Mars has announced Gabriel Millan as its new Chief Financial Officer for Petcare, joining the Mars Petcare Leadership Team and Global Finance Leadership Team.
Millan has over 25 years’ experience in corporate finance, strategy, M&A and IT at Fortune-500/FTSE-100 companies across consumer goods and life sciences. Most recently, Millan was Senior Vice President and Commercial CFO at GSK.
“Mars is an organization I’ve aways admired, especially the company culture and Principles,” said Millan.
“I’m eager to contribute to the continued growth of the Petcare business and to help transform the experience of pet ownership for the better.”
Millan has led global finance organisations with a track record of driving transformation and accelerating talent and diversity within the function.
Loïc Moutault, Global President of Mars Petcare, said he was thrilled to welcome Millan.
“His combination of deep finance experience, proven impact and passion for talent development will be real assets to our team. We are confident he will make a significant contribution to our business and in driving our purpose: A Better World for Pets.”
Prior to joining GSK in 2020, Millan worked at Reckitt Benckiser, a FTSE100 consumer goods company, where he held increasingly senior finance leadership roles in Southern Europe, the UK and the U.S., including CFO, Global Supply and CFO, North America where he led the Consumer Health business.
Claus Aagaard, CFO of Mars Inc., said Millan’s expertise and experience will bring exceptional value to the global Mars Finance community and to Mars Petcare.
“Gabriel is a well-respected global finance leader with a wealth of experience overseeing finance operations in complex, diverse businesses.”
Millan will join the business in December, reporting to Moutault.
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