Todd Stitzer

H. Todd Stitzer (born 10 March 1952)[1] is an American businessman who served as the chief executive officer of Cadbury plc from 2003 to 2010.

Early life

Stitzer was born in the United States, the son of a YMCA director and a nurse, and is a naturalised British citizen.[2] He was educated at Ridgewood High School, New Jersey, Springfield College, Massachusetts. He then obtained a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.[3][4][5]

Career

He joined New York law firm, Lord Day & Lord, in 1973 as an associate attorney

In 1983, joined Cadbury North America as Assistant General Counsel, later becoming marketing chief for US beverages.[6][7][8] He moved to London in 1991 as Group Development Director and then back to the United States in 1993 as Vice-President of Marketing and Strategic Planning and then Chief Operating Officer for Cadbury Beverages, North America.[9] He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Dr Pepper/Seven Up from 1997 to 2000 and Chief Strategy Officer from 2000 to 2003.[10] He joined the board of Cadbury plc in 2000 and in 2003, was appointed Chief Executive Officer.[11] On 2 February 2010 Kraft Foods Inc. successfully completed the acquisition of Cadbury which was originally a hostile takeover, the next day Stitzer along with Cadbury Chairman Roger Carr announced their resignations.[12] Stitzer had worked for Cadbury plc for 27 years.[13][14]

Stitzer is a regular churchgoer and enjoys tennis, skiing and sailing.[15] His favourite book is philosopher Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.[16] He has two children, a boy and a girl, and homes in Connecticut and Surrey.[17][18]

Notes
  1. Blackhurst, Nov 2004
  2. Finch, Nov 2009
  3. Finch, Nov 2009
  4. Blackhurst, Nov 2004
  5. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=1468525&ticker=CSG:CN
  6. Finch, Nov 2009
  7. Forbes
  8. Blackhurst, Nov 2004
  9. Blackhurst, Nov 2004
  10. Forbes
  11. Finch, Nov 2009
  12. London Evening Standard, Feb 2010
  13. London Evening Standard, Feb 2010
  14. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/apr/16/cadbury-kraft-merger-bonuses-executive-pay
  15. Finch, Nov 2009
  16. Finch, Nov 2009
  17. Blackhurst, Nov 2004
  18. Davidson, Nov 2003
gollark: There aren't exactly many choices.
gollark: People CAN have differing opinions without being idiots and/or evil.
gollark: You *could* just rebalance things less in favour of Scotland if you were magically in power and this was a problem for you.
gollark: I don't really like any of the major parties. The liberal democrats are vaguely okay but not great and the awful voting system encourages twopartyness.
gollark: My favourite in general is probably 3125 and the antimemetics division tale series based around that.

References
  • Blackhurst, Chris (1 November 2004). "The MT Interview: Todd Stitzer". Management Today. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  • Jones, Sarah (9 April 2009). "U.K. Stocks Fluctuate as Mining Shares Rally; Cadbury Declines". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  • "Our Management Team: Todd Stitzer: Chief Executive Officer". Cadbury plc. Archived from the original on September 14, 2009. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  • Finch, Julia (12 November 2009). "Cadbury's Todd Stitzer does not believe in sweet surrender". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  • "Todd Stitzer Profile". Forbes. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  • Davidson, Andrew (16 November 2003). "Interview: Andrew Davidson: Cadbury boss gets off to a sticky start". The Times. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
  • "Cadbury bosses Todd Stitzer and Roger Carr leave after Kraft takeover". London Evening Standard. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
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