Foods and was Managing Editor of Prepared Foods.